Design Director- GDS

Posted 23 Days Ago
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Mumbai, Maharashtra
7+ Years Experience
Consulting
The Role
Provide creative leadership by leading design teams and projects, evaluating design options, promoting creative thinking, and partnering with internal teams and clients to deliver transformative work. Previous experience in a branding/design agency and strong technical skills with Adobe Creative Suite are required.
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Landor is looking for a Design Director to join our Global Design Studio. Could this be you?

We are Landor.

World-leading brand specialists.

Consulting. Design. Experience.

Connecting business strategy to brand.​

Bringing every facet of brand to life.​

Creating brand-led experiences for talent & customers.​​

United in our drive to make a positive difference.​

Proudly part of WPP.​

We build brands, designed to transform.​

Our Landor Group also includes leaders in sonic branding, amp, workspace & architectural design experts, BDG, and award-winning motion specialists, ManvsMachine.


What you’ll do

  • Provide creative leadership by leading design teams and creative projects. Guide and direct to deliver the very best strategy and design for our clients.
  • Work with Creative Directors and fellow Design Directors to establish future creative vision.
  • Evaluate design options, providing constructive critique to develop and push to find ‘big ideas’ based on design strategy and creative brief.
  • Promote and develop creative thinking, coaching and nurturing junior team members.
  • Evaluate and develop competitive and breakthrough design strategies and plans.
  • Partner and interact with internal teams and clients to deliver transformative, creative work and ensure client satisfaction on all projects.


What you’ll need

  • Previous experience in a similar role within a branding/design agency leading cross-discipline teams.
  • The ability to demonstrate creative impact and skills to manage the complete delivery of projects
  • Outstanding technical skills with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe Acrobat) .
  • Excellent and current creative and design trend knowledge and skills.
  • An ability to build strong working relationships, internally and externally.
  • A solutions-driven outlook, fuelled by curiosity and an innovative mind.


Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

We believe diversity brings creativity, which is at the heart of everything we do. We are actively engaging in creating an environment free of discrimination.

Landor is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, colour, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.


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Top Skills

Adobe Creative Suite
The Company
Chicago, IL
622 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1941

What We Do

A global leader in brand consulting and design, Landor helps clients create agile brands that thrive in today’s dynamic, disruptive marketplace. Our work enables top brands—from Barclays to BMW and Tide to Taj—to stand for something while never standing still.
Landor’s branding services include strategy and positioning, identity and design, motion graphics, brand architecture, prototyping, innovation, naming and verbal identity, research and analytics, environments and experiences, engagement and activation, and interactive and media design.
Founded by Walter Landor in 1941, Landor pioneered many of the research, design, and consulting methods that are now standard in the branding industry. Today, Landor has 26 offices in 19 countries, working with a broad spectrum of world-famous brands. Clients include Alitalia, Barclays, Bayer, BBC, BMW, BP, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, FedEx, GE, Kraft Heinz, Huawei Technologies, Marriott International, Nike, Pernod Ricard, Procter & Gamble, S&P Global, Samsung, Sony, and Taj Group. Landor is a member of WPP, the world's largest marketing and communications firm.

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