The Design Manager is responsible for overseeing the operational and creative aspects of our internal graphic design team. This role is a highly skilled, hands-on designer who takes lead on high-profile design projects while providing creative direction and feedback to the broader team. This individual also manages team workload, timelines, and day-to-day design operations to ensure we consistently deliver strong creative work.
Responsibilities
- Lead high-priority design projects from end-to-end, serving as the go-to designer for our most important and creatively demanding work
- Manage the internal graphic design team, including assigning projects, balancing workloads, and overseeing day-to-day priorities
- Serve as a primary point of contact for graphic design-related communication, including project scope, timelines, and creative needs
- Coordinate design resources to ensure projects and deliverables are executed efficiently
- Work closely with account and strategy teams to ensure creative briefs, concepts, and design direction are clear and actionable
- Track project scopes, design requests, and deliverables in collaboration with the account teams
- Assess team bandwidth and identify opportunities to improve resource allocation and workflow efficiency
- Oversee the design process to ensure timely delivery of high-quality creative assets
- Review and provide feedback on designs internally to ensure alignment with brand standards and client expectations in collaboration with the account and strategy teams
- Design and edit creative assets as needed to support timelines and creative quality standards
- Stay updated on design and social media trends, techniques, and tools to bring fresh and innovative ideas to the team
- Manage and maintain project tracking systems, including Monday boards and Dropbox folders
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5+ years of hands-on graphic design experience, with proven experience managing creative projects from concept through completion
- Strong people management skills
- Strong understanding of graphic design, visual communication, and social-first creative
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and other relevant design tools
- Strong understanding of design fundamentals, including typography, composition, layout, color, and visual hierarchy
- Experience managing timelines, priorities, resources, and creative deliverables across multiple projects
- Strong understanding of social media platforms and how design translates across different formats and audiences
- Strong creative judgment with the ability to review work and provide clear, actionable feedback
- Ability to collaborate effectively across creative, strategy, and account teams
- Experience working within fast-paced social media, agency, or digital content environments
- Desire to push Get Engaged and our clients toward unique, culture-forward creative opportunities
Job Type: Full-Time
Education: Bachelor's (preferred) or equivalent experience required
Location: Atlanta, GA (must be local to Atlanta)
Skills Required
- 5+ years of hands-on graphic design experience
- Experience managing creative projects from concept through completion
- Strong people management skills
- Strong understanding of graphic design and visual communication
- Strong understanding of social-first creative
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and relevant design tools
- Knowledge of typography, composition, layout, color, and visual hierarchy
- Experience managing timelines, priorities, resources, and creative deliverables across multiple projects
- Understanding of social media platforms and design adaptation across formats and audiences
- Strong creative judgment and ability to provide actionable feedback
- Ability to collaborate across creative, strategy, and account teams
- Experience in fast-paced social media, agency, or digital content environments
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Must be local to Atlanta, Georgia
What We Do
Get Engaged is an industry leader in digital marketing. We specialize in providing solutions and developing strategies for individuals and brands trying to effectively communicate online. Our Mission: Get Engaged Media creates digital strategies and brand experiences that engage audiences, drive conversions and deliver meaningful results.
