Design Director (FTC on enterprise clients)

Overview

In this Design Director role at Design Bridge and Partners, you lead high-profile brand projects from concept to implementation across all touchpoints. You’ll steer a talented design team, collaborating with Creative and Client Directors to blend strategic thinking with craft, delivering meaningful and visually compelling work. You’ll balance creative ambition with commercial and strategic rigour while shaping how brands connect with people in the real world. This is a chance to influence award-winning creative on a global stage within a collaborative, hybrid studio environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a design team on high-profile client projects across brand identity, visual language and campaigns
• Take projects from concept through implementation, ensuring strategic rigor and craft excellence
• Collaborate with Creative Directors and Client Directors to align creative direction with client objectives
• Push creative boundaries while maintaining commercial and strategic discipline
• Foster a collaborative, motivating culture and guide presentations with clarity and confidence

Key requirements

• Experienced creative leader with a proven track record of delivering exceptional design
• Strong conceptual thinking and obsessive craft mindset
• Hands-on when needed, capable of directing and inspiring others
• Ability to simplify complexity and communicate with confidence
• Collaborative, positive team player who connects with real-world audiences

• collaboration
• leadership and mentoring
• clear communication
• brand identity and visual language
• brand storytelling across multiple touchpoints (pack to digital)
• campaign design and implementation

…