Design Director jobs in Michigan

Design Director directs and oversees CAE technical and team capability to support product, component, or structure design. Provides expertise and technical leadershipfor benchmarking, concept design, prototype development, simulation, testing protocols, and optimization utilizing CAE design and analysis techniques and tools. Being a Design Director develops and optimizes CAE methodology, including guidelines and standards, to increase design process efficiency. Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering. Additionally, Design Director typically reports to senior management. The Design Director manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. To be a Design Director typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Product Design Studio Director
  • Zen Design Group Ltd
  • Auburn, MI FULL_TIME
  • Commercial Design Studio is seeking a Product Design Studio Director who will manage in-house designers and technical resources. The director is not required to make creative decisions, but rather manage teams and resources to make sure projects are on time with the highest quality. You will lead a team of outstanding product designers to produce superior products, graphics, visual merchandising, and other designs to support client business models. You will form and change creative teams and technical resources to support business growth and its project needs. The job requires a high degree of experience in planning, tracking and delivery of design assets including experience in managing creative studio, creative talents, 2D & 3D design workflow, and related production processes from concept to market.

    Required attributes:

    • Extensive experience in art studio resources and traffic management
    • Experience working with factories or trading partners in China
    • Excellent work and professional ethics
    • 4-year university degree is required.
    • Good working knowledge and understanding of design studios, digital media and print operations
    • Strong organizational skills, with an eye for detail and accuracy
    • Capability to financially manage and budget projects including predicting and forecasting both workload and costs
    • Confidence to write and verbally communicate expectations to both studio and art staff
    • Calm, clear, methodical problem-solving ability under the pressure of multiple, complex projects
    • Ability to recognize need for new technology to improve our products & services, and the knowledge to shop for that equipment or software
    • Ability to identify and explore new trends
    • Coordinate and lead product review meetings and present materials to all levels of management

    About Zen Design:

    Founded in 1990, Zen Design Group is in Auburn Hills, MI, a suburb of Detroit. Zen Design group works with licensed properties from LEGO, Disney Star Wars & Warner Bros. Entertainment / DC Comics. All products are child & kid-adult oriented with fun, quality, and safety being the #1 goal. Examples of our products can be seen at https://www.amazon.com/iq

    Job Type: Full-time

    Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

    Benefits:

    • Dental insurance
    • Health insurance
    • Paid time off
    • Retirement plan
    • Vision insurance

    Experience level:

    • 4 years

    Weekly day range:

    • Monday to Friday

    Work Location: In person

  • 17 Days Ago

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Director of Design Engineering
  • The Shyft Group USA, Inc
  • Plymouth, MI FULL_TIME
  • Director of Design Engineering | The Shyft Group (TSG) | Plymouth, MI Regular Employee | Salary Exempt Who we are At The Shyft Group we are driven to deliver, and as the North American leader in speci...
  • 18 Days Ago

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Director of Conversational Design
  • Rocket Careers
  • Detroit, MI FULL_TIME
  • Rocket Mortgage, backed by Rocket Companies®, means more opportunities for you to carve your own career path forward. From our desire to revolutionize the way people get mortgages to addressing challe...
  • 1 Month Ago

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Design Project Leader
  • Design Fabrications
  • Madison, MI FULL_TIME
  • Overall position description with general areas of responsibility: The primary function of a Design Project Leader is to support Architectural Design Project Managers (ADPM) in executing CAD or Corel ...
  • 20 Days Ago

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Classic Design - Jr Buyer
  • Classic Design
  • Troy, MI FULL_TIME
  • What would a typical day look like? Sort drawings Supplier and vendor management on ensure on-time delivery Receiving of parts and organization on ship floor Arranging and managing shipping and coatin...
  • 22 Days Ago

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Classic Design Project Manager
  • Classic Design
  • Troy, MI FULL_TIME
  • Project Managers at Classic Design are key leaders and mentors to their peers. They strive for project execution excellence by managing a team of subject matter experts Primary objectives are to manag...
  • 25 Days Ago

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Design Director
  • Confidential Co.
  • New York, NY
  • Job description Home Textile Company based in NYC is seeking a Design Director to provide creative direction and managem...
  • 3/28/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Design Director
  • Northern Impact
  • San Diego, CA
  • Overview National Award-Winning Studio & Winner of Design Firm of the Year is actively seeking a Design Director for any...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Design Director
  • Work & Co
  • Portland, OR
  • Work & Co, part of Accenture Song, is a global design and technology company with offices in the United States, Europe, ...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Design Director
  • Confidential Co.
  • New York, NY
  • Job description Home Textile Company based in NYC is seeking a Design Director to provide creative direction and managem...
  • 3/27/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Design Director
  • Intelliswift Software
  • Englewood Cliffs, NJ
  • Design Director Looking for an experienced Design Director to manage a team of high-performing designers working in Agil...
  • 3/25/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Design Director
  • Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc
  • San Francisco, CA
  • **Design Director** Location **San Francisco Bay Area, CA** Job Function **Design** Employment Status **Regular, Full-Ti...
  • 3/25/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Design Director
  • Engaging Talent LLC
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • Impressive New York Luxury Branding Studio is looking to add a talented packaging Design Director for spirits and beauty...
  • 3/24/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Design Director
  • Hearst
  • Chicago, IL
  • Job Description Why iCrossing For over 20 years, iCrossing has been partnering with the world's largest B2B and B2C bran...
  • 3/24/2024 12:00:00 AM

Michigan consists of two peninsulas that lie between 82°30' to about 90°30' west longitude, and are separated by the Straits of Mackinac. The 45th parallel north runs through the state—marked by highway signs and the Polar-Equator Trail—along a line including Mission Point Light near Traverse City, the towns of Gaylord and Alpena in the Lower Peninsula and Menominee in the Upper Peninsula. With the exception of two small areas that are drained by the Mississippi River by way of the Wisconsin River in the Upper Peninsula and by way of the Kankakee-Illinois River in the Lower Peninsula, Michigan...
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Income Estimation for Design Director jobs
$162,994 to $229,648

Design Director in San Antonio, TX
So we were going after that, how can you push this idea of modern craft, new craft, and that's where design and engineering meet and do something that's never been able to be achieved before.
January 27, 2020
Design Director in Albany, GA
My role as design director is really one of guidance.
February 01, 2020
Design Director in Olympia, WA
A design director will typically manage and direct the work being done by a team or teams of designers.
December 22, 2019