Design Director, Brand Identity

Company Description

Part of Dentsu International, Dentsu Creative is a Global Creative Network that transforms brands and businesses through the power of Modern Creativity. Joining Dentsu Creative, you will be part of a creative network, delivering ideas that are brought alive in new ways. Along the way, you will team up with inspiring people across the world and become part of a inclusive culture where everyone is given the opportunity to grow and create the best work of their careers; to shape ideas, create culture and change behavior. Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency delivering idea-led brand transformation at scale. Applying big platform thinking, we bring ideas to life and deliver world-class creative solutions to meet consumer touch points and work across geographies, cultures, and channels

Job Description

NY or Chicago location preferred for occasional onsite creative collaboration. Remote work allowed.

Dentsu Creative is seeking a Design Director to join our creative team, working on integrated 360 campaign creative across all channels for our newest AOR win, a large telecom client. You will do a mix hands-on design work and setting the visual tone and language for a variety of campaign creative including TV, radio, OOH, paid social and print. You will report to our Chief Creative Officer.

Role Overview:

As a Design Director specializing in brand identity for our telecommunication client, you will play a key role with Creative Directors and Strategy leads to elevate the design standards of our agency's output. Your primary objective is to present distinctive ideas and designs to our clients, ensuring the creative strategic development and overall concept development of our client's brand.

Key Responsibilities:

Design Ownership and Quality Assurance:

• Ensure that all design work across multiple media platforms is completed to the highest standard.
• Uphold and elevate the agency's design standards through creative excellence.Team Leadership and Collaboration:
• Provide oversight for junior to mid-level designers across diverse projects, including presentations, digital assets, and brand elements.
• Inspire creativity within the team and direct them towards maintaining high levels of creative excellence.Project Conceptualization and Development:
• Develop design ideas, conceptualize projects, and guide them through the entire lifecycle, from initial concept to completion.
• Revise and edit designs, ensuring alignment with client expectations and project goals.Client Relations:
• Establish and nurture trust with clients by receiving and interpreting feedback.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Skills:

• 7-10 years of experience in hands on design and art direction
• Bachelor's Degree in advertising, design or related field
• Experience as a Design Director with a focus on brand identity
• Experience within the telecommunication sector
• Portfolio showcasing successful brand identity projects.
• Leadership experience guiding a team of designers.
• Knowledge of design trends, tools, and technologies.
• Experience in an agency setting

Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is $136,000-$191,000 per year. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com #LI-RB1 #LI-Remote

About dentsu 
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We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving be