Design Lead

Adelphi Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Media is seeking a Design Lead focused on presentation design to drive visual communication across pitches, platforms, and live experiences. You will lead projects, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with strategy, technology, and production teams to deliver cohesive brand experiences that align with business objectives.

The role requires strong problem-solving skills, expert PowerPoint capability, and a track record of delivering high-quality design at speed.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of brand, graphic, or experience design experience.
• Strong typography, layout, and visual storytelling foundations.
• Proficient in multi-media design across pitches, platforms, and live events.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work at speed.

Responsibilities

• Lead presentation design and develop visual communication systems.
• Collaborate with strategy, technology, production, and client teams.
• Mentor junior staff and manage projects of moderate complexity.

Skills

PowerPoint

Brand/Graphic/Experience design

Typography & layout

Storytelling

Attention to detail

Media formats experience

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

After Effects

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)

PowerPoint

Job description

Agency:

Omnicom Media

Job Function:

Creative

Job Subfunction:

Design

Job Description:

At the center of this ambition is the Global Growth team — a cross-disciplinary group that brings together strategy, brand, experience, and innovation to drive new business, launch new capabilities, and shape how Omnicom Media shows up in the world. Brand Experience is the creative engine of Growth. We define how Omnicom Media speaks, how it looks, how it moves, and how it appears — across pitches, platforms, content, live experiences, and internal communications. Working across all agency brands and the wider Omnicom Media ecosystem, Brand Experience translates intelligence into narrative, strategy into expression, and complexity into clear, compelling work that moves people and the business forward.

Role Overview

The Design Lead role will focus heavily on presentation design. This person provides specialized expertise in a specific field, working independently and leading projects of moderate risk and complexity. Mentors junior staff or manages projects to ensure successful execution and delivery. The ideal person possesses strong problem-solving skills and provides professional advice and solutions that align with, and support, the organization’s broader goals.

Key Responsibilities

• This person will develop and execute visual communication systems, brand identities, digital experiences, and creative assets across marketing, advertising, social, experiential, and digital platforms.
• Applies principles of visual design, typography, product design, layout, interaction, and user experience to create cohesive and engaging brand experiences aligned to strategic and business objectives.
• Collaborates with creative, strategy, technology, production, and client teams to deliver scalable design solutions that enhance usability, storytelling, audience engagement, and brand consistency across evolving media and customer experience ecosystems.

Qualifications

• PowerPoint expertise is an absolute must for this role
• 8-10+ years of experience in brand, graphic, or experience design
• Proficiency across Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign; After Effects a plus)
• Strong foundation in typography, layout, and visual storytelling
• Experience working across multiple media formats
• High attention to detail and comfort working at speed

Additional Considerations

• Occasional travel and weekend work may be required
• Time in lieu is provided for work performed outside the standard workweek

$85k -$110k

Office Policy

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.

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