Design Director

Join Interbrand as a Design Director, where you will lead the creative platform on major projects, build senior relationships with clients, and develop your team. You will own creative delivery, manage scope, budget, and timeline, and stay ahead of emerging tools and practices. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package, including family forming benefits, 401(k), employee stock purchase program, and health/vision/dental insurance.

• Interroger les briefs avec la stratégie et la gestion des clients, en reformulant les défis pour débloquer des opportunités créatives distinctives.
• Diriger la plateforme créative sur vos projets, en architecturant des systèmes évolutifs qui fonctionnent de manière cohérente sur tous les points de contact.
• Identifier et encadrer les mouvements emblématiques potentiels, en testant la faisabilité avec la livraison et en défiant l'équipe à penser plus grand.

• You're a thinker and maker who leads the creative team on major engagements
• You set a strong creative point of view and coach the team to deliver their best work, elevating not just what we deliver but how we work
• You're connecting creative excellence with commercial outcomes and contributing to how Interbrand is known in the market
• You're a holistic creative who architects comprehensive brand systems that work intelligently and beautifully across all consumer touchpoints—physical, digital, social, and emerging platforms
• You're proficient in emerging creative tools and AI applications, and you have the judgment to know when to use them to amplify creative work and when craft must be unmediated
• You shape how your team approaches tool selection, emerging technologies, and cross-channel design thinking
• You operate autonomously and own outcomes. You anticipate risks, structure teams and timelines for success, and deliver at scale
• Proven track record leading creative work on significant client engagements. Portfolio showing systems excellence and how ideas work across multiple channels and touchpoints
• You work seamlessly across disciplines, bringing strategy and delivery into creative conversations. You navigate tensions between vision and feasibility thoughtfully, not by compromising either
• You tell compelling stories about your work that move people to action. You adapt your approach for different audiences and know how to frame choices so people understand what matters
• You bring clarity about what's distinctive and why it matters. You generate routes that unlock both commercial value and memorable experiences. You know the difference between good and great. You understand how to design systems that are coherent yet flexible and how a brand can feel unified across touchpoints while adapting intelligently to context, audience, and channel requirements
• You develop people and bring out their best work. You coach individuals, create space for contribution, and help the team understand the thinking behind decisions. You shape how your team thinks about and works with emerging tools, balancing technological curiosity with craft standards
• Demonstrated expertise in holistic brand design with evidence of leading projects where a single identity system performs effectively across radically different contexts and platforms. Proficiency with emerging creative tools; understanding of how AI can enhance creative work