Director of Graphic Design
Listed on 2026-10-15
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Creative Arts/Media
Graphic Designer, Creative Design / Digital Art
We are looking for a Director of Graphic Design to lead our graphic design team and raise the quality, consistency, and reliability of creative work across the company. This is a hands‑on leadership role. The right candidate is not only an experienced manager but also an exceptional designer who can jump into projects, solve creative problems, provide meaningful feedback, and set the standard for the rest of the team.
This person will be responsible for managing the day‑to‑day operation of the Graphics Department, developing designers, establishing and maintaining brand standards, and ensuring projects are organized, accurate, and delivered on time. We are looking for someone who takes pride in great design but cares just as much about execution, organization, details, and deadlines.
Responsibilities Lead the Graphics Team- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of graphic and motion designers.
- Provide clear creative direction and actionable feedback.
- Establish a high standard for design quality across the department.
- Help designers improve their skills, decision‑making, efficiency, and consistency.
- Assign projects based on priorities, deadlines, workload, and individual strengths.
- Create accountability around ownership, communication, and project completion.
- Conduct regular team meetings and 1:1s to keep projects and individual development on track.
- Be an expert‑level graphic designer capable of producing high‑quality work across a wide range of projects.
- Work fluently in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, and the broader Adobe Creative Suite.
- Step into important or challenging projects when needed.
- Review work before delivery and ensure it meets the company's creative standards.
- Provide thoughtful feedback that improves both the individual project and the designer creating it.
- Establish a consistent creative standard across all company brands and platforms.
- Develop, document, and implement comprehensive brand guidelines across all company brands.
- Ensure each brand has a clear and consistent visual identity while still fitting within the broader company ecosystem.
- Establish standards for typography, color, logo usage, layout, imagery, templates, and other core visual elements.
- Ensure designers and cross‑functional teams understand and consistently apply established brand standards.
- Continually evolve brand guidelines as the company, products, and creative needs grow.
- Identify inconsistencies across existing creative and develop solutions to create greater cohesion and brand recognition.
- Oversee the Graphics Department's workflow from request through final delivery.
- Manage projects and assignments through task management platforms such as
- Maintain visibility into every active project, its owner, priority, status, and deadline.
- Identify potential bottlenecks or missed deadlines before they become problems.
- Communicate proactively when priorities, resources, or timelines need to change.
- Build systems and processes that allow the department to handle a high volume of work efficiently.
- Treat deadlines as commitments and create a team culture where missing one is the exception, not the norm.
- Serve as a final quality‑control checkpoint for important creative work.
- Catch spelling errors, alignment issues, incorrect assets, inconsistencies, formatting problems, and other small mistakes before work is delivered.
- Ensure feedback is fully addressed before projects are considered complete.
- Maintain organized project files, assets, templates, and shared resources.
- Establish processes that reduce preventable mistakes and unnecessary revisions.
- Collaborate Across the Company
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