Experience Design Director — Associate Leader

GSW, powered by Syneos Health; California; On-site; USD 79,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

GSW, powered by Syneos Health, is seeking an Associate Experience Design Director to lead creative experience initiatives across multiple accounts in a digital-forward environment.

You will guide a team of Experience Designers, collaborate with strategy and medical leads, and ensure consistency with client brand guidelines while driving innovative and accessible design. This leadership role emphasizes mentorship and strategic collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years experience in digital design, experience design, and creative leadership
• Knowledge of digital design tools including the Adobe Software Suite, XD, Sketch, Figma is a priority, digitally-native animation programs (such as Principle, Spline, Lottie, FigJam, TouchDesigner) and how to direct for development with those tools
• Ability to direct the design for 3D – three.js, etc.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for experience design on several accounts. Help establish a creative vision for those experiences and maintains brand standards across multiple projects
• Support the SVP GED in maintaining creative direction and vision of experiences for assigned brands; reinforce and maintain creative standards
• Provide day-to-day direction to all members of the Experience team.
• Collaborate with strategy, account and medical leads to lead overarching brand experience initiatives
• Facilitate creative reviews
• Drive strategic and tactical discussions with client and account teams to develop strategically sound experience design work.
• Review scope assumptions and Experience team hours for deliverables
• Nurture client relationships
• Partner with Account & Strategy on POVs for clients
• Proactively provide clients with potential experience opps
• Identify organic growth opportunities

Skills

Digital design

Experience design

Creative leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design

Portfolio development

Continuing education/certifications

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe XD

Sketch

Figma

Principle

Spline

Lottie

FigJam

TouchDesigner

three.js

Job description

GSW, powered by Syneos Health, is seeking an Associate Experience Design Director to lead creative experience initiatives across multiple accounts in a digital-forward environment.

You will guide a team of Experience Designers, collaborate with strategy and medical leads, and ensure consistency with client brand guidelines while driving innovative and accessible design. This leadership role emphasizes mentorship and strategic collaboration.