Brand Design Manager

What You’ll Do

• Manage and mentor a team of graphic designers, fostering a culture of creative excellence, collaboration, and continuous professional growth.
• Design a wide range of engaging digital assets, including: Whitepapers (eBooks) and survey reports, Online Display Banners and PPC advertisements, Social media assets, Infographics and other custom graphics, Google slide decks (for webinars, board meetings, and other presentations), Case studies, Email banners, Graphics for videos, Landing page mockups, logo treatments, and other assigned tasks.
• Design print assets, including: Direct Mail, Sales Enablement (leave behinds, flyers, flash cards), Tradeshow/events (flyers, posters, backdrops, brochures).
• Develop a deep understanding of FloQast and its customers to ensure all designs produced will meet the requirements and brand values of the company.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest design trends, presenting creative concepts and recommendations to team members.
• Meet and collaborate with various stakeholders across the company to understand their goals and help suggest creative solutions.
• Help project manage all design-related tasks, ensuring all projects are completed on time, and communicate with stakeholders regarding reviews and approvals.
• Develop new creative ideas and present these ideas to management, determining the best way to bring the ideas to fruition.
• Advocate for design best practices and the value of a strategic, user-centric approach within senior leadership.
• Promote the best way to articulate our brand across the organization.
• Take the lead in educating our freelancer network on our brand and provide direction on design projects.
• Any other tasks that may be assigned to help the company meet its goals.

What You’ll Bring

• 8-10 years of graphic design and art direction experience with 2+ years in a management or lead role.
• BFA or equivalent education in graphic design.
• A portfolio demonstrating proficiency in digital and print with applications in branding, digital marketing, demand generation, and corporate communications.
• Proficiency in design software (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch).
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• A strong eye for visual composition, with an excellent understanding of typography, color theory, branding, and UX principles.
• Experience working across channels for print, graphic, digital, and branding projects.
• The ability to manage deadlines and work well under pressure.
• Comfort working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable meeting with stakeholders to understand their goals and create a recommended design framework based on the needs of the project.
• The ability to assess all design work to ensure high-quality deliverables and meet brand and content standards.
• The ability to implement designs for use in Webflow and email marketing platforms (Hubspot).
• Experience working in project management systems (e.g. Asana), content management systems (e.g. Showpad).
• Minimal travel, up to 10%.

Nice To Haves/Other

• Tech or B2B experience is a big plus.
• Motion graphic experience is a plus (Premiere, After Effects) – but not required.
• A zeal for collaboration — content is a team sport!
• A knack for giving feedback with empathy, and receiving it with an open mind.
• Willingness to jump into new challenges as a flexible problem solver.
• Approaching design with a purpose.
• Ability to thrive in a hyper-growth environment, balancing multiple projects, partners, and deadlines with unshakable good humor and cool-headed kindness.