Design Director

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Mai 21, 2025 - The Design Director ensured all design work met the highest creative standards while managing and inspiring design teams across multiple studios. Led design critiques, collaborated closely with creative leadership, and presented work to clients and agency partners. Oversaw the seamless transition of art files to production and evolved visual identity systems to maintain consistency across deliverables.

• Strategic Planning:
  Prepare, develop, and implement mid & long term plans for the division to ensure the completion of goals.
• Action Plan Development:
  Prepare, develop, and execute the annual design action plan.
• Progress Monitoring:
  Manage, monitor, and evaluate the progress of the division's plan.
• System Development:
  Develop an integrated system including design policies, rules, procedures, and project advisory to enhance productivity and ensure legal compliance.
• Data Analysis:
  Develop an internal system to collect, analyze, and evaluate input data to provide optimum solutions and mitigate arising issues in project master-plan design.
• Budget Management:
  Develop and control the annual capital plan, budget plan, and cost plan of projects to ensure maximum cost-effectiveness.
• Cross-functional Coordination:
  Support and coordinate with Legal, R&D, Construction, Project Management, and Sales & Marketing divisions to ensure approval of project documentation, profit margin, and customer satisfaction.
• Stakeholder Relations:
  Build connections with local authorities and partners in design management, architecture, and the tendering process.
• Design Strategy:
  Work extremely closely with the Creative Director (Vision Holder) to establish a design strategy that practically and successfully executes the creative vision.
• Craft Excellence:
  Champion the best practical craft delivery of the creative vision, hitting the highest quality bar.
• Team Management:
  Directly manage design leads and establish high-performing teams in craft excellence.
• Design Documentation:
  Produce easily digestible design briefs, pitches, guides, and documentation to align team understanding and direction.
• Upward Communication:
  Concisely and clearly communicate upward to EP, Senior Directors, VPs, and Executives.
• Best Practices:
  Define best practices and pipelines with the team in all areas of design, including outsourcing.
• Strategic Planning:
  Work with production to effectively plan design team delivery and highlight strategic risks.
• Team Growth:
  Create team growth plans and collaborate with recruitment partners to deliver on them.
• Mentorship:
  Level up the design team through mentoring, training, and personal development plans.
• Team Motivation:
  Inspire, motivate, and unleash potential in individuals and teams to deliver beyond expectations.
• Technology Advancement:
  Keep informed of the latest advancements in technology and techniques specific to design.
• Studio Initiatives:
  Contribute toward studio initiatives and act as a team and studio ambassador, personifying company values.
• Leadership Strategy:
  Participate in studio design leadership, shaping the strategy of the department.

• Brand Leadership:
  Lead the brand vision and execution for the company, ensuring consistency across all channels and pushing the brand to greater heights.
• UX Design:
  Deliver code-ready UX design sketches for front-end/engineering teams.
• Stakeholder Feedback:
  Take feedback from stakeholders and implement it in a timely manner.
• Workflow Management:
  Manage workflow from initial brainstorming to execution, delegating as necessary to Front-End Developer.
• Ad Design:
  Design marketing/brand ads as needed, including emails, banners, social media, video assets, print ads, and merchandise.
• Coding Assistance:
  Occasionally step in and help with front-end coding.
• User Testing:
  Conduct user testing and A/B tests to continually optimize site performance and conversion.
• Performance Improvement:
  Stay up to date on UX and code standards and initiate ideas to improve site performance.
• Process Coordination:
  Coordinate processes and workflow to deliver excellent, efficient products.

• Brand Refresh:
  Drive a visual brand refresh, evolving Brand & Style Guidelines and championing them across the organization to create a consistently recognizable and iconic brand in culture.
• Content Oversight:
  Oversee all visual content across the organization, ensuring the master brand narrative is delivered with impact and cutting-edge aesthetics to drive users and non-users to action.
• Team Management:
  Manage a team of graphic designers, illustrators, and production artists, and interact with content, photography, copy, social, and video teams to develop strategies for campaigns.
• Creative Execution:
  Lead the concept, design, and execution of all branded visual materials for integrated, cross-channel initiatives, then review and provide consistent feedback to ensure high-quality…