Design Director

Summary

Join Designit as a Design Director and lead a multidisciplinary team in crafting exceptional experiences for diverse clients. You will define and implement design-led approaches for pre-sales, recruit and onboard new talent, and collaborate with account executives on high-value client engagements. This role requires overseeing multiple projects, facilitating workshops, and developing winning strategies. Designit embraces work-life balance, promotes a culture of learning and advocacy, and offers a flexible work-from-anywhere policy. The compensation range is $189,713 to $200,000, based on experience and other factors.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years in designing and implementing digital applications, products, and services
• Proficiency with software such as Sketch, Figma, InVision, Miro, and Dovetail
• Demonstrated expertise in design research, user experience design, service strategy, and defining design processes
• Experience designing and facilitating workshops
• Master’s degree in Industrial Design, Graphic Design, or Human-Centric Design

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of multidisciplinary designers to define and implement a design-led approach for pre-sales motions
• Recruit, hire, and onboard new design talent as needed
• Develop strategies to consistently win with a design-led approach by innovating on market engagement methods
• Collaborate with internal account executives to shape and present design-led pitches and proposals for $100M+ transformation-focused client engagements
• Determine strategy, approach, and investment levels for proposal creation
• Lead the creation of overall client engagement models in collaboration with practice leaders to support pre-sales motions
• Facilitate design-led workshops for clients and internal teams
• Oversee multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring they remain on track, on budget, and aligned with strategic goals

Benefits

• Embraces work-life balance – our employees’ well-being remains a top priority for us
• Promotes a culture of learning and advocacy across the globe - diversity will enable us to strengthen our impact
• Encourages innovation and experimentation
• Understands that changes will occur and adaptability is crucial to assist when it does
• Emphasizes and rewards collaboration
• Has a work from anywhere attitude—from home, coffeehouse, or at one of studios around the globe