Director, Visual Design

Role Overview

Director, Visual Design leads the Visual Design discipline across the organization. The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on creative partnership to define design vision, standards, and future direction.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the vision, standards, and long-term direction for Visual Design.
• Establish a culture of design excellence (craft, systems thinking, usability, and scalable execution).
• Lead and mentor design leadership and teams (e.g., Associate Design Directors, Principal Visual Designers) to develop talent and future leaders.
• Partner with Creative Directors, Motion, Production, and cross-functional stakeholders to integrate design across campaigns and digital/product-inspired experiences.
• Serve as the senior authority for design systems, visual consistency, and scalable creative production.
• Champion AI-assisted design workflows, automation, and emerging creative technologies to improve efficiency and impact.
• Create a long-term roadmap for design capabilities (talent development, workflow innovation, design systems, future-facing tech).
• Provide strategic guidance on complex, ambiguous creative initiatives.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and communicate the value of design.
• Continuously improve processes and ways of working to deliver excellent work at scale.

Requirements

• 8+ years of proven experience in design and interactive work for leading brands, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design/Visual Arts (or related) or equivalent professional experience.
• Mastery of design tools (not further specified in the provided text).