Design Systems Lead
Skills
Software As A ServiceCraftsCreative IndustriesMotion DesignMusic CompositionPerformance MarketingPresentations
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in art direction digital design or creative leadership within an agency or fast-paced marketing environment
- Experience leading mentoring or managing creative teams while fostering collaboration and creative growth
- A portfolio showcasing exceptional work across digital campaigns display advertising design systems email and motion storyboards
- Advanced proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite with the ability to direct motion design and collaborate effectively with animation teams
- Experience building scalable creative systems templates workflows and production processes
- Strong understanding of typography composition branding visual storytelling and digital design best practices
- Ability to translate brand guidelines into elevated platform-specific creative that feels thoughtful and original
- Excellent communication collaboration and presentation skills with experience working across cross-functional teams
- A proactive builder mindset with enthusiasm for shaping new processes teams and ways of working
Nice to have
- Collaborative
- Proactive
- Builder mindset
- Mentorship focused
- Cross-functional
Day to day
- Set the creative vision across static design display advertising email HTML5 banners motion and digital campaigns while maintaining premium craft and brand excellence
- Lead mentor and coach designers and motion designers through clear direction thoughtful feedback and collaborative creative leadership
- Build scalable design systems templates workflows review processes and quality standards that support consistent high-volume multi-channel production
- Translate client brand guidelines and campaign goals into compelling visual concepts storyboards and platform-specific creative that feels polished and innovative
- Collaborate closely with strategy production editing project management and account teams to deliver integrated campaigns from concept through execution
