Design Studio Lead

New York City, NY - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 143000 - 186000

Posted on: 08-11-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Your Team Responsibilities

Were seeking a Head of Design Studio to lead MSCIs marketing design team a leader who can shape the visual language of our brand across every touchpoint from campaigns and events to digital and social.

Youll oversee a team of multidisciplinary designers and drive the modernization of our design systems processes and standards especially the incorporation of AI tools.

The design studio is focused on many various tasks including brochure and sales collateral event banners social media banners website imagery data visualization and partnering with our creative campaign team amplify our campaigns across touchpoints. You will need to balance operational and creative skills to manage a large workload across the team with speed and efficiency while also leading our brand visual guidelines and partnering on creative campaigns.

Youll be a change agent elevating design quality championing our creative identity and ensuring design plays a central respected role in how we communicate with the world.

Your Key Ressponsibilities

1. Lead and Elevate the Design Studio

Manage mentor and inspire a team of 46 designers spanning digital events social and brand systems.

Foster a culture of creativity growth and accountability within the studio.

Ensure up to 75% of team capacity is protected for critical BAU design needs while embedding designers into key campaign teams to collaborate with the Creative Director.

Elevate our data visualization a key growth area for MSCI.

Serve as the managerial home for all designers responsible for hiring training performance and career development.

2. Shape the Visual Brand

Following the recent launch of our new visual identity system you will take ownership of its evolution ensuring MSCIs brand remains consistent forward-looking and reflective of our leadership in the industry. Youll guide how our visual language shows up across every touchpoint helping express where the company is today and where were headed next.

Partner with the Creative Director to ensure campaign work consistently meets brand and creative standards.

Oversee design systems templates and toolkits that empower teams globally while maintaining creative integrity and consistency.

3. Drive Operational Excellence

Champion the integration of AI and automation tools into the design process driving innovation speed and quality across deliverables. Youll help the team adopt new technologies that amplify creative output streamline workflows and free designers to focus on higher-value creative thinking.

Introduce modern processes that streamline workflows creative briefs and design prioritization.

Create scalable systems for managing BAU requests and protecting design focus for high-value work.

Develop a self-service ecosystem of branded templates and assets to support repeatable needs across marketing and business units.

4. Partner Across the Creative Organization

Collaborate closely with the Creative Director Video Production Lead Content Marketing Lead as well as the digital team and product marketers to deliver integrated creative assets across channels.

Work with product marketing leads to align design output with strategic priorities and campaign goals.

Provide advocacy and air cover for the design team ensuring they have the space respect and resources to do their best work.

5. Lead Design as a Strategic Force

Position design as a consultative creative partner that drives business impact and brand strength.

Evangelize the power of design within MSCI helping teams see it not just as executional support but as a key driver of clarity storytelling and differentiation.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

A seasoned design leader (10 years of experience) with a track record of leading design teams within an in-house agency or top-tier agency.

Equally comfortable discussing typography and timelines you blend craft creativity and operational discipline.

Adept at managing and mentoring diverse design talent across global markets.

Experienced in modern design operations and workflow tools especially AI with the ability to introduce scalable systems and process improvements.

A confident collaborator who thrives in matrixed environments and knows how to partner with creative content and marketing leads.

Passionate about brand storytelling visual systems and the role of design in shaping perception and driving business results.

About MSCI

What we offer you

Salary range: $143000 - $186000 / year plus eligible for annual bonus

Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits tailored to your location ensuring your financial security health and overall wellbeing.

Flexible working arrangements advanced technology and collaborative workspaces.

A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

A global network of talented colleagues who inspire support and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey followed by access to our platform LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges internal mobility and expanded roles.

We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities Asian Support Network Black Leadership Network Climate Action Network Hola! MSCI Pride & Allies Women in Tech and Womens Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do and we are inspired by our purpose to power better investment decisions. Youll be part of an industry-leading network of creative curious and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself our clients and our industry.

MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community. With over 50 years of expertise in research data and technology we power better investment decisions by enabling clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently build more effective portfolios. We create industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across the investment process.

MSCI Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the firm to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion creed age sex gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin citizenship disability marital and civil partnership/union status pregnancy (including unlawful discrimination on the basis of a legally protected parental leave) veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. MSCI is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process please email and indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Please note this e-mail is intended only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation; it is not intended for other inquiries.

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Your Team ResponsibilitiesWere seeking a Head of Design Studio to lead MSCIs marketing design team a leader who can shape the visual language of our brand across every touchpoint from campaigns and events to digital and social.Youll oversee a team of multidisciplinary designers and drive the modern...