Assistant Manager, Design

• Lead and mentor a team of designers, providing feedback and guidance to help them grow in their roles
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design goals and objectives
• Develop and maintain a strong design vision and creative direction
• Ensure consistency and adherence to brand guidelines across all design initiatives
• Conduct research, user testing, and design iterations to ensure that designs are user-friendly, intuitive, and effective
• Present design concepts and solutions to stakeholders and senior leadership
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in design technology
• Manage projects and ensure producers manage projects to agreed scopes and timescales, including integrated projects where digital, print, events, media and social media components all require coordination and cohesion.
• Experience as an art director. Strong knowledge of photography, video production, Interactive PDFs and client pitch/proposal. Develop creative briefs based on ideas from brainstorming sessions, with direction, schedules, and deliverables for the creative team. Obtain team approval of final layouts, storyboards, and illustrations; encourage members to provide feedback; and respond to internal commentary and requests
• Oversee project design and production, reporting any potential disputes, changing requirements or delays in a timely manner, and reviewing project performance
• Create and maintain high-quality visual content for the company brand in both digital and print communications, including, but not limited to brochures, flyers, infographics, social media, logos, emailers, event materials, and posters.
• Must have a superior understanding of the fundamental concepts of graphic design principles.
• Stay on top of the latest standards, processes, and trends in the visual design field.
• The ability to receive, interpret, and implement constructive feedback from project stakeholders in your design work.
• You have a team-oriented attitude and the ability to contribute to design- and functionality-related marketing decisions
• Strong work ethicTakes initiative and can self-manage. Resourceful when approaching projects, can navigate through obstacles to bring projects to fruition, and can effectively multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

To apply you need to be:

• Have a minimum of 8 -10 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelors degree in visual communications, graphic design or art school with a significant equivalent experience.
• You have strong creative vision and visual arts skills with an established portfolio of business-to-business print and digital marketing collateral
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite InDesign (knowledge of interactivity would be an add on), Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Premiere pro along with a good knowledge of PowerPoint, and MS Word.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to clearly explain design decisions in words and writing.
• Demonstrable ability to work proactively and autonomously and be accountable for own decisions
• Ability to effectively communicate concepts and ideas to others through written, drawn and verbal means
• Ability to work confidently with internal stakeholders and external suppliers at all levels and with different personality types; influencing and negotiating skills
• Positive, demonstrable people management skills.