Manager - Designer

We are looking for a Manager - Designer to join our team and push boundaries with creative strategy at its core, acquiring insights, synthesizing complex matter and intersecting it with multi-dimensional ideation & storyboards, persuasive visual storytelling, and crafting memorable experiences through design. In addition to the Content, Research, and Bid Management teams within Growth Operations, this exceptional individual will work very closely with Marketing, Sales, Service Lines & Solutions teams.

Responsibilities

The Manager will oversee and take responsibility for the successful delivery of a range of projects that relate specifically to conceptualization, creative design, and visual storytelling. These include:

. Support in creative ideation, visualization, and execution for a variety of use cases and mediums ranging from high-value executive summary documents to UI/UX for microsites

. Prepare and distill creative briefs into high-impact visual concepts, designs, and templates

. Build hi-fi/lo-fi storyboards, wireframes, briefs to communicate/pitch underlying design principles and creative ideas to stakeholders and internal team members

. Work closely with the Art Associate to develop creative approaches and stories for our use cases.

. Apply different art forms such as typography, videography, graphic design, and photography in a way that translates the original idea into visual storytelling for early-stage sales pitches and proposals submitted to our clients

. Conceptualize design ideas for all internal communication devices including eDMs, newsletters, etc. and our GTM material e.g., case studies, capability decks, leadership decks, and research generated content.

. Take ownership of simultaneous projects with geographically dispersed stakeholders. Manage and deliver requests on time - providing time estimates to the stakeholders.

. Develop creative solutions that will amplify our client&rsquos experience across all communication touchpoints including client-facing workshops, microsites, report-out documents, etc.Qualifications we seek in you!

Minimum qualifications

Bachelor&rsquos Degree of Fine Arts, Media Arts, Interaction Design, or equivalent education and experience.

Relevant work experience as a graphic designer in an advertising/design studio or in-house creative agency

Exceptional aesthetic sense, intuitive understanding of design principles, and best practice of emerging trends in media and marketing

Demonstrable experience in working with and synthesizing technical language frameworks into highly creative visuals

Excellent written, verbal & visual communication skills

Ability to influence creative design to deliver a process-driven and managed creative visual, and graphic design service for a fast-paced business environment.

A passion for design and people

Experience in working with graphic designers & content team

Highly skilled in Adobe tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffect, Premier Pro, XD both for web technologies & print production.

. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft tools (Word, PowerPoint),Preferred qualifications

Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple projects.

Ability to synthe complex matter into simple and effective output

Ability to supervise and develop employees.

Strong relationship building skills and customer-service orientation

Creative and innovative thinking, ability to think out of box problem solving

Results/ action-orientation

Up to date with new technologies, industry, and design trends and demonstrate a passion for learning