Design Director
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Job Overview

We are looking for a Design Director with excellent creative skills to lead our Design department. You should be able to transform abstract ideas and concepts into creative outputs. While undertaking your daily duties, you should ensure that the designs match the brand’s voice. 

You should be able to collaborate with the Sales and Marketing team to develop supporting promotional materials. Besides, you should conduct demos and mockups for clients before delivering the project. Furthermore, you should be able to make alterations as per customer feedback. 

Your strong research skills will be favorable when analyzing new market opportunities. In addition, you should be able to motivate and guide your team members. 

Apply immediately if you can deliver high quality designs to help our company grow.

Responsibilities

• Creating high quality designs

• Pitching ideas to clients and presenting a rough sketch for reference

• Ensuring that the clients needs are met and brand’s voice retained

• Supervising and leading multiple design projects

• Selecting appropriate design elements

• Overseeing and motivating the team members 

• Holding client meetings

• Developing marketing materials in association with Sales and Marketing team

• Recruiting and training new joinees

• Understanding the clients needs, timelines, and budget

• Planning strategic design outlines

• Creating mockups and storyboards

• Visualizing an appropriate project completion timeline

• Adhering to the project constraints like the timeline and budget

• Obtaining feedback from clients

• Conducting market research and analyzing the data to determine the new opportunities

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts or related field

• 5+ years of experience as a Graphic Designer or a similar role in the Design department

• Knowledge of latest design trends and developments

• Familiarity with graphic designing tools like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Filestage

• Expertise in graphic designing

• Understanding of different colour concepts and typography

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Good analytical and research skills

• Ability to work collaboratively

• Highly creative and motivated individual 

• Ability to work under pressure and at flexible hours

• Strong leadership skills

• Good time management and organizational skills

• Ability to offer high levels of customer service

• Ability to multitask 

• Problem solving skills

• Ability to think critically