Design Director, Marketing

Responsibilities

• Lead creative for IMG's most strategically important pitches and RFPs from initial brief through to presentation.
• Raise the creative ambition of every pitch by bringing unexpected ideas, strong conceptual thinking and world-class execution.
• Build pitch frameworks, templates and presentation systems that enable faster, higher-quality responses.
• Drive creative direction for major clients from initial concept through final delivery.
• Oversee brand development through campaigns, brand activities, and marketing collateral.
• Manage, mentor, and inspire a team of designers and set standards for quality, consistency, and creative excellence.
• Collaborate directly with senior stakeholders, industry-leading strategists and marketers to interpret briefs and shape visual direction.
• Build and maintain template systems and asset libraries to streamline workflow and raise quality across the organisation.
• Evolve design capabilities and identify opportunities to push our creative through new tools, processes, or formats.
• Balance hands-on design leadership with strategic oversight.

Requirements

• 10+ years in design with at least 3 years leading teams in an agency, studio, or in-house creative environment.
• A strong portfolio - we'd love to see examples of:
• Winning pitch presentations
• Integrated marketing campaigns
• Brand systems
• Large-scale activations
• Exceptional typography, layout and visual storytelling skills.
• Knowledge in AI-driven design tools (E.g. Flora, Runway, Nano Banana, generative design) to improve creative, storytelling and time efficiencies.
• Experience presenting and selling creative concepts to senior leadership.
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and comfort with motion and digital design.

Preferred

• Experience in sports, entertainment, or culturally driven brands preferred.