Associate Director, Design

About the Role

The Associate Design Director will lead projects for key clients through all phases of the design process. This includes the development of big picture strategic directions for big brands, conceptual design research and exploration, critiquing and refining final execution, and ensuring design intent is maintained through the production phase. The Associate Design Director will engage with the Design Director on a strategic level; brainstorming, sketching, storytelling, mood boards and verbalizing ideas and strategic directions prior to execution.

What You’ll Do

• We are seeking individuals who aren’t afraid of design-challenges and love working on big brands.
• Looking for multi-disciplinary individuals with a strong sense of problem solving,
• A high-level of craftsmanship,
• Have a firm understanding trend awareness,
• Have the ability to inspire design in each project brief,
• Can be an ambassador for the design-discipline,
• Represent design in a collaborative team of strategy, creative and production

What You’ll Need

• Must have 7+ years of related experience
• Will have demonstrated strategic knowledge of design nomenclature, brand identity best practices, experience developing branded eco-systems (brand manuals and style guides).
• Strong presentation skills that include the ability to sell, explain and substantiate design thinking, direction and solutions are very important.
• Ability to handle the design process from concept through completion. Strong conceptual thinking, incredible craft, and attention to detail.
• Experience overseeing digital, motion, photography, and production vendors.
• The candidate must have excellent technical skills in Adobe’s Creative Suite (eg. Illustrator, Photoshop InDesign and Keynote).
• Experience with motion, UX/UI, and 3D software.
  

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.

At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.

We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.

Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve.  This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.