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About the Role
This role is pivotal in shaping the design point of view and bringing a client’s brand and product stories to life across digital experiences. As a leader/doer, you’ll collaborate closely with Copy, Strategy, Production, Design, and Executive stakeholders to deliver relevant, effective, and innovative creative, with a heavy emphasis on elevating the craft of our design teams and the strategic point of view of our agency. Project depending, you’ll both lead and also execute work at least some of the time. You’ll be expected to champion the craft of design, mentor and grow the creative team, and push conceptual thinking forward to drive innovation and excellence across the account. You’ll also build trust with senior clients, align teams around a clear creative North Star, and ensure the work is consistently moving, focused, and impressing our client. If you thrive at the intersection of strategic thinking, creative ideation, digital design, and impactful storytelling, this opportunity might be for you. This is a creative leadership role for someone ready to drive digital work that is strategically smart, conceptually rich, beautifully designed, and thoughtfully crafted.
Responsibilities
- Oversee interactive projects for a large client.
- Shape the design point of view for digital experiences.
- Bring client brand and product stories to life across digital experiences.
- Collaborate with Copy, Strategy, Production, Design, and Executive stakeholders.
- Deliver relevant, effective, and innovative creative.
- Elevate the craft of design teams.
- Elevate the strategic point of view of the agency.
- Lead and execute design work.
- Champion the craft of design.
- Mentor and grow the creative team.
- Push conceptual thinking forward.
- Drive innovation and excellence across the account.
- Build trust with senior clients.
- Align teams around a clear creative North Star.
- Ensure work is consistently moving, focused, and impressing the client.
- Design a Vision: Setting the creative and visual direction for digital experiences.
- Integrate Creative: Partnering with Copy, Strategy, UX, and other disciplines.
- Team Leadership: Setting the design bar across the account, mentoring Designers and Art Directors.
- Client Rapport: Building trust with senior clients, presenting work with confidence.
- Creative Quality: Leading from the front and getting into the work.
- Future Thinking: Staying ahead of design culture, emerging technologies, and new ways of working.
Requirements
- At least 8+ years of experience in digital design, art direction, or creative direction.
- Strong track record of craft-oriented, brand-focused interactive work.
- Proven ability to lead from concept through execution across digital experiences.
- Natural ability to provide clear, actionable creative direction.
- Ensure consistency across workstreams.
- Exceptional visual and conceptual design skills.
- Ability to set a clear creative vision.
- Understand the realities of detailed digital execution.
- Experience working closely with Copy and other creative disciplines.
- Develop integrated digital ideas and experiences.
- Excellent client collaboration and presentation skills.
- Confidence and executive presence to influence senior stakeholders.
- Proven experience mentoring designers across levels.
- Create opportunities for teams to do their best work.
- Active use of AI and emerging technology in creative workflow.
- Ability to help teams understand how new tools can change their work.
- Design a Vision: Ensuring work is distinctive, relevant, own-able, and aligned to client goals.
- Integrate Creative: Developing simple, relevant concepts and digital experiences.
- Team Leadership: Helping designers chart their career path.
- Client Rapport: Challenging needs where appropriate, aligning stakeholders.
- Creative Quality: Ensuring ideas are thoughtfully designed and beautifully crafted.
- Future Thinking: Bringing relevant opportunities into the work and helping the team evolve.
Skills
- Digital design
- Art direction
- Creative direction
- Interactive work
- Creative leadership
- Conceptual thinking
- Visual design
- Conceptual design
- Digital execution
- Integrated digital ideas
- Client collaboration
- Presentation skills
- Mentoring
- AI
- Emerging technology
- Strategic thinking
- Creative ideation
- Digital design
- Impactful storytelling
Location
- Bay Area
Work Type
- Onsite (2-3 months at a time for specific projects)
- Remote (at other times during the year)
Experience Level
- 8+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $200k - $240k
About the Company
- Kettle is a team of passionate, fearless creatives focused on delivering great products, redefining best-practices, and providing new opportunities for our clients.