Media Design Lead

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Job Summary

We're looking for a Design Lead who can bring big ideas to life across our media campaigns — digital, social, out-of-home, video, and print. You'll take brand guidelines, campaign strategies, and media plans and turn them into iconic, impactful, and influential creative. This means leading concepts from the first sketch to the final polished assets, keeping everything on-brand, and teaming up with strategists, media planners, writers, creative directors, and account folks to create campaigns built to scale.

You'll also get to mentor early-career designers and creatives, and help shape our creative process.

You’ll need a passion for your craft and a curiosity for what’s possible, translating conceptual ideas into engaging, audience-focused ads. With a fluency in digital design systems and a keen understanding of multimedia, you’ll use a robust understanding of platform-specific best practices and creative ingenuity to deliver top-tier ads. In this role, you’ll work in a feedback-driven environment, balancing conceptual thinking with production expertise while continuously pushing boundaries in design, technology, and culture to create work that’s data-informed and human-focused.

Key Responsibilities

• Design ideation for a variety of mediums — social, digital, OOH, print, motion, and experiential activations.
• Establish and maintain the art direction for campaign visuals, ensuring our work stays on brand and cohesive across channels.
• Collaborate with other creatives, strategists, and account teams to develop design concepts that meet client objectives and resonate with target audiences.
• Guide and mentor designers and partner closely with writers.
• Present your design work, explaining your creative approach and rationale, both internally and to clients.
• Incorporate creative feedback with care, ensuring that revisions align with project objectives while maintaining a high standard of craft.
• Contribute and offer insight at every stage of the process, from brainstorming sessions and strategic discussions, to concepting and…