Full-Time Design Director

About SketchDeckElevate your career working with leading global brands alongside inspiring colleagues in a flexible, remote-first environment. At SketchDeck, we aim to bring great people together to deliver exceptional impact. We work with clients ranging from startups to well-known enterprise brands.

Our Values: Win as a Team. Find Solutions. Take Ownership. Do the Right Thing. Be Human.

We’re looking for a Design Director. This role has four key focuses:

1. Partner with Business Development & Project Managers to build and deliver creative pitches
2. Lead overall design / brand / creative vision within your accounts
3. Lead high-level creative projects
4. Mentoring your team to support projects of all sizes and scopes

Responsibilities

• CLIENT PROJECTS (65%)
  • Partner with Project Managers on project scoping and estimates on higher creative projects
  • Support larger corporate accounts with fast-paced deadlines
  • Lead kick-off calls, creative presentations and problem-solving meetings
  • Brainstorm ideas live during client calls
  • Identify projects needing strategic input
  • Communicate project needs, timelines, team skills and availability
  • Set up briefs, provide creative direction and inspiration
  • Define workflow and scope of work
  • Lead communication from brainstorm to final production
  • Provide creative reviews and feedback
  • Decide project assignments, building collaborative teams
  • Drive design excellence
• ACCOUNTS, BRAND STRATEGY AND NEW BUSINESS (25%)
  • Lead onboarding of new client accounts
  • Review brand materials, setting up brand pages, ensuring seamless workflow integration
  • Uncover client goals, building strong partnerships
  • Build collaborative relationships with clients
  • Understand client goals and how to support them creatively
  • Master client brand guidelines and preferences
  • Maintain and improve account-level design quality
  • Train designers on brand updates
  • Push brands’ creative boundaries
  • Train and mentor Designers and Brand Managers
  • Provide creative design and management input on new accounts
  • Look for opportunities to expand services
  • Suggest client benefits
  • Develop and present proposals/pitches
  • Support Business Development with concepts
• SKETCHDECK TEAM DEVELOPMENT (10%)
  • Elevate design by making tools accessible, training on skills and providing inspiration
  • Manage team talent and assist with recruiting
  • Escalate issues and important opportunities
  • Keep designers inspired
  • Prove input and ideas to improve design team structure, processes, and development
  • Lead SketchDeck internal projects
  • Maintain effective communication across teams

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