Design Director job description

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Responsible for the visual expression of the Petco brand. Oversees, guides and supports designers in the creation of marketing materials across all channels with an emphasis on digital mediums.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities: (approximate percentage of time spent)

Leads the research, analysis, creation and implementation of Petco's marketing materials (e.g., campaign platforms, secondary stories, product launches, social and paid media initiatives) across all channels with an emphasis on digital mediums (e.g., eComm, mobile, e-mail, social media, display). Ensures all materials and content comply with brand guidelines, creative standards, and federal, state and local regulatory requirements. (60%) Partners with others to lead the research, analysis and identification of trends and respond to marketing briefs with creative strategies, concepts and visual approaches. Proposal elements include concepts, narratives, visual designs, layouts, photography, videography, illustrations, animations, etc., and operational elements including resources and estimated costs. (20%) Acts as strategic creative advisor and partner to marketing leaders, cross-functional leaders (with an emphasis on eComm) and external agencies on the visual expression of the company's brand and how it is displayed or expressed across channels. Co-lead the presentation of creative concepts and visual expressions with the Director, Brand, Copy and Special Projects and the Director, Studio. (10%) Provides supervision to assigned staff: includes activities such as hiring, counseling, guiding, training and delivery of disciplinary processes as required. (10%)

Minimum Qualifications:

15 years of experience working on the creative side of marketing with deep experience in developing concepts, graphic design, digital design and packaging design with knowledge of online user experience and user interface (UX/UI) design concepts, or an equivalent combination of education, experience and/or training. Experience at well-known retail brands and/or medium-to-large advertising agencies with knowledge of the layers and creative development process behind creative marketing and how to navigate complex organizations. Strong understanding of brand-building and brand creative. Demonstrated ability to prioritize, ideate, meet deadlines, make decisions, and change course of action quickly. Excellent interpersonal skills to ensure successful interactions, strong working relationships, and the ability to interface with varied levels of management, peers, and partners across varying teams. Highly collaborative creative sensibility, with ability to be open minded to feedback and always seek out the best idea, not just one's own idea. Understanding and open-mindedness to data and analytics helping guide creative choices. Ability to work collaboratively with multiple creative and executive stakeholders.

Disclaimer:

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job (within this classification). It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required for employees assigned to this job.

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Application Instructions

Please list all professional experience and explain any gaps in employment history. All of your application materials, which may include PDF files of work samples and/or links to audio, video, photography or graphics, must be uploaded to the field labeled Resume/Cover Letter/Work Samples to be considered for the position.

Job Description

We are looking for a deputy design director to join the News Design team.

This department of visual journalists elevates The Washington Post's content across platforms through innovative storytelling that informs and captivates our readers. Our designers and editors create new editorial brands, thematic packages and story presentations on multiple surfaces, including washingtonpost.com, mobile apps, newsletters, a printed newspaper, magazine and social media. This award-winning team is unique in the industry for a designer's ability to interact with a story across multiple products while creating presentations that are vibrant and adaptive to meet readers where they are.

The deputy design director's role is to establish greater visual consistency throughout our portfolio and push our editorial aesthetic forward on site, on social platforms and newsletters. This editor will lead multiple designers and editors responsible for our features coverage but will also work throughout our expansive department. The ideal candidate has extensive leadership experience, is a strong collaborator and problem solver, is adaptable and has a vision for how design can drive brand recognition, further storytelling and shape our future.

This position is based in our Washington newsroom and may require night and weekend work.

Responsibilities
Create and maintain a design style guide for the newsroom to elevate our visual brand and our cohesion on every editorial touchpoint Partner with product and marketing to ensure the team's work aligns with work across the entire organization's design system Work seamlessly with the creative director and fellow deputies responsible for news, news development and platforms to inspire, enable, energize and coach a world-class creative team while cultivating a culture of innovation Support the development of enhanced storytelling presentations through strong collaborative relationships with departments throughout the newsroom Lead art direction that is engaging, and help develop content-driven designs and/or illustrations that are smart, risk-taking and reader-centric

Key qualifications
Experience leading cross-disciplinary teams and managing the growth of designers and editorsA portfolio of work that demonstrates a strong visual aesthetic, innovative design work and storytelling using a wide-range of approaches - including art direction, typography and use of color Experience building and maintaining brands within large organizationsA collaborative spirit and the ability to build strong relationships An aptitude for problem-solving, simplifying and communicating throughout complex visual storytelling challenges Experience in leading work that showcases experimentation and a willingness to push the bounds of storytelling Experience recruiting and retaining talent Experience with art direction and working with freelance artists

Those interested should upload a cover letter, résumé and portfolio highlighting three projects to our jobs portal. All application materials can be uploaded to the same field. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled, but those received by 08/31/2022 will be prioritized. The cover letter should be addressed to Creative Director Greg Manifold.

The Post strives to provide its readers with high-quality, trustworthy news and information while constantly innovating. That mission is best served by a diverse, multi-generational workforce with varied life experiences and perspectives. All cultures and backgrounds are welcomed.

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Netflix is the world's leading streaming entertainment service with 222 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries, feature films and mobile games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any Internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments.

The Director of Org Design & Effectiveness is a new position in our relatively new Comp and Org effectiveness team. In this position, you will engage in strategic, company-wide org design initiatives. You will advise on and facilitate the development of organizational structures and operating models, and provide consistent standards, practices, and frameworks to enable and sustain organizational change across Netflix. You will also create an aligned network and system to facilitate org readiness in response to org design changes, promote long-term agility and cultural values of Netflix, and consult in the design and development of key critical organization effectiveness projects that have enterprise-wide impacts.
Key Responsibilities

+ Org Design is a new global business practice (GBP). The Director will be responsible for helping set a strategy as well as actively helping to implement. This person will work closely with HRBPs, Compensation Partners, and the business to ensure each function has the most appropriate org design for the future. It is important that this person be able to:

+ Assess organization complexity and propose solutions for simplification, including effective spans and layers

+ Analyze organization structures and make recommendations to drive optimal organization size and shape

+ Understand and articulate gaps between future state OD and current organization structures including alignment of future state organization structure with budget and workforce plans

+ Translate existing org design data points into an org design narrative with accompanying insight

+ Define metrics to measure traction/ improvement on organization simplification, organization health and organization efficiency

Knowledge/Experience/Skills:

+ It's important that this individual have both a theoretical and practical working knowledge of Org design. It's important for this role to speak to the challenges of implementation.

+ Knowledge and experience of using organization design-specific technologies

+ Analytical insight and intellectual curiosity

+ Strong understanding of change management and the people and communication skills to support change

+ Understanding and experience of best practice organization design including the associated tools and techniques

+ Understanding of the impact of shifts in changes of roles and responsibilities on organization structure

+ Proven experience working on organization design programs in a large-scale environment

+ Experience supporting large-scale transformation programs

+ Ability to develop strategic design principles to inform organization design choices

+ Years of experience: ~10 yrs