DEPT® - Design Director (AI & Tech)
Requirements
• Experience of growing, inspiring and leading a team of 10+ • Strong experience leading on a client with a consultative approach, ideally a client in the tech or AI space • Work with management to operationally set the client team up for success • Strong visual judgement and confidence contributing to concepts and creative direction • Experience working with resource / operations to ensure projects are set up for success • A high attention to detail, especially in large scale asset production and sign off • Experience in creating and reviewing scopes/timing plans • Curiosity around AI tools and interest in learning how they can support creative work • A strong portfolio or showreel showing concept, craft, and high quality motion and design work, with examples of tech or AI-led campaigns
Responsibilities
• Lead, develop, motivate and inspire DEPT’s design teams and encourage collaboration • Deliver and inspire innovative and high quality work across all deliverables from the team • Develop strong creative ideas rooted in narrative, pacing, composition, and visual structure • Initiate and facilitate creative team collaboration and sharing, and team cohesion through social and team building initiatives • Guide execution across motion and static deliverables to keep work aligned with the original creative intent • Lead, develop, motivate and inspire the design team as well as encouraging collaboration • Be the face and voice of design at Dept®, to raise the profile of the team • Suggest best ways of working, and hustle for the best opportunities • Work with the ECD to build processes, structures and raise the quality of design • Nurture and build a team of happy and fulfilled designers • Build a productive and working relationship with other disciplines across the agency to deliver projects • Maintain brand consistency throughout all our marketing projects • Explore and work within a variety of different formats and platforms to create global campaigns • Generate the creative ideas and campaign look and feel • Collaborate with other designers and creative planners • Be aware of and respond to current design trends and culture • Use your experience and ideas to contribute to the development of our creative process • Present work internally and externally • Stay up-to-date with industry development and tools
Benefits
• A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location). • An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies • Pension, free private healthcare, mental health support, and company sick pay scheme. • 26 days paid holiday (plus UK Bank Holidays). • Refreshments are provided in the office all week, as well as drinks at 4 pm on a Thursday. • Help getting you to work with a season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme. • Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents. • Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events. • Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance. • Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®. • A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards. • Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get • We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA. • We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter. • At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build. • DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION • At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives. • Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. • We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us. • Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here.
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