Design Director (Art)

TL;DR

Design Director (Art): Leading the design and evolution of digital design systems and performance marketing initiatives with an accent on creative direction, strategic thinking, and team management. Focus on building scalable design components, driving creative strategies for customer needs, and fostering professional growth within the design team.

Location: Onsite in Calgary, Canada (expected to work from an office 5 days a week).

Company

hirify.global is an agency focusing on digital experiences and performance marketing solutions.

What you will do

• Lead the design and evolution of a digital design system, iterating on new design components.
• Provide hands-on creative leadership, bringing the best out of a large design team.
• Drive strategies addressing customer needs and business goals across digital channels.
• Develop and deliver innovative proposals for account growth and new business opportunities.
• Lead and partner with multidisciplinary teams, including creative, technology, and account managers.
• Continuously improve creative methods, problem-solving models, and best practices.

Requirements

• 4+ years visual communication education or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years design, marketing, or communications interactive work and design leadership experience.
• Experience in a lead design role within a project-based strategic, creative, or technical agency environment.
• Strong design portfolio.
• Substantial experience managing and bringing to life performance social creative.
• Solid understanding of storytelling with video, including editing, pacing, and motion design.
• Proficiency with Figma.

Culture & Benefits

• Fosters an environment for professional growth and inspires others to exceed expectations.
• Embodies and embraces values of honesty, inspiration, drive, passion, and authenticity.
• Promotes continuous improvement and accountability by driving creative discipline and operational excellence.
• Supports Human Resource initiatives with a focus on performance management.