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)
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our ideal candidate is a multifaceted individual. For the past 2 years you have served as a client facing creative manager, developing, and nurturing strong client relationships and design teams. You are fluent in ‘brand’ and excel in ‘strategy’ conversations. You are a talented creative manager and design practitioner with agency related brand design experience.
We are looking for a Design Director who understands what it takes to design and implement award-winning creative. As a director, you lead teams through project management, the translation of strategy into creative concepts, design refinement, and final delivery. As a designer, you develop powerful and purposeful concepts that inspire others and showcase your strong craft skills. Often working under tight deadlines while overseeing multiple projects and designers, you must be an effective communicator, especially when it comes to relaying creative concepts to design teams and company stakeholders.
At Prophet, we value open minds. As a design manager within the design discipline and the firm, you value mentoring and are excited by the opportunity to encourage young studio members to create with courage. You step up to find solutions to teaming and encourage cross collaboration between all disciplines at Prophet. You seek design inspiration from the world around you and are eager to bring your fresh ideas to inspire the NA studio and global design community.
We are seeking a Design Director with strong creative vision and craft to join our New York studio.
If this opportunity excites you, and you are looking to work with an award-winning team of designers, we strongly urge you to apply.
YOUR DAY TO DAY
WHAT YOU BRING
Location: New York, New York
Salary range: 140,000 - 160,000 USD
Prophet is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All employment, promotion, and evaluation decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need.