Senior Visual Design Manager (Contract)

The Role:

Verbal+Visual is seeking an experienced Senior Visual Design Manager. 

You have launched websites, and e-commerce projects from discovery through deployment and understand how to concept and design digital product experiences across a range of client categories. 

You are eager to lead conversations with both business stakeholders and internal stakeholders (Ecommerce Product, Program Management, UX, and Development) to understand what success should look like — and design a solution that meets these requirements. 

You are curious, solution-oriented, and driven and enjoy the challenge of pushing work forward and finding new and innovative design solutions. You can work autonomously but also collaborate across disciplines to design fresh brand experiences online.

In your role, you will report to the Creative Director, and to Associate Creative Directors. You’ll be expected to work independently but will have opportunities to supervise and grow the work of more junior colleagues.

You Will:

• Own project documentation to ensure that your deliverables are relevant, inspiring, on time, and on budget
• Assist the development SOWs, Forecasted timelines, Project Plans and Creative Briefs
• Communicate perceived risks or blockers to Design Directors and across departments to ensure the project will run as smoothly as possible.
• Ability to lead client calls and clearly and effectively communicate design intent, processes, and methodology for client stakeholders.
• Creation and ownership of all visual mockups expected for handoff to development.
• Oversight of the Project Plan (components tab) to ensure that documentation is reflective (1:1) with generated visual designs and prototypes.
• Inspire the client, as well as your team through innovative concepts and art direction. 
• Ensure that best practices and standards of quality are met at every touch-point.
• Digest and respond to client feedback, when necessary, to discern what's important in order to deliver iterations that will exceed client expectations.
• Design QA and development support throughout the build.
• Support and grow in the role by actively seeking out and proposing ideas to better improve company operations.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited 4-year college or university
• 6-9 years of extensive digital commerce experience in a client facing, creative leadership role in a digital agency environment.
• A strong working knowledge of the fundamentals—interaction design, user-centered experience design, brand development, digital marketing and the creative process—as well as new platforms and technologies for the digital channel (e.g. SVG, Ajax, etc.) and related media.
• Excellent presentation skills and communication abilities at all levels of both internal and client organizations.
• Strong ability to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short- and long-term need. Timelines, budgets, and availability change. We need someone who can roll with it.
• An excellent attitude and a strong passion for your career!