Lead Creative Designer

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📋 Description

• Develop and own visual brand and creative strategy for [REDACTED] clients and the [REDACTED] brand
• Translate client business, communications and campaign goals into clear creative concepts and direction
• Set the creative vision for accounts and carry visual consistency through every stage of design and production
• Present, explain and defend creative strategy and concepts directly to clients
• Personally execute high-quality design across digital campaigns, social, web, email, presentations and brand systems
• Produce high-quality reports, eBooks, white papers and similar B2B marketing assets
• Design event graphics, exhibition materials and other event-specific assets
• Build provocative, creative concepts for B2B social media and digital marketing, without being boring
• Create and evolve visual brand guides for clients (logo, typography, color, brand style)
• Support client website redesigns with design that's built for the web, not adapted to it
• Produce advanced, on-brand presentations that pair messaging with strong visual design
• Edit and retouch images, documents and assets for digital and, where needed, print
• Design natively for web, social, email and digital campaigns, working within responsive and digital constraints
• Collaborate directly with developers and digital teams without needing work to be translated between disciplines
• Use AI-assisted tools to speed up concepting, iteration and production across channels, setting the standard for how the team adopts them
• Stay current on digital design, motion and typography trends and bring them to client work
• Act as the senior creative lead in client relationships and meetings
• Partner with account managers and leadership to scope creative work and manage client expectations
• Balance feedback from clients and internal teams to deliver brilliant creative and strong results
• Work across PR, content, digital, social and research functions to align creative with broader client programs
• Pick up projects mid-stream as needed and carry brand consistency through to delivery
• Help raise the creative bar and creative processes across the agency as it grows.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years in design, with clear progression to a lead, Associate Creative Director or Creative Director level, including agency client-service experience (PR, advertising or marketing)
• Proven track record in owning creative strategy and presenting it directly to clients
• A digital-first portfolio: B2B work designed natively for web, social, email and digital campaigns
• Experience leading creative workstreams independently — directing and executing, not working under a senior designer
• Expert across Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Strong working command of Figma
• Fluency with generative AI design tools (image, video and copy) and the ability to build AI-assisted creative workflows that accelerate concepting and production without sacrificing craft
• Advanced presentation design skills in Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides
• Excellent communication and people skills, and confidence as the senior creative in front of clients
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy and follow-through under tight timelines
• Comfortable working remotely and in a small, distributed team.

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work environment
• Flexible vacation and personal time policy
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance
• Membership to WeWork co-working spaces
• Professional development and continuing education support.

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