Branding Design Manager / Creative Lead (Remote)

Design Manager / Creative Lead (Remote)

Designity is a design tech startup backed by Audible! The first virtual design platform that allows U.S.-Based creatives to team up and collaborate on design and marketing projects. This is an exciting opportunity to champion a truly disruptive service as a full-time Design Manager, where you will be responsible for setting the direction of all client projects, and ensuring our creative teams are meeting and exceeding expectations.

Seeking Brand Design Manager / Creative Lead with deep a understanding for brands and graphic design and strong project management skills! The ideal candidate is highly organized, detailed, and people centric. Essentially, a hybrid between a visual designer and project manager with a passion for guiding others. We work on projects across many different categories; from marketing collateral to video animations, website and app design. You are an experienced profile who can handle a variety of clients, and make sure expectations are set correctly with each one.

Responsibilities:

1. Managing the project from brief to finish – this includes:

• Consult with the client to understand the main goal, problem/solution for each project.

• Creating comprehensive project briefs.

• Establishing and managing timelines and milestones.

• Setting and communicating budgets.

• Organizing files, folders, and managing workflows.

2. Guiding creatives to ensure the quality of the outcomes – this includes:

• Establishing clear creative directions for the projects and communicating them visually and verbally to the creatives for execution.

• Being the decision maker, mentor and sometimes teacher.

• Having advanced visual design skills and being able to apply them to different design areas and industries.

• Having a deep understanding of the design process and a lot of love for the details.

3. Conversing with clients and managing their expectations – this includes:

• Conducting video calls and sending regular updates

• Listening to client needs and interpreting them into actionable outcomes

• Communicating workflow and design processes

• Meeting deadlines and ensuring deliverables

• Understanding how design can elevate their business and being able to advise and communicate design led improvements

Qualifications:

• You’re an experienced project manager who knows how to build project brief, timeline, and hit the ground running.

• You’re experienced in supervising different types of designers at different levels of experience and abilities

• You’re knowledgeable in at least 3 different design categories from graphic design, to marketing collaterals, web designs, and video production, or similar.

• You possess a bachelor’s /advanced degree in Design, Fine Arts or any related field.

• You are self-driven, highly motivated, organized, team-oriented and possess a creative entrepreneurial mindset that allows you to thrive in ambiguity.

Additional Information:

• Fully remote within the USA.

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

• You need to be available during U.S. business hours – any time zone in the U.S. is fine.

• You need to be physically available in the United State with a valid working visa.