Associate Design Director

2 months ago


UK, UK, United Kingdom Profiles Creative Full time

My client is looking for an Associate Design Director to motivate, guide and nurture designers to

deliver world class creative projects. Reporting into their Head of Design, you’ll be joining a design team of 18 in a vibrant, exciting, and creative environment in their London office. You will have the opportunity to work with great brands on interesting projects; you will be responsible for delivering brilliant creative on a broad range of design projects for the business.

The Associate Design Director will head up their own full time, mini team of designers to support and nurture their development, training them to the highest standards.


Experience:

● 10+ years hands on design or creative experience in creative retail

● Seasoned industry player with varied client-facing experience

● Excellent understanding of the world of retail and brand experience and the design and

production process

● Design or Creative leadership in brand or in agency

● People management - nurturing and developing a growing team

● Ability to train designers on design programs and design skills

● Concept creation and brand storytelling across diverse retail and experiential touch points

● Creating and delivering presentations to senior brand stakeholders

● Client liaison, account management or in-house client experience

● Great creative problem solving skills

● Leadership qualities and a hunger to deliver the best results


Skills & Responsibilities:

Creative / Design Direction

● Defining the creative strategy on your projects and accounts

● Crafting inspiring concepts that respond to a client brief with a WOW

● Working closely alongside designers to guide them to create show stopping work

● Creating and delivering storytelling presentations and pitches

● Ensuring clarity of concept as the design develops and evolves with client feedback

● Strong understanding of materials and fabrication processes

● Awareness of how to design work that can be built within a client's budget

● Working closely with the Creative Director to push the boundaries of creative and elevate the

projects creatively


Project & Account Leadership

● Dissecting briefs and diagnosing client needs

● Liaising with the Design Studio Project Managers to provide clarity on scope and resources

required to deliver the project successfully.

● Strategising project delivery to ensure the project is delivered on time and to a high quality

● From briefing through to final delivery, be the lead and trusted advisor for clients throughout the process for all areas of design & creative strategy.

● Client communication, expectation management and feedback

● Identify, strategise and deliver on opportunities for growth and development of key accounts.

Eg. expansion of services offered with key client


Team Leadership / Training

● Responsible for the nurturing and personal development of a team of up to 5 direct reports.

● Working with freelance designers and external agencies to deliver creative to the same level of quality as expected when working with in-house teams.

● Training teams on design programs, design skills, soft skills and creative skills

● Recruitment of brilliant talent.

Industry Knowledge

● A deep understanding of brands, with thorough knowledge of luxury, beauty, lifestyle sectors

and the wider industry, consumer and cultural context.


Tool Knowledge

● Strong knowledge of Sketchup & Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator & rendering software

(ideally V Ray)

● Additional knowledge/experience working with other 3D Modelling and rendering software is

ideal eg. C4D/Rhino/Unreal/Enscape etc

● Understanding of tools and processes that blend digital and physical is beneficial - eg Motion

capture technology / Spark AR

● Excellent understanding of spatial design


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