Responsibilities

• Lead design teams at a brand and client level to deliver strategic, highly creative, and beautifully crafted design solutions
• Set, articulate, and uphold the creative vision across projects, ensuring the work isdistinctive, effective, and aligned to client business needs
• Direct projects from concept through final execution, including creative sessions, critiques, selection, refinement, and presentation development
• Guide, mentor, and develop creative teams to deliver excellent work and grow their skills
• Confidently and effectively present to a range of audiences, including clients, senior stakeholders, large groups, and C-suite leaders
• Partner closely with account, strategy, and creative teams to shape strong creative approaches and support effective, accurate proposals
• Translate client objectives and challenges into compelling creative opportunities and solutions
• Champion the work internally and externally, building persuasive rationale and responding to feedback with clarity and thoughtfulness
• Help shape team resourcing, project planning, and creative workflow in partnership with leadership
• Infuse cultural relevance, originality, and ambition into the work while maintaining a high bar for execution

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in a branding or design agency setting, preferred
• Multidisciplinary with experience in brand identity, design systems, and packaging
• Experience working on brands that operate at significant scale
• Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
• Mastery of Adobe Suite and Figma is essential, bonus points for motion and 3D rendering skills
• Reports to Executive Creative Director
• Location: Based in or willing to relocate to New York City, with hybrid work model 3 days/week in-studio

Preferred

• An ability to mentor, develop, and motivate creative talent across different levels and working styles
• Curiosity about emerging tools and technologies, including thoughtful integration of AI into the creative process while maintaining originality, quality, and craft

Benefits

• medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.