Associate Design Director
About The Position
Momentum is an experiential agency that helps brands understand their customers and create experiences that change how people see them. The Associate Design Director is a strategic design thinker who oversees and creates graphic design products, develops visual identities and environmental experiences, and applies design thinking to complex client problems. The role helps clients express their stories throughout the user journey and works with Strategy and BL on design research. It provides guidance to designers and junior team members, works directly with clients, owns environmental and project experience strategy, and represents the agency at site surveys and builds. The role operates with limited creative oversight and builds client relationships. The position takes creative concepts through design development and final execution, leads workshops, presents and articulates design solutions, and manages multiple projects and small design teams. It requires an analytical and strategic approach, strong collaboration across disciplines, and successful delivery of on-strategy brand design within established budgets and timelines. The salary range is $115,000–$135,000. Omnicom policy requires employees to work in the office at least three days per week, subject to local law and any additional agency or manager direction.
Requirements
- 8+ years of relevant work experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or a related field.
- Mastery of basic design principles, including typography, line, form, color, pattern, contrast, scale, and weight.
- Mastery in applying identity and visual-system design principles across multiple touchpoints.
- Strong commercial sense and ability to simplify.
- Proficiency in information design, iconography, experience design, animation and motion graphics, type design, and environmental and exhibit graphic design.
- Knowledge of basic technical specifications and production methods.
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite.
- Exceptional graphic design skills.
- Ability to remain calm in high-pressure environments.
- Ability to solve problems, develop brand graphic design solutions, articulate and justify design decisions, and present work confidently.
- Analytical and strategic approach to design; ability to work independently with little creative oversight.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and create graphic design products, including visual identities, logotypes, typefaces, color palettes, wayfinding, and environmental experiences across media platforms.
- Apply design thinking to solve complex client problems and help clients express their stories across the user journey.
- Work with Strategy and BL to conduct design research.
- Provide guidance and oversight to designers and junior team members; manage and mentor more junior colleagues.
- Own environmental and project experience strategy and attend site surveys and builds without oversight.
- Build and maintain some client relationships; present and articulate strategic design solutions to clients and internal teams.
- Take creative concepts through design development to final execution.
- Manage small design teams and lead design workshops with internal and client teams.
- Manage multiple design-led projects concurrently and partner effectively with creative and multidisciplinary teams.
- Develop a thorough understanding of client brands and competitors, gather the right information upfront, and provide timely information to team members.
- Deliver brand design on strategy and within established budgets and timeframes.
- Support Momentum’s values.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
