Brand Studio Director: Scale Creative Systems & AI

Brailsford and Dunlavey; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits include medical

Professional development support

Paid time off

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Brailsford & Dunlavey is seeking a Creative Director to drive the firm's brand expression across external and internal touchpoints. This hands-on leader translates the refreshed brand vision into cohesive execution while building scalable creative systems and practices.

The role focuses on elevating visuals across proposals, presentations, publications, and multimedia, with emphasis on strategic design, stakeholder alignment, and innovative use of AI in workflows. Hybrid, Washington, DC area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communication, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in brand design, graphic design, or creative direction, including significant hands-on design responsibility.
• Exceptional command of design fundamentals, including typography, composition, hierarchy, color, imagery, and information design.
• Strong experience translating complex ideas, data, and information into compelling visual communications.
• Experience managing creative work from concept through production and directing external creative partners.
• Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Strong technical curiosity and willingness to explore AI, automation, multimedia, and emerging creative technologies.
• Portfolio demonstrating exceptional design judgment, sophisticated brand thinking, strong concept development, and high-quality execution across a range of channels and formats.

Responsibilities

• Own and advance the visual expression of the B&D brand across external and internal channels to ensure a distinctive, cohesive brand experience.
• Partner with the marketing team to bring the new brand identity to life across the organization.
• Set creative direction for major brand, marketing, communications, and business development initiatives, connecting design choices to firm strategy, audience needs, and business objectives.
• Serve as a trusted creative advisor by articulating the rationale behind design recommendations, building alignment across stakeholders, and elevating expectations for creative quality.
• Concept, design, and produce high-priority work across digital, print, presentation, proposal, publication, event, social media, recruiting, and internal communications channels.

Skills

Brand design

Graphic design

Creative direction

Information design

Typography

Education

Bachelor's degree in graphic design/visual communication

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Brailsford & Dunlavey is seeking a Creative Director to drive the firm's brand expression across external and internal touchpoints. This hands-on leader translates the refreshed brand vision into cohesive execution while building scalable creative systems and practices.

The role focuses on elevating visuals across proposals, presentations, publications, and multimedia, with emphasis on strategic design, stakeholder alignment, and innovative use of AI in workflows. Hybrid, Washington, DC area.