Associate Director of Creative - UI/UX, Brand

📋 Description

• We're building the future of advertising and are looking for the minds to help us do it.

• The Associate Director of Creative is a player/coach designer who will ensure that UI/UX Design, Brand Design, and Marketing Design engagements are delivered on-time and to a high bar of visual quality.

• In this role, you’ll report to the Director of Creative.

• Your main focus will be people management, with the flexibility to engage in 1-2 hands-on UI/UX design projects as required.

• A strong candidate has a best-in-class visual eye, clear attention-to-detail, and direct experience with managing designers.

🎯 Requirements

• 3-6+ years of senior-level design experience, with at least 1 year of people management experience preferred. Must have experience in responsive web design.

• Digital portfolio showcasing web design and branding skills, including color theory, hierarchy, composition, and typography.

• Self-motivated, proactive, and detail-oriented with a strong sense of ownership.

• Experience collaborating with developers and documenting designs for development hand-off.

• Comfortable with client-facing responsibilities in English, including leading discovery calls and resolving client feedback.

• Capable of providing constructive internal feedback and guiding direct reports to improve their work.

• Ability to tackle ambiguous problems, understand business challenges, design solutions, and execute them effectively.

• Proficiency in Figma, including features like Auto Layout, Components, and Variants, is essential.

• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) is required.

• Bonus: Experience in e-commerce or hospitality website design, familiarity with HTML/CSS or frameworks like Tailwind.

🏖️ Benefits

• Unlimited Vacation Policy, and Holidays: Rebooting is one of the most important parts of growth.

• Remote-first culture with a strong community base. With Hubs in LA, The Bay Area, New York, Philly, Sao Paulo, Lisbon, and Eastern Europe.

• Endless opportunities for growth: Our agency is founded on an interdisciplinary approach, giving Darkroomers insights into services far beyond your job description.