Creative Director (Design Manager)

If you’re looking for a clear career growth plan, remote work, flexible hours, opportunities to work on a number of various projects, and quality content for your portfolio, Designity is the place for you! 

We are seeking a Design Manager / Creative Director with strong project management skills! The ideal candidate is highly organized, detailed, and people centric. Essentially, a hybrid between a visual designer and project manager with a passion for guiding others. We work on projects across many different categories; from marketing collateral to video animations, website and app design. Design Managers will be responsible for ensuring all expectations are set correctly with a variety of clients.

Designity is a subscription based virtual creative platform that is disrupting traditional advertising agencies, creative recruitment firms, and traditional in-house creative teams with tech, innovation, and new ways of seamless collaboration. Our vetted network of US-based Creatives and Creative Directors collaborate to support mid to large size businesses with their design and marketing needs. Hundreds of brands like Oracle, Audible, Marriott, Pfizer and Kung Fu Tea have already benefited from Designity’s unique model.

While we still operate like a startup (it can get messy at times) we are in full scale up mode. We’ve been doubling our revenue year after year for the past five years, and 2022 will be our biggest year yet thanks to new blockchain and VR technologies that we are integrating into our model. This means wearing many hats, stepping in where necessary, and taking on the challenge of a startup - but also reaping the benefits! 

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Responsibilities:

1. Managing the project from brief to finish - this includes:

• Consult with the client to understand the main goal, problem/solution for each project.

• Creating comprehensive project briefs.

• Establishing and managing timelines and milestones.

• Setting and communicating budgets.

• Organizing files, folders, and managing workflows.

2. Guiding creatives to ensure the quality of the outcomes - this includes:

• Establishing clear creative directions for the projects and communicating them visually and verbally to the creatives for execution.

• Being the decision-maker, mentor, and sometimes teacher.

• Having advanced visual design skills and being able to apply them to different design areas and industries.

• Having a deep understanding of the design process and a lot of love for the details.

‍3. Conversing with clients and managing their expectations - this includes:

• Conducting video calls and sending regular updates

• Listening to client needs and interpreting them into actionable outcomes

• Communicating workflow and design processes

• Meeting deadlines and ensuring deliverables

• Understanding how design can elevate their business and be able to advise and communicate design-led improvements

Qualifications:

• You’re an experienced project manager who knows how to build a project brief, timeline and hit the ground running.

• You’re experienced in supervising different types of designers at different levels of experience and abilities

• You’re knowledgeable in at least 3 different design categories from graphic design, to marketing collaterals, web designs, video production, or similar.

• You possess a bachelor's /advanced degree in Design, Fine Arts, or any related field.

• You are self-driven, highly motivated, organized, team-oriented, and possess a creative entrepreneurial mindset that allows you to thrive in ambiguity.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

All positions

• Fully remote

• Flexible hours within the USA

• Clear Career growth plan

• Creative work that has been published by clients and is not under NDA may be added to personal portfolios

• “No Meetings Wednesday”

Additional benefits for Full-time W2 employees

• 401k and Health Insurance Benefits after 2 months

• Unlimited paid vacation, company holidays, and mental health days

• Yearly retreat 

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At Designity, all employment decisions are based on business needs, qualifications, and merit. Designity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We believe that a workforce diverse in cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences will benefit our team, clients, and products. 

Compensation Information: Range varies between $85,000 - $105,000 + bonus for full time status