Design Lead

Purpose of the Job

This role is a key part of a dedicated global design team for our client's SMB Ads Marketing Team - a global leader in the Tech industry. As the Design Lead for the AMER region you will spend time on site at the client office, and build a strong working relationship with key client stakeholders. You will collaborate with the Design Lead for EMEA + APAC based in the UK and Dubai.

You will be required to fully understand our client's brand guidelines, and ensure adherence to these as you support both creative strategy and design execution. You will be very confident in taking + interpreting client briefs, understanding their campaign objectives, and packaging this together for onward internal or external briefing. You will deliver exemplary support in creative strategy, and ensure successful delivery of high quality creative assets to support various campaigns across paid media, digital campaigns for social, and other platforms, either through your own creative + design skills, or through overseeing additional support resources,

You will demonstrate a passion for innovation and AI integration into creative production, and use your understanding of this area to explore credible AI / automation tools to implement in the design process.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop creative solutions in line with the client's marketing strategy, and global brand guidelines.
• Manage and take responsibility for the creative output of your work, and support workers.
• Establish + operate a traffic management process to ensure best in class results are achieved.
• Be responsible for the design and development of specific projects, from design to output of media-ready artwork mainly across digital platforms.
• Collaborate with the client and colleagues to develop creative solutions to meet the client's needs, in line with their overall marketing strategy.
• Present your work to the client, and respond to feedback appropriately.
• Be aware of on-going basis of design trends, undertaking appropriate research when required, thus ensuring HH client's creative is innovative and appropriate for their regional audience.

Knowledge, Skills + Experience

• BA / BSc in a graphic design related discipline.
• Excellent working knowledge of UI/UX design principles and software namely; Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator & wider Adobe Suite.
• Experience of client liaison, verbal and written, at mid-management level.
• Demonstrate previous success in building and executing a client focused strategy.
• Proven track record of creative design execution.
• Working knowledge of Google Workspace apps.
• Desirable to have HTML/CSS experience.
• Bonus if any Video Production/Motion Design experience.
• Skilled with concepting, typography, composition including wireframing and storytelling.
• Excellent creative and technical skills in digital design and strong attention to detail essential.
• Experienced in proofing text and can go beyond spell-check.
• Interest in AI tools and how these improve creative process.
• Easy-going, able to multitask, deal with multiple rounds of: edits, amends, scrapping things and starting over.
• Flexible and can adapt to quickly changing priorities and tasks.
• Open to constructive criticism and can maintain a great attitude under pressure.
• Able to quickly pick-up a client's brand guidelines and maintain brand consistency while creating innovative and strategic designs.
• Highly organized with an internal drive to continuously improve and learn new skills.
• Ability to excel within fast paced, high energy environments.

Company Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, Vision Insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401k with discretionary company match.
• 16 days of PTO with 9 company holidays + 3 floating holidays.

Your application will be reviewed by a member of our Recruiting Team and we'll reach out to you directly if there's a fit for the position. We're using video conferencing software to conduct many of our interviews, but all interviews will be live with a member of our Recruiting or Hiring teams.