Design Director

Dentsu International Americas, LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k

Flexible paid time off

15 paid holidays per year

Paid sick and safe leave

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Dentsu International Americas, LLC is seeking a Design Director for the Marketing & Growth team in New York. You will lead hands-on design, concepting, and campaign creation while mentoring a team of designers.

You will collaborate with business development design managers across the pitch lifecycle, delivering polished visual assets for briefs and client presentations. The role demands strong typography, layout, and motion-capable design skills, plus the ability to pivot quickly.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as production or presentation designer in a similar setting.
• Proficient with Keynote and PowerPoint; Adobe Creative Suite expertise.
• Strong eye for typography, layout and file management.
• Ability to articulate design POV to stakeholders and meet deadlines.
• Willingness to work flexible hours and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Understand design briefs and timelines.
• Conceptualize pitch look and feel and create templates for assets.
• Prepare rough drafts and present ideas.
• Format and design Keynote presentations and InDesign documents.
• Collaborate with pitch leaders to produce final designs.

Skills

Pitch design

Team leadership

Presentation design

Concepting

Tools

Keynote

PowerPoint

InDesign

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Job Description

Design Director Marketing & Growth Team

New York location required for 3 days weekly onsite collaboration in our Dentsu offices.

Dentsu is seeking a Design Director to join our growing Marketing & Growth team. The Design Director is an integral part of the entire business development team. You will do hands on concepting, campaign development and design, as well as manage a team of designers and pitch to clients. The ideal candidate must be able to concept from scratch while collaborating with the business development design managers across a number of touch points throughout the pitch life cycle. These touch points include written materials, microsites, Keynote decks, and a variety of physical and digital deliverables. Solid design, typography, layout and technical skills are the table stakes, but what sets the ideal candidate apart is passion, speed and the ability to pivot at any given moment. This role will be a player/coach; leading from the front and coaching junior team members as needed.

Responsibilities

• Understand design briefs and timelines


• Conceptualize pitch look and feel and create templates to be applied across assets


• Prepare rough drafts and present ideas


• Format and design Keynote presentations and InDesign documents


• Work with pitch leaders and agency teams to produce final design

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a production or presentation designer in a comparable environment


• Ability to work flexible hours


• In-depth knowledge of Keynote and Powerpoint as well as the Adobe Creative Suite


• Very detailed-oriented with impeccable and well-organized digital files


• Deep knowledge of presentation specs, resolution, incorporating video and motion files


• Ability to design comps or charts needed for presentations


• Ability to take a design brief and execute a functional and pleasing presentation


• Ability to articulate a design POV to a large group of stakeholders


• Self-starter and proactive to get the direction and content needed to meet presentation deadlines

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $114,425 - $140,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,


• Life insurance,


• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,


• 401k,


• Flexible paid time off,


• At least 15 paid holidays per year,


• Paid sick and safe leave, and


• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies.

For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

Location: New York

Brand: Dentsu Solutions

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

About dentsu

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