Design Director

Location: Algona, WA | Type: Contract | Work mode: Remote only | Max pay rate: $90/hr | Experience level: Mid-senior | Start date: To be decided

About the role

Reporting to the Vice President of Brand & Creative, the Design Director manages and leads the day-to-day workload of the BILL design team to deliver high-bar creative assets for marketing campaigns, collateral, email, event signage, swag, and more. They collaborate with stakeholders across Brand, Copy, Product, and Growth-Marketing teams to interpret and draft creative briefs, determine the best creative approaches within established brand guidelines and/or templates, and coordinate with project managers to outline and oversee contributions from design team members. Throughout the life of a project, they intentionally guide work to the desired creative outcome through clear and focused design feedback. The ideal candidate is a skilled designer and experienced people-manager, with a portfolio demonstrating an attention to design detail and exceptional craft.

Responsibilities

• Act autonomously to manage and guide a team of designers to develop high-bar, impactful marketing creative from brief to delivery
• Coordinate and contribute to strategic creative briefs, defining a top-level creative vision and/or prompts which drive strategic design development, interpret and clarify stakeholder feedback, direct appropriate creative revisions, and oversee delivery of final creative assets
• Succinctly and professionally present to senior leadership, stakeholders, and organizations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related creative field (design, advertising, etc.)
• 6+ years minimum professional experience at an in-house team or creative agency
• 6+ years experience managing designers, including brand, motion, and web design
• Extensive experience working with external agencies and design vendors from RFP to delivery
• Experience in Creative Leadership, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Asana

Qualifications

• A strategic design portfolio that clearly demonstrates your design process from ideation to implementation, and ability to lead designers to deliver high-bar creative
• A deep knowledge of visual design principles including layout, typography, color, and composition

Notes from hiring manager

• Work shift hours: 9 AM–5 PM PT
• Interview process: Multiple (1 one-to-one interview, then 1 interview panel with a few team members)
• Team size: Working directly with a team of 5 supporting a broader team of 8 designers