Sr. Design Manager

Ebsco Subscription Services España SL; Gurnee (IL); On-site; USD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein innovatives Unternehmen sucht einen Senior Design Manager, der kreative Projekte leitet und ein kleines Team von Designern und einem Texter betreut. In dieser spannenden Rolle sind Sie verantwortlich für die Entwicklung von Marketingmaterialien und digitalen Inhalten, die die Markenidentität stärken und die Benutzererfahrung verbessern. Sie arbeiten eng mit verschiedenen Teams zusammen, um sicherzustellen, dass alle kreativen Arbeiten den Unternehmenszielen entsprechen. Wenn Sie eine Leidenschaft für Design und Führung haben und Teil eines dynamischen Teams sein möchten, ist diese Gelegenheit perfekt für Sie.

Benefits

Gesundheitsversicherung

Zahnversicherung

Sehversicherung

Lebensversicherung

401k & Gewinnbeteiligung

Qualifications

• Erfahrung in der Leitung und Motivation eines kreativen Teams.
• Starkes Portfolio mit digitalem und gedrucktem Design.

Responsibilities

• Überwachung und Durchführung kreativer Arbeiten zur Unterstützung von Marketing und Vertrieb.
• Verantwortung für die Erstellung ansprechender visueller Inhalte.

Skills

Projektmanagement

Digitales Design

Adobe Creative Cloud

Branding

SEO

Teamführung

Kollaboration

Education

Bachelor in Grafikdesign

10+ Jahre Berufserfahrung

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Microsoft Office

Asana

Job description

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At Luxor, we cultivate a culture of innovation and forward-thinking that our employees thrive in, and this mindset is reflected in our products. As a manufacturer of cutting-edge workspace solutions for commercial, educational, industrial, and various other markets, we consistently develop functional, value-driven products. Our workspace furniture solutions are designed to foster a healthy and collaborative work environment.

GENERAL PURPOSE:

The Senior Design Manager is a hands-on leader responsible for overseeing and contributing to the execution of creative work supporting marketing, sales and new product launches. This role is highly collaborative with cross-functional teams to bring marketing initiatives to life through creating compelling visuals, while also managing and mentoring a small team of designers and a copywriter. The ideal candidate would be someone who can jump into projects directly, elevate ideas into compelling campaigns, guide others through the process, and help improve workflow to ensure projects are produced on time, on budget and on brief.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND Responsibilities:

• Responsible for bringing concepts to life through compelling creative including print collateral and digital ensuring alignment with brand strategy, project request, and product positioning/messaging hierarchy.
• Deliver a consistent and differentiated brand voice, look, and feel that represents the brand and assortment in a way that is captivating and relevant to our customer.
• Digital design focus ensuring the best user experience across landing pages, PDPs, A+ content, advertising, videos and social for a cohesive brand experience on our own channels as well as marketplaces.
• Direct photography and video produced in partnership with external production resources.
• Maintain our brand standards across a variety of assets, including content & collateral, email, social, ads, photography, video, and web to help drive engagement.
• Delegate creative projects across the team, managing timeline, additional resources and overall prioritization of work in alignment with business objectives.
• Support key product launches, programming, and marketing initiatives.
• Partner with sales team to support and enable solution-selling marketing initiatives, lead generation campaigns and other sales tools.
• Stay up to date with the latest design trends and technologies and share insights and best practices with the team to create a culture of continuous improvement
• Outsource and manage additional creative resources as needed while tracking our expenses ensuring we stay within budget.
• All other projects as assigned.
  

MANAGEMENT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage, train and mentor a small team of designers and a copywriter by providing guidance and motivation that enables their success and establish a positive working environment.
• Provide direct reports with appropriate support, training and tools to enable their success.
• Provide and establish clear priorities and goals for direct reports and set professional development plans.
• Conduct quality employee performance reviews to evaluate performance to ensure the requirements of Luxor are met, and that high performers are challenged with additional responsibility.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Ability to manage direct reports, and extended teams of agency resources effectively.
• Strong organizational skills who can work independently and collaboratively on multiple projects while prioritizing tasks efficiently.
• Strong digital design background including A + content, video, social, and web.
• Experience creating and evolving brand guides, style guides, brand voice and tone, and brand architectures.
• Experience directing photography and video content.
• Experience with physical products, print/package design and retailers is a plus.
• Knowledge of social media platforms and trends.
• Knowledge of digital marketing practices, including SEO and A/B testing.
• Expertise with Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, and other design and editing tools.
• Ability to collaborate with a team remotely.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree or 10+ years of work experience in Graphic Design
• 5+ years managing a team of internal and external creative resources
• Digital and print focused portfolio

Computer equipment and level of software requirements:

• Expertise with Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, and other design and editing tools
• Asana or similar project management software experience preferred

SALARY RANGE

• $115k – 125k Base + Bonus

BENEFITS

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401k & Profit Sharing

Specific Knowledge, licenses, certifications REQUIRED:

• None

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

• None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• None

PHYSICAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT :

• None

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Usual office working conditions, occasional business travel to attend conferences, meetings, events or training (less than 5%).

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. The requirements listed in this document are the essential levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex, pregnancy status, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

We comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law.

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