Design Director - Shanghai

Were looking for a unique person to become our first design director in China. You will be based in (or close to) Shanghai and will take the creative lead for JDOs Chinabased operations. JDO has been an international agency from day one but with increasing volumes of work in China and the USA the time is now right for us to expand our creative reach.

This is an opportunity for you to grow and shape our JDO Shanghai studio from its inception and actively recruit with the support of our senior leadership team. You will need to be a masterful change the world creative with a strategic and curious mind commercial savvy and an ability to create best in class award winning brands with an understanding of the nuances of eastern and western design language and culture.

You will have already worked in global agencies at a similar level and have a proven record of designing and finessing brands from the Asia Pacific region from concept to delivery. You communicate your ideas and creative work in a truly engaging way that can command a room whatever the audience from interns to global VPs.

As part of your leadership role nurture will be in your nature and you will guide designers to optimal solutions with intuitive vision whilst helping them expand their horizons. As our first DD on the ground you will approach the role with a collaborative cando attitude and lead from the front.

For a global agency JDO is a remarkably closeknit collection of people. Despite being half a world away you will be supported and included in our company culture. We believe in liberating potential whether thats a brands potential through design or a creatives career in our studios.

If all this sounds like a perfect fit and you want to creatively lead this branch of a high performing global agency on the ascent please get in touch. We know youre out there and wed love to hear from you.

We invest heavily in our people and help them drive their personal development. We offer very competitive salaries exceptional benefits and WFH flexibility.

As an equal opportunity employer we embrace individuality and diversity. We ensure to include all perspectives and for each individual to have a voice. Its only when we give people a voice that we will get the best and most relevant ideas and truly deliver successful work for our clients.