Visual Design Associate Manager

Accenture Song seeks a Visual Design Associate Manager in Kirkland, WA to shape visual design direction, contribute to design systems across engagements, mentor junior teammates, and collaborate with clients, with a focus on AI enabled workflows.

• Contribute to and shape the visual design direction on engagements from concept through delivery, ensuring quality, aesthetic cohesion, and on-time delivery.
• Translate briefs, brand strategy, and audience insights into compelling visual executions, building and defending an original visual point of view.
• Produce high-quality work across brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital experiences with strong craft and meticulous attention to detail.
• Take ownership of your workstream, make deliberate design decisions, and deliver production-ready output with minimal redirection.
• Actively use AI tools to accelerate concepting, iteration, and production, contributing to the team’s evolving AI enabled ways of working.
• Engage in client and stakeholder conversations, clearly communicating design rationale and growing as a trusted creative voice.
• Document and share how AI tools alter workflows, contributing to the practice’s evolving understanding of AI enabled visual design.
• Support proposals and case studies by contributing project work, process documentation, and design narratives that showcase visual design capabilities.
• Stay attuned to internal and client needs, flagging potential areas for deeper work or expanded scope to your lead.
• Mentor junior team members informally, sharing feedback, references, and ways of working to help grow their visual craft.
• Be an active member of the Visual Design Craft community, contributing to shared resources, discussions, and ongoing discipline development.

• 5+ years of experience in Visual Design across multiple industries, brand types, platforms, and visual contexts.
• At least 2 years contributing to visual design engagements end-to-end, from concept and visual strategy through production-ready delivery.
• Experience producing brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital UI that demonstrate a strong and developing visual voice.
• Proven ability to deliver high-fidelity visual work with pixel-perfect deliverables and developer-ready specifications.
• Experience providing feedback and informal guidance to junior designers, helping others grow their craft and confidence.
• Experience working in agile and cross-functional environments, collaborating with product designers, product managers, engineers, and strategists.
• Strong grounding in UX principles that inform visual design decisions and convey a coherent brand point of view.
• Experience contributing to scalable design systems that ensure visual consistency across products, platforms, and channels.
• Comfort using AI tools in visual design practice, from concept generation to rapid iteration, with openness to evolving AI enabled workflows.
• Hands‑on experience with design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and relevant motion, illustration, or AI design tools.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to develop client presence and present design rationale in creative discussions with stakeholders.

• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite
• AI design tools

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Bonus opportunities
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off

Accenture Song is the world’s largest tech powered creative group. Within Song, our Design & Digital Products practice helps iconic brands reinvent products, services, and spaces with emerging technology to drive impact for end users and for the business. With 70 Song Studios and 4,000+ designers and makers across six continents, we operate as a studio within Accenture, upholding high craft standards and delivering shipped products at scale across disciplines.

You are a Visual Design Associate Manager who blends strong conceptual thinking with high craft standards. You contribute meaningfully to program discipline tracks, helping shape visual design direction on engagements. You…