Creative Director

About argodesign:

argodesign is a product design consultancy that believes technology should be beautiful, useful, and as visible as it needs to be to serve customer and business goals. We deliver sophisticated product strategies and design solutions imbued with technology, helping companies better integrate tools of innovation while providing vital context for customers. argo approaches technology from a human perspective — where it can add value, and how it can positively affect the human experience. We’re designing for a future people want to live in. 

We are a team of experienced designers, expert technologists, strategic thinkers, and passionate makers. Our industry, design, and technical expertise allow us to provide thoughtful critiques of the world as it is today and where it’s headed. 

We work with clients with whom our contribution will have a material impact on the success of the company and the world around us. It is our greatest satisfaction to see our work in the market, making a difference in people’s lives. 

We are seeking a Creative Director to add to our studio in Austin, TX. As a creative director at argo, you actively lead client engagements in a hands-on fashion, with as much time spent shaping the work and the client relationship, as well as guiding teams to deliver world-class design solutions. Our creative directors contribute to the fabric of our studios, which is centered on our projects and propagates a culture grounded in the work. 

We are inclusive and believe in diversity — of skillset, ethnicity, lifestyle, and career experience. Through these channels and the unique experiences of new hires, argodesign continues to remain on the leading edge of technology and design. 

About You:

• You have 15+ years of design experience and 8+ as a Creative Director within the world of digital product design and user experience. You have an extensive background in either visual design, interaction design, or research and strategy, but you fluently manage accounts and client relationships with complex UI and business challenges as well.
• You are curious, collaborative, and love a start-up environment. You’re a problem solver with an instinct to think through things by making. A craftsperson at heart, you retain the ability to be hands-on when needed while coaching teams toward the pinnacle of design product excellence.
• You use design to meet business goals and your portfolio showcases your expertise and point-of-view across a range of industries, audiences, platforms, and media in design consulting.
• You transform ambiguous requests into tight project briefs and manage programs from start to finish, for potential clients interested in starting a relationship as well as existing clients looking to further their relationship with argo.
• You are very comfortable with the tools that you employ to communicate ideas and direction. Figma and Keynote are critical, Miro, Figjam, and others - what can you bring to the table?
• You reconcile conflicting agendas, opinions, and feedback working with program managers and business development as needed to clear a path to bring an idea to market while ensuring your team stays inspired, motivated, and proud of their work.
• You develop respectful, trusted relationships with the clients you consult and the designers you mentor. Your empathy and emotional intelligence help you inspire, encourage, and reassure, but you know when to step out of the spotlight to let others present their work and share the collective vision.
• You are passionate about design and seek to expand your knowledge and grow your skills; even though you’ve been doing this for years, you strive to be better. And you give back to the field of design through thought leadership, education, or other industry activities.
• You’re engaged in your community and inspired by the world around you. Your life is filled with vibrant and diverse experiences that make you, you.
• If this sounds like a good fit, please introduce yourself. Please come prepared with a portfolio, and points of view. We look forward to meeting you.