Director, Design | Design Lead
About the Role
The award-winning Fortune Brand Studio (FBS) is seeking a Director, Design with extensive expertise in digital design and branded content. This person will help shape the studio’s creative output, elevate the Fortune brand, and inspire the design team to deliver high-quality, award-winning work for a variety of global advertising partners and internal stakeholders.
Reporting to the Executive Director of Design, this key team leader will play a prominent role in shaping and advancing the studio’s creative vision, working closely with our Sales, Marketing, Editorial, and Video production teams as well as our clients, to execute a multitude of projects with overlapping deadlines without sacrificing quality.
Drawing on vast expertise in digital design, branded content, and video, the Director, Design will deliver work that sets the standard for excellence and inspires the team to elevate the quality of every project. By contributing innovative ideas, refining visual storytelling, and raising the bar on creative execution, you will help ensure the studio produces content that not only meets strategic objectives but also achieves industry recognition and impact.
We are looking for a nimble, resourceful, client-facing creative leader with a strong sense of ownership and independent thinking who thrives in a fast-paced environment. This is a temporary, month-to-month role, starting immediately.
Responsibilities
- Execute high-level creative work across digital design, branded content, and video
- Develop and maintain a cohesive visual language across all touchpoints
- Create compelling, high-quality design work across platforms
- Manage the design team and stakeholders to ensure visual output meets studio standards and objectives
- Stay ahead of industry trends to inform and elevate design work
- Inspire the team to deliver more award-winning campaigns and content
- Identify opportunities to tell diverse stories from diverse perspectives
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in design leadership in branded content at a publisher content studio, brand, or agency
- Expertise in digital storytelling in a variety of mediums, including digital, social, print, video
- Exceptional design thinking, visual storytelling, and creative problem-solving skills
- Deep knowledge of industry-leading branded content campaigns and the ability to translate strategy and concepts into outstanding design work
- Proven track record of creating create award-winning work
- Extensive knowledge of video and design deliverables in the media, publishing, and advertising landscape
- Demonstrated ability to design visual representations of user journeys, such as storyboarding, wireframes, and prototypes
- Ability to work collaboratively, quickly, accurately, and with energy in a fast-paced environment, driving creative projects across all stages from pre- to post-sale
- Ability to independently hit multiple deadlines across a variety of projects
Total Compensation Ranges: $160,000- 190,000
- 20 vacation days and 2 personal days on top of 11 company holidays and an honor-based sick leave policy
- Health, dental, and vision coverage (90% paid for individuals and families), along with flexible spending accounts where Fortune contributes to your HSA
- 401(k) plan
- Generous parental leave
- Dependent care, commuter, and cell phone benefits
- Tuition reimbursement program
- A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
About Fortune Brand Studio
Fortune Brand Studio (FBS), the in-house branded content studio at Fortune Media, has won 297 global creative awards since 2020 for campaigns created in partnership with global companies such as Delta Air Lines, Accenture, BCG, Zurich Insurance, De Beers Group, EY, and more. In the FBS docu-series, The Ecopreneurs, the studio’s winningest campaign, we take audiences across the world to showcase innovative startups tackling our most pressing climate challenges; and in this two-time Anthem award-winning video, we tell a powerful story of how PayPal is working to close the racial wealth gap in America.
At Fortune Brand Studio, you’ll work with a talented team, take creative risks, and make a measurable impact on the studio and the Fortune brand. This is your chance to contribute to the future of branded content storytelling for our clients around the world.
FORTUNE
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FORTUNE is a global media organization dedicated to helping its readers, viewers, and attendees succeed big in business through unrivaled access and best-in-class storytelling. We drive the conversation about business. With a global perspective, the guiding wisdom of history, and an unflinching eye to the future, we report and reveal the stories that matter today—and that will matter even more tomorrow. With the trusted power to convene and challenge those who are shaping industry, commerce and society around the world, FORTUNE lights the path for global leaders—and gives them the tools to make business better.
