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Design Lead

New York

Agency $90-115k Permanent

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936713
A transdisciplinary creative studio that removes the barrier between idea and implementation, blending strategy, design, and code to ensure beautiful creative vision translates seamlessly into technical execution without compromise. Based across three continents with a 75% staff retention rate over four years, this is a place where creative fidelity survives the journey from concept to code.

The Role
You'll lead design direction and mentorship for a distributed creative team spanning three locations, owning conceptual development and visual strategy across brand, digital, and motion work. This means translating strategic insight into compelling executions, presenting and selling design work to clients, and guiding two senior designers, two junior digital-focused designers, and a motion specialist.

You'll collaborate across a hybrid studio model covering brand identity, digital products, and content creation, building processes that scale creative output as the team grows toward 28 - 30 people. The Creative Director values methodical thinking and mentorship over ego - this is a team hungry for guidance in an environment with a clear growth trajectory to Associate Creative Director level.

The Package
$90,000 - $115,000
Hybrid working: three days in-office, two days remote
Work-from-anywhere: up to one month per year globally
22–27 days off annually, including company holidays, increasing PTO, August and December weeks off, plus birthday/anniversary day
Health, vision, and dental coverage with HSA options
401(k) with 3% employer match
Weekly team lunches and optional team trips

The Person
A Design Lead with 6+ years at a hybrid agency, comfortable with motion and digital execution beyond traditional branding. You have management experience or are ready to step into leadership, with the ability to work across distributed teams and time zones. You value mentorship and collaboration, seeking an opportunity where creative vision doesn't get lost in translation.

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All applicants will be considered without regard to race, nationality, religious persuasion, sexual orientation, sex, marital or parental status, physical ability, gender, or age.

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