DesignIt | Creative Director

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CREATIVE DIRECTOR, NORTH AMERICA

About Desingit

Want to be part of an amazing team, hell-bent on crafting a better future? We’re always looking for creative people who care!

We are analysts. Creators. Designers. Doers. Dreamers. Explorers. Geeks. Hipsters. Leaders. Learners. Renegades. Seekers. Strategists. Visionaries. And we fundamentally believe that we’re better together.

About Creative & Design @ Designit

We design and activate compelling experiences that create strong connections between people and brands. We put humans at the center of business and partner with clients to deliver meaningful experiences that help their customers while driving business success. Creative that delivers customer satisfaction at every level is our ultimate metric, and it’s what drives our mindset, skill set, and team culture.

This is the perfect opportunity for you to collaborate with like-minded creatives in a positive work environment. You’ll be working with a small team on big initiatives. Our primary goal is to build a lean team that makes a huge impact.

We promote a team dynamic that values respect for the people we work with, professionalism, and having fun. Our hybrid agency-consultancy setting allows us the benefit of open communication and collaboration, where ideas and critiques are shared.

We believe in teamwork, fun, complex projects, diverse perspectives, and simple solutions. How about you? We’re looking for a Creative Director with the passion and experience to design what matters – one project at a time.

Creative Director, Americas

Creative Director’s at Designit are craftsman, makers and storytellers that use design to bring ideas to life, transform businesses and move culture. They lead multidisciplinary projects into uncharted territories, and approach projects with logic paired with wild innovative spirit. They are masters of visual, verbal and behavioral design, always mindful not just of how it looks, but how it works and the overall impact.

Creative Director’s are the on-the-ground influencers for creative culture and innovation; a star in the creative community. You’ll lead a team of creatives on various initiatives across product, digital and physical design, always with the mission crafting, cultivating, and spreading your creative expertise. You’ll take charge of a project from conception to execution. You’ll be the go-to resource for our creative leadership, helping your team accomplish large design initiatives with the intention of creating and driving our level of creative execution to the moon.

The Creative Director is a dynamic agency leader who drives a creative vision across multiple teams to create and produce novel, sometimes revolutionary, solutions for clients. Creative Directors lead portfolios of client business, build and lead multidisciplinary teams, and routinely interact with key senior clients and stakeholders.

Would you like to...

Lead and inspire all levels of creative leadership, creative strategy, creative direction and execution of multiple client projects
Ensure the quality of work produced is in line with agency and client expectations
Serve as a department leader and ensure the continued growth of the team
Lead client relationships and work to deepen their knowledge of branding
Identify the conceptual and strategic direction for various projects, and clearly presents those ideas to the team and the client
Attract, develop and retain top creative talent
Inspire all levels of creative leadership
Partner with strategy lead to develop unified creative briefs
Provide high-level concept guidance to optimize creative work produced by their teams
Promote and facilitate a culture of collaboration between agency and clients
Foster ongoing improvements in creative processes and methodologies
Ensure creative objectives and approaches align with both agency and client goals
Lead creative for new business as well as pitch new business
Inspire and motivate the team creatively — make it about them, never about yourself
Motivate reluctant clients to embrace better work than requested
Determine staffing plan and overall reporting structure for the team
Conduct ongoing performance reviews of the team and provide team members with opportunities to grow and thrive creatively
Lead pro bono projects

We would like you to have...

Outstanding oral, written, and presentation skills
10+ years’ design/copy/digital creative experience in branding, web, advertising and marketing
An in-depth understanding of HTML, Adobe CS, Sketch, Principle, Figma, and Google Work Tools
Demonstrated history of being an extremely strong leader who can manage multiple clients and projects
Ample experience working with and presenting to clients of all levels
Has a strong knowledge of branding, interaction design, technology, usability and experience design
A creative heart with a passion for growing and galvanizing teams of creatives
Both a thinker and a doer
Is a fresh thinker who embraces challenges and new methods of thinking and making
Is self-motivated with a positive attitude and strong communication skills
Is a brilliant collaborator - willing to shape ideas as well as build on the ideas of others
Integrate new ways of working that lead the industry forward
Is comfortable with ambiguity and integrating diverse skills and approaches

Personal Characteristics

Desire to always put out the best work but never to hold it precious
Strong point of view, but with the humility to truly listen and be flexible
Commitment to promoting empathy within the organization
Alignment with best creative principles and practices
Desire to learn as much as to teach and mentor
Pioneering spirit and a positive, able attitude
Roll-up-your-sleeves kind of person who leads by example rather than waiting for direction
Great sense of humor
No ego. We work as a collaborative team, and though we’re serious about our work, we don’t take ourselves too seriously.
Curious about the world of creativity in all its facets
Extensive team leadership experience
Strong ability to grow client relationships
Expert design or writing skills and experience
Advanced presentation/pitching new business experience
Advanced communication and collaboration skills
Advanced understanding of marketing, advertising and technology
Ideally, a CD has a bachelor’s in design, advertising, journalism or a related field, and/or attended portfolio school

Would you like to join a global organization that...

Embraces work-life balance – our employees’ well-being remains a top priority for us
Promotes a culture of learning and advocacy across the globe - diversity will enable us to strengthen our impact
Encourages innovation and experimentation
Understands that changes will occur and adaptability is crucial to assist when it does
Emphasizes and rewards collaboration
Works remotely. We continue to safeguard the health of our employees so our interviewing and on-boarding process will remain virtual until further notice