Visual Designer Ii

**Department**: Creative Services
**Overall Purpose of the Role**:
As a Visual Designer II in the Creative Services Department, you will assume a senior position, demonstrating advanced design expertise and leadership. Reporting directly to the Creative Director, this position involves taking ownership of design projects, mentoring junior team members, and contributing significantly to the creative vision of the department.
**Key Responsibilities and Duties**:
**Design Leadership**: Content conceptualization and execution of high-impact design projects. Provide mentorship to level 6 visual designers.
**Project Ownership**: Take ownership of design projects from inception to delivery. Ensure the alignment of designs with brand guidelines and project objectives.
**Time Management**: Manage timely delivery of your work across multiple projects.
**Collaboration with Art Director and Creative Director**: Collaborate closely with Creative team leaders to contribute to the overall creative strategy. Translate creative concepts into visually compelling and innovative designs.
**Client Interaction**: Engage with clients to understand their design preferences and objectives. Present design concepts persuasively and professionally.
**Brand Consistency**: Maintain and enhance brand consistency across all creative and marketing materials. Provide guidance on visual and messaging elements to ensure a unified brand image.
**Research & trend analysis**: Actively engage in learning opportunities to enhance design skills. Stay updated on industry-standard design tools and techniques.
**Learning & growth**: Seek guidance from the Creative Director for professional growth.
**Software & Creative Expertise**: Utilize graphic design software proficiently to create high-quality visuals.
**AI Proficiency**: Utilize AI tools proficiently to help augment time and increase productivity around design, copy, video, and other content related to creative services.
**Behavioral Expectations Based on the Six Pillars of Love**:
**Inclusion**: Foster an inclusive environment, especially across diverse geographic locations.
**Empathy**: Show understanding and consideration for the challenges faced by teams and clients in different regions.
**Forgiveness**: Cultivate a forgiving and learning-focused attitude, particularly in cross-cultural and change management contexts.
**Trust**: Build trust through transparent and consistent actions, and reliable leadership in your role.
**Empowerment**: Empower team members and clients by providing resources, support, and autonomy for decision-making and problem-solving.
**Vulnerability**: Exhibit vulnerability by sharing challenges and learning experiences, encouraging open dialogue and mutual learning.
**Operating Principles**:
**Prioritize relationships**: We forge unbroken trust, achieve customer intimacy and practice forgiveness
**Embrace discomfort**: We value feedback as a gift, embrace. Vulnerability and transparency
**Wield your influence**: We lead with our influence, embody reliable leadership and extend our influence beyond titles
**Practice empathic curiosity**: We challenge our believed and assumptions
**Focus on outcomes**: We deliver with purpose, value impact over effort and engage in strategic problem-solving
**Take ownership**: We embrace mutual accountability, empower and unblock and learn from our mistakes openly.
**Experiment**: We champion curiosity and courage, advocate for incremental progress and redefine perfection through iteration.
**Be Effective**: We align for impact, are interwoven in collaboration and strategize for success.
**Skills and Qualifications**:
Proven experience in a senior visual design role, demonstrating advanced design proficiency.
Leadership skills with the ability to mentor and guide junior team members.
Expertise of graphic design software including Adobe Creative Suite and Figma with an in-depth understanding of design principles.
Excellent communication and presentation skills for client interactions.
Track record of successfully leading and executing design projects.
Strategic thinking and the ability to contribute to overarching creative strategies.
High attention to detail and commitment to design excellence.
**Travel Expectations**:
**In-Person Team Meetings**: Regular attendance for in-person team meetings is required.
**Company Meetings / Retreats**: Attendance for all Company-wide Meetings and/or Retreats is mandatory.
**Client Visits**: Occasional travel for client visits may be necessary. Travel frequency will depend on client requirements.
**International Collaboration**: Willingness to travel to anywhere on Earth® as requested to collaborate with cross-functional teams is required.
**Reporting Structure**:
Reports directly to the Creative Director and collaborates closely with other members of the Creative Services Department.
**Collaboration and Interaction**:
Lead high-level collaboration with cross-functional teams, clients, and stakeholders