Visual Communication Design Lead Job at Studio Science in Indianapolis

Studio Science is seeking an experienced design lead to create impactful brand and product marketing assets while effectively managing and mentoring a team to achieve their full potential and consistently deliver value through their work.

Innovative brands collaborate with Studio Science to discover profitable opportunities, design delightful digital products, and shape desirable customer experiences. Our clients range from venture-backed startups to Fortune 500 enterprises, each with a guiding pursuit and unique set of opportunities and challenges.

For more than two decades, Studio Science has engaged the world to create meaningful value for businesses, communities and individuals. Our work and relationships stand as demonstrations of what our team members value: Teamwork, Honesty, and Craft.

Visual Communication Design Lead

Studio Science seeks a strategic design lead to partner with creative, marketing, product, and sales teams at Fortune 200 companies and execute impactful creative assets that support campaigns, product launches, customer engagement, and growth initiatives.

Your team's focus areas will consist of:

• design best-in-class go-to-market creative, including traditional, interactive, experiential, and video (70%)
• storytelling and design for executive-level event keynote presentations (30%)

This role reports to VP, Design

Candidates must submit a portfolio documenting relevant professional activities and work. Please note that as part of our hiring process, candidates under serious consideration will be asked to provide 2-3 references who can speak to their experience and effectiveness in leading and growing teams.

About You

• You are passionate about guiding a high-performing team through a high volume of work, while delivering a white-glove experience.
• You are constantly examining, evaluating, and learning ways to optimize processes and work, guiding, evaluating, and, when necessary, redirecting creative development.
• You have a proven ability to use design to engage audiences across many touchpoints.
• You are skilled in working through competing priorities and can easily manage multiple tasks and client relationships.
• You display a strong history of developing forward-thinking solutions while ensuring alignment with existing creative standards and business objectives.
• You deliver constructive feedback and consistently mentor team members as you lead them through the day-to-day tasks that contribute to their skill development and success.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of creatives, fostering innovation and design excellence
• Own the end-to-end creative process, from concept to execution, across multiple disciplines including brand, product marketing, video/motion, and events
• Approach problems inclusively and equitably to deliver better experiences for everyone
• Combine storytelling and presentation design best practices to create powerful executive keynote presentations spanning multiple speakers at global events
• Lead with a strong sense of urgency on exceeding expectations, quality standards, creative exploration, and continuous learning
• Seek to understand clients' strategic goals and vision to drive toward best-in-class, on-brand solutions
• Contribute ideas and guidance to meet our client's goals across various deliverables, including ebooks, whitepapers, presentations (including executive keynote presentations for high-value events), and other brand and product marketing assets
• Foster an environment that embraces an iterative design process and timely and relevant feedback, reacting quickly to new information and opinions to pivot when necessary
• Build strong relationships with clients that create trust and inspire confidence
• Exhibit well-developed leadership qualities and an ability to participate in strategic conversations, collaborate across clients and up through executive-level stakeholders
• Conduct one-on-one meetings and career and performance expectation discussions
• Continually grow and evolve the practice by serving as the subject matter expert, participating in sales calls, penning thought leadership articles, and joining/or maintaining professional associations

Requirements

• Portfolio of work that demonstrates strong conceptual and compositional skills applied to brand marketing and presentations for large, enterprise, matrixed organizations
• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field; combination of education and experience also acceptable
• 10+ years experience in an advertising agency, design firm, or as a leader of an in-house marketing team (B2B technology/SaaS experience a plus)
• 3+ years of demonstrated people management experience coaching and developing team members
• Demonstrated stewardship in partnering with companies in the development of forward-thinking concepts while ensuring alignment with existing creative standards
• Ability to understand the overall journey, purpose, and audience and create assets that resonate and drive action
• Ability to evolve and extend concepts with a scrupulous eye for detail; make corrections and improvements in typography, color, asset/image management, file prep, etc.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office (esp. PowerPoint), Apple Keynote, Google Workplace (esp. Slides), and Figma (Canva or Kapost a plus)
• Embodies a proactive approach and learner's mindset, an ability to thrive in an environment of continual feedback
• Ability to operate with an inclusive mindset and have experience working with diverse groups in respectful and equitable ways
• This is a hybrid position. Candidates must already reside in the state of Indiana and be able to work out of the Indianapolis office 1-2 days per week
• Availability and flexibility to work with global clients across multiple time zones and for occasional travel to clients sites
• Must be authorized to work in the USA for any employer without the need for sponsorship now or anytime in the future

This organization participates in E-Verify.

No third-party recruiters, please. Studio Science does not accept unsolicited resumes. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Studio Science, and Studio Science will not be obligated to pay a referral or placement fee.

About Studio Science

We help businesses design with people. Simply put, we believe every person deserves experiences that work better. We intentionally design systems to help our clients evolve with their customers' needs. We recognize that business evolution and change are hard. We believe that honesty is the only policy, that none of us are as smart as all of us, and that being great is a choice.

Studio Science provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Studio Science complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

It is not typical to be hired at or near the top of the range for a given role at Studio Science. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry. Salary is just one part of our total compensation package that includes equity, perks & benefits, and development opportunities at Studio Science. Individual pay decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity relative to other team members. We expect the majority of candidates who are offered roles at our studio will land well within our salary ranges based on these factors.