Design Director XD

AW1 Momentum-NA, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Group in the United States is seeking an experienced design leader to guide creative concepts from brainstorm to delivery. You will translate high-level ideas into brand-appropriate directions and lead cross-functional teams to produce polished visuals across multiple mediums.

The role requires a strong portfolio, expert Adobe skills, and the ability to mentor junior designers while meeting tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design or related field.
• 8–10 years of experience in design leadership.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating passion for design and experiential work.
• Strong skill in layouts, typography, line composition, color, photography, comping, visualization, and graphic design fundamentals
• Expert in Adobe Creative Suite
• Natural communicator with strong visual and verbal presentation skills
• Experience leading and managing teams and allocating work

Responsibilities

• Participate in concept and design brainstorms.
• Translate concepts into brand-appropriate design directions.
• Create in-situation mock-ups with applied graphics.
• Deliver moodboards to communicate design direction.
• Lead design across mediums: large-scale graphics, branding, signage, etc.
• Speak to design intent and visual storytelling across teams.
• Mentor junior team members and manage workloads.

Skills

Graphic design

Adobe Creative Suite

Typography

Layout design

Presentation skills

Team leadership

Brand guidelines

Visual storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in graphic design or related field

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

Agency: Momentum Job Function: Creative Job Subfunction: Design Job Description:

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO (RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Actively participates in concept and design brainstorms
• Illustrates a passion for traditional design principles, with ability and interest to challenge the status quo
• Translates high-level concepts into brand-appropriate design directions
• Creates in-situation mock-ups with applied graphics
• Delivers polished moodboards to communicates design
• Leadership and application of exceptional design skills across a range of mediums, from large scale graphics, presentations, animation boards, logos/lockups, brand identities, signage, patterns etc.
• Speaks to design intent and visual story-telling across multi-functional teams
• Maintains consistent creative quality while leading the application of brand guidelines
• Manages multiple projects with fast deadlines; thriving in a dynamic environment
• Stays abreast of the competitive design landscape to better understand brand objectives, target audience and industry trends to share back with the larger team
• Present work internally to clients
• Mentors and manages more junior team members, associate level and below
• Supporting Momentums values
• All other duties as required

HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR (QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS)

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design or related field.
• 8-10 years experience preferred
• Strong portfolio demonstrating your passion for design and experiential
• Strong skill in layouts, typography, line composition, color, photography, comping, visualization, and graphic design fundamentals
• Expert in Adobe Creative Suite
• Natural communicator with strong visual and verbal presentation skills
• Experience in passionately leading and managing teams, allocating work across resources for freelance and full-time employees, and inspiring exceptional work
• Hustler at heart who can adapt to rapidly changing priorities in an energetic environment.
• Collaborative spirit and drive to take ownership of the work

The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $162,500. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; location and region; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee's/applicant's background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance. Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we're focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us- we look forward to getting to know you.

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