Responsibilities

• Define a strategic point of view across projects, rooted in customer insights and design principles that guide connected creative deliverables across Apple Ads touch points.
• Contribute to planning and roadmap discussions to inform opportunities, prioritization, and resourcing.
• Provide thoughtful creative direction and feedback on deliverables such as web pages, emails, video and photo shoots, event buildouts, presentations, wireframes, prototypes, and brand guidelines to ensure design intent, scalability, and clarity, while championing design excellence.
• Present creative work with clarity and conviction, connecting design decisions to insights, principles, strategic objectives, brand fidelity, and system thinking.
• Distill and implement data and measurement to inform and validate design direction.
• Lead, direct, and evaluate a team of designers and art directors to help them with their professional development, and improve their work.
• Actively participate in studio wide initiatives for culture, process, and innovation.

Requirements

• At least 12 years of experience in graphic design, digital products, services or a related discipline - specializing in visual design for the web.
• You have a diverse portfolio of daring, ground-breaking work that is consummate in its craft.
• You set a blistering design pace on every project; exhibiting a vision for the work, minding the details, and solving business problems in a deep and meaningful way.
• BA or BFA in Graphic Design or other related design discipline preferred.

Preferred

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively - from internal reviews through to leadership presentations.
• Deep understanding of design thinking and brand systems, and how to apply them within large-scale organizations.
• A history of leading video and photo shoots - from casting through to color correction - resulting in the concise implementation of world-class storytelling.
• A natural collaborator and mentor who thrives in a group environment and knows how to bring out the best in a team spanning design, copy, UX, and development.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, creating clarity, and aligning diverse teams toward a shared goal.