Head of Design jobs in the United States

The Head of Design has three areas of responsibility.

Design Leadership

• Provide visionary leadership to the design team, inspiring and guiding them to produce innovative, compelling, and effective creative
• Manage and mentor a team of 10 design professionals
• Inspire the design team to create more advanced and better work using brainstorming sessions, team meetings, and other strategic tools
• Partner with the Account and Project Management teams to determine timelines and resource designers based on skillset and availability
• Provide constructive feedback, conduct performance evaluations, and foster a collaborative and positive work environment. Inspire design team members to be engaged, organized, and self-sufficient
• Embody MOD’s values and champion them to the design team in support of team health

Design Oversight

• Oversee the concepts and campaigns for the design department, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines
• Maintain high standards of design excellence and accountability, using best practices to guide teams through the creative process and ensure accurate, error-free creative execution within agreed timelines
• Maintain consistency over the quality and aesthetic merit of the design team’s output
• Protect visual storytelling across the concepting and production phases
• Represent and uphold MOD’s aesthetic throughout the department, including client work, presentations, trainings, and employee development
• Responsible for overseeing the design layout and visual impact of various design projects
• Provide designers with visual direction before they start a project and assist designers in written explanations of creative projects

Design Execution

• Develop he overall style for projects and communicate design thinking to the team
• Collaborate with other creatives to develop creative concepts and executions

• Be knowledgeable of how to design and oversee print and digital projects in various mediums

• 10 years of broad creative and management experience with at least a minimum of 5 years in an agency setting
• Proven ability to lead, empower and develop a group of design professionals
• Ability to manage projects and programs in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• A strong collaborator who can effectively manage opposing viewpoints, productively take and respond to feedback, and communicate actionable next steps to the working team
• A strong portfolio demonstrating design excellence and experience as both a maker of great work and an instigator of it
• Solution-oriented, problem-solving mentality and innovative approach to solving challenges
• Must be an excellent presenter, with great written and oral communication skills
• Exceptional ability in typography and layout
• Expert in Adobe Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)