Visual Design Manager — AI‑Driven Design Systems

Accenture; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 63,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Song is seeking a Visual Design Associate Manager to lead craft across client engagements, shaping visual language, design systems, and brand output. You will mentor junior designers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and integrate AI-enabled methods into daily practice.

You will contribute to business development and maintain high craft standards while guiding teams through concept-to-delivery cycles in a dynamic consulting environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Visual Design spanning a range of industries, brand types, platforms, and visual contexts.
• 2+ years contributing to visual design engagements end-to-end, from creative concepting and visual strategy through to production-ready delivery.
• producing brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital UI that demonstrate a strong and developing visual voice.
• delivering high-fidelity visual work with strong attention to detail, including pixel-perfect deliverables and developer-ready specifications.
• Experience providing feedback and informal guidance to junior designers, with a growing ability to help others develop their craft and creative confidence.
• Experience working in agile and cross-functional environments, collaborating with product designers, product managers, engineers, and strategists to deliver cohesive experiences.
• Grounding in user experience (UX) principles that informs your visual design decisions, understanding how design guides users intuitively while expressing a coherent brand point of view.
• Experience contributing to scalable design systems that ensure visual consistency across products, platforms, and channels.
• Comfort using AI tools in your visual design practice, from concept generation and mood-boarding to rapid iteration, and openness to evolving AI-enabled ways of working.
• Recent hands-on experience in design tools like Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and relevant motion, illustration, or AI design tools.
• Experience with communication skills and developing client presence; ability to present design rationale and contribute to creative discussions with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and shape the visual design direction on engagements from concept through delivery, supporting quality, aesthetic cohesion, and adherence to timelines.
• Translate briefs, brand strategy, and audience insights into compelling visual executions, developing and defending an original visual point of view.
• Produce high-quality visual design work across brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital UI with craft and detail.
• Own your workstream, delivering production-ready output with minimal redirection.
• Use AI tools actively in your workflow to accelerate concepting, iteration, and production.
• Engage in client conversations, clearly presenting design rationale and growing as a trusted creative voice.
• Document and share how AI tools are changing workflows and contribute to proposals and case studies.
• Mentor junior designers and contribute to the Visual Design Craft community.

Skills

Conceptual thinking

AI tools usage

Visual design craft

Client presence

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in visual design

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Accenture Song is seeking a Visual Design Associate Manager to lead craft across client engagements, shaping visual language, design systems, and brand output. You will mentor junior designers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and integrate AI-enabled methods into daily practice.

You will contribute to business development and maintain high craft standards while guiding teams through concept-to-delivery cycles in a dynamic consulting environment.