KLM Careers is hiring: Design Director in Algona

Design Director

Algona, WA This is a 3 month contract - no c2c

Overview

Reporting to the Vice President of Brand & Creative, the Design Director manages and leads the day-to-day workload of the BILL design team to deliver high-bar creative assets for marketing campaigns, collateral, email, event signage, swag, and more. They collaborate with stakeholders across Brand, Copy, Product and Growth-Marketing teams to interpret and draft creative briefs; determine the best creative approaches for achieving results within established brand guidelines and / or templates, and coordinate with project managers to outline and oversee contributions from design team members. Throughout the life of a project, they intentionally guide work to the desired creative outcome through clear and focused design feedback. The ideal candidate is a skilled designer and experienced people‑manager, with a portfolio demonstrating an attention to design detail and exceptional craft.

Responsibilities

• Act autonomously to manage and guide a team of designers to develop high-bar, impactful marketing creative from brief to delivery
• Coordinate and contribute to strategic creative briefs, defining a top-level creative vision and / or prompts which drive strategic design development, interpret and clarify stakeholder feedback, direct appropriate creative revisions, and oversee delivery of final creative assets
• Succinctly and professionally present to senior leadership, stakeholders, and organizations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in related creative field (design, advertising, etc.)
• 6+ years minimum professional experience at an in-house team or creative agency
• 6+ years experience managing designers, including brand, motion, and web design
• Extensive experience working with external agencies and design vendors from RFP to delivery
• A strategic design portfolio that clearly demonstrates your design process from ideation to implementation, and ability to lead designers to deliver high-bar creative
• A deep knowledge of visual design principles including layout, typography, color and composition.
• Experience in Creative Leadership, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud and Asana.
• Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder

Notes from Hiring Manager

• Work shift hours : 9‑5pm PT
• Interview process : Multiple (1 one-to-one interview, then 1 interview panel with a few of my team members)
• Team size : Working directly with a team of 5 supporting a broader team of 8 designers.