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About the Role
As an Associate Design Director, you will operate at a studio-wide level, shaping the craft vision, elevating design excellence, and steering the strategic direction of our visual design practice. You will ensure quality across accounts, drive operational standards, and keep our craft innovative, consistent, and competitive. This role influences senior stakeholders, guides multidisciplinary teams, mentors talent, and represents DEPT® externally, strengthening our creative reputation and contributing directly to sales, growth, and thought leadership.
Responsibilities
- Own craft direction across complex projects and accounts, ensuring work is aligned, elevated, and unmistakably DEPT®.
- Raise the bar by defining standards, sharpening processes, and enabling teams to deliver consistently exceptional work.
- Guide clients and internal teams with clear, high-level creative and product direction that goes beyond the brief.
- Drive innovation through experimentation and curiosity, creating work that sets benchmarks and wins awards.
- Shape the future of the design practice by evolving craft vision, building team capabilities, and fostering a culture of mentorship and continuous learning.
- Support pitches and growth opportunities with strong creative POVs that connect craft to business impact.
- Represent DEPT® externally through talks, posts, and publications that amplify our creative reputation.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in visual/UI/UX design, including 3+ years at senior or leadership level.
- Serious craft expertise: a portfolio demonstrating strategic impact, systems thinking, and high-quality execution across complex digital ecosystems.
- A strategic thinker who influences product, design, and business decisions with clear vision and rationale.
- A recognised design voice: inspires teams, elevates craft standards, and contributes to the wider design community.
- Mentorship mindset: actively builds others up through coaching, structured feedback, and knowledge sharing.
- Continuously curious: eager to master emerging tools, AI workflows, motion, and design trends.
- Deep understanding of visual principles, accessibility, and modern interaction patterns.
- Mastery of Figma and design systems; motion skills (Jitter, AE, etc.) are a plus.
- Confident communicator able to articulate design direction with clarity and conviction.
- Working proficiency in English.
Skills
- Visual design
- UI design
- UX design
- Systems thinking
- Figma
- Design systems
- Motion skills (Jitter, AE, etc.)
- Communication
Location
- Amsterdam
- Rotterdam
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Associate Director
- 10+ years of experience
- 3+ years of leadership experience
Benefits
- Flexible, hybrid working policy (2-3 days from the office)
- Opportunity to work from abroad for 13 weeks a year
- 24 vacation days per year
- Possibility to buy an unlimited number of extra vacation days
- DEPT®/YOU Learning Menu and DEPT®/YOU Special Programs
- Contribution to health through the OpenUp platform
- Gym and wellness discounts
- Healthy lunches at the office
- Discount on lease bike
- NS Business Card for hassle-free commutes
About the Company
- DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster.
- Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data.
- We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move.
- Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI.
- We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.
- We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing.
- Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done.
- At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.
Equal Opportunity
- At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive.
- We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.
- Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide!
- Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.
- We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.