Associate Design Director

Vancouver - Canada

Monthly Salary: $ 120000 - 140000

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

As anAssociateDesign Directoryou bring a strong creativeopinion informed by strategy and past resultsto lead performance marketing initiatives. Balancing visual language narrative structure and design process you develop client and interagency relationships by clearly communicating and justifying concepts. Visual and systematic design woven together with a performance lens is your bread and butterbut youve also got strong working knowledge of campaign development brand development UX and UI principles and scalable design system developmentall essential in your role.

Youre looking to hone your management skills directing the collaborative efforts of a large creative team. And the environment you build for your team fosters professional growth and inspires others to exceed expectations. Most importantly you embody and embrace our valuesto be honest inspired driven passionate and realin everything you do.

You Will:

Lead the design of a digital design system both building from established patterns and iterating on new design components to evolve the system
Be a hands-on creative lead with the desire and capability to bring the best out of a design team
Build and maintain creative culture within the design team
Understand skillsets and personalities of team members to find areas for opportunity or improvement
Drive the strategies that address customer needs and business goals across digital channels
Contribute creative solutions and innovations that strengthen both the agency brand and market leadership position
Develop & deliver innovative proposals to capture both account growth and new business opportunities
Promote continuous improvement and accountability by driving Creative discipline and operational excellence and lending industry vertical expertise
Perform strategic account planning with senior management in vertical marketing groups
Conceive and create experience design solutions that fulfill strategic business objectives
Be just as comfortable in the work as leading it. Figma is an extension of your creativity
Effectively communicate creative ideas and strategies to all project stakeholders
Lead and partner with multidisciplinary teams including all creative disciplines technology planning account and program managers partners clients and more
Provide regular team leadership and constructive feedback on all accounts
Develop monitor and modify the business unit creative department staffing strategies and plans including team composition performance skills training and mentoring
Develop implement and monitor quality standards across all creative artifacts and deliverables
Continuously improve Creative methods problem-solving models and best practices
Proactively manage the success of production scope schedules and budgets
Engage and inform practice leads from media technology marketing science usability and quality assurance to maximize results and ensure satisfaction
Support and lead Human Resource initiatives with a focus on performance management
Understand embrace and communicate corporate mission and values

You Have:

4 years visual communication education or equivalent experience
8 years design marketing or communications interactive work and design leadership experience
4 years Design Systems experience
Experience in a lead design role within a project-based strategic creative or technical agency environment
Substantial experience managing and bringing to life performance social creative
A solid understanding of storytelling with the use of video editing pacing motion design excellence
Passion for design and eagerness to collaborate with other creative people
Solid understanding and appreciation for the distinction between creative expression and commercial reality

What We Offer:

Global maternity and parental leave
Competitive benefits packages
Vacation compassionate leave wellness days and flex days
Access to online services for families and new parents
Early Dismissal Fridays (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
Diversity and Inclusion Board with 13 affinity groups
Internal learning and development programs
Enterprise-wide employee discounts

Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization and we want to set you up for long-term an effort to do so we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.

We continually review ranges to address skills experience and markets. Base salaries are determined during our interview process by assessing a number of factors that include but arent limited to a candidates experience and skills relative to the scope and responsibilities of the position. For current CM employees tenure will also be a consideration.

Salary Range

$120000 - $140000 CAD

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

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