Freelance - Creative Director, Design

VSA Partners•Chicago, IL

About The Position

VSA’s purpose is to design for a better human experience. As a strategy and design agency, we blend consumer insights and data with human-centered design to activate meaningful, motivating and measurable experiences in an increasingly noisy world. With offices in Chicago, New York and San Francisco, VSA offers a full range of fully integrated capabilities—branding, advertising, data science and technology—all under one roof. VSA is also a proud member of Meet The People, an international family of unified and independent agencies. For more than 40 years, we have delivered solutions for business and creative leaders at some of the world’s most respected brands and forward-thinking organizations, including Google, Nike and IBM. VSA is seeking a visionary Campaign Design Director to lead our digital campaign efforts. As an expert in digital human interaction, you will have a passion for designing and creating the next generation of digital experiences that transform interactions, elevate understanding, and enhance value for our clients and their customers.

Requirements

8 years of Digital Design, Campaign and UX experience.
Proven experience in managing and developing resources, leading and cultivating teams, and helping grow new business.
Excellent analytical skills, problem-solving, judgment, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities.
Self-motivation, adaptability, and ability to thrive in ambiguous circumstances.
A related undergraduate degree.

Nice To Haves

A passion for designing and creating the next generation of digital experiences that transform interactions, elevate understanding, and enhance value for our clients and their customers.
The ability to establish overall direction for client campaigns and projects, synthesize and translate creative briefs to the team, orchestrate all creative aspects, and coordinate all stakeholders.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
A focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Responsibilities

Lead campaigns for a dynamic team responsible for concepting, designing, and activating cutting-edge digital experiences, design systems, and interfaces.
Define our Digital Campaign Design service capability, evaluating and responding to client requests, developing project plans, prototyping, and guiding the creation of compelling experiences that balance user intent, client needs, and project performance.
Establish overall direction for client programs and projects, synthesize and translate creative briefs to the team, orchestrate all creative aspects, and coordinate all stakeholders.
Contribute to new business development efforts, including pitches, RFP responses, and relevant sections of statements of work.
Ensure and maintain a consistent, high-quality level of work for all assigned accounts.
Collaborate directly with clients to develop programmatic solutions.
Lead the digital work of multiple engagements.
Direct the work of the team “pods”.
Support and mentor UX and Digital Design team members.
Work with other team “pods” on project scopes by deciding on appropriate interaction activities, deliverables, resource hours, and timing.