Senior Director, Design
About The Position
As a leader of our Design practice at Proto, you will guide a team of visual and verbal designers to concept ideas and bring them to life through thoughtful, expressive, and enduring design. You'll help define how brands and products look, sound, and behave in the world by connecting strategy to craft and concept to execution. You'll help clients see potential and find inspiration in the strategy made real through creative concepts. You have a strong creative point of view that balances bold imagination and clear strategic intent. You bring depth to design systems that guide how people interact with and understand their world. Your work will inspire teams and clients alike to see how design not only shapes perception but also builds meaning and drives growth. As a leader of our Design practice at Proto, you will guide a team of visual and verbal designers to concept ideas and bring them to life through thoughtful, expressive, and enduring design. You'll help define how brands and products look, sound, and behave in the world by connecting strategy to craft and concept to execution. You'll help clients see potential and find inspiration in the strategy made real through creative concepts. You have a strong creative point of view that balances bold imagination and clear strategic intent. You bring depth to design systems that guide how people interact with and understand their world. Your work will inspire teams and clients alike to see how design not only shapes perception but also builds meaning and drives growth. As a leader of our Design practice at Proto, you will guide a team of visual and verbal designers to concept ideas and bring them to life through thoughtful, expressive, and enduring design. You'll help define how brands and products look, sound, and behave in the world by connecting strategy to craft and concept to execution. You'll help clients see potential and find inspiration in the strategy made real through creative concepts. You have a strong creative point of view that balances bold imagination and clear strategic intent. You bring depth to design systems that guide how people interact with and understand their world. Your work will inspire teams and clients alike to see how design not only shapes perception but also builds meaning and drives growth.
Requirements
- 10+ years in a conceptual design role where strategy, interaction design, product design, and user research have been an integral part of your contributions, ideally at an agency or consultancy
- At least 2-3 years of leadership experience where you're comfortably leading conceptual ideas while being in the work and guiding teams at critical points across projects
- A portfolio that features a breadth of conceptual project types and demonstrates highly developed design that effectively solves business problems
- Proficiency in collaboration tools like Figma, Google Suite, and Slack required, as well as a willingness to explore new tools and technologies
Responsibilities
- Lead an interdisciplinary team of designers and writers to develop conceptual business ideas and design systems that move people and strengthen business impact
- Evolve and grow Proto's Design practice, including philosophy, processes, and craft standards to ensure consistently exceptional creative output
- Translate strategic insight and cultural context into distinctive creative ideas and visual worlds that set brands and experiences apart
- Guide concept development from exploration to expression, ensuring every detail of design communicates the brand's purpose and point of view
- Direct the creation of design systems, toolkits, and visual languages that scale across platforms and touchpoints
- Partner closely with strategy and experience leaders to bring holistic, diverse brand experiences to life
- Present and articulate creative direction and design rationale clearly and persuasively to senior clients and internal teams
- Take as much pride in design that sells an idea and moves an organization to do something new as the final design that ends up in the world
- Nurture and mentor creative talent, fostering a culture of craft excellence, curiosity, and collaboration
- Contribute to business development efforts through thought leadership, creative visioning, and proposal development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
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