Are you an exceptional design professional who revels in designing and guiding creative endeavors? If you have a genuine passion for creating outstanding work while fostering growth in others, we have an exciting opportunity for you. At WorkInProgress, we seek an Associate Design Director who places the quality of the work above personal ego and is as dedicated to helping team members flourish as they are to their professional development. In our collaborative and ego-less environment, no task is beneath anyone, and we all contribute to the groundwork and opportunities that come our way.
As an Associate Design Director at WIP, co-leading the design department, you will play a key leadership role within our small yet potent design team, collaborating on diverse projects. From crafting unique landing pages to designing vehicle wraps and leading the creation of beautiful aesthetic work, you will face many challenges that will test your creativity, leadership and problem-solving skills.
Requirements
- At least 8+ years’ experience in a creative agency or similar.
- Have a proven track record leading design and art direction across channels.
- Have exceptional taste and design aesthetic, style variations, and awareness of design trends and innovation.
- Possess excellent design and conceptual ability with thorough knowledge of visual systems, advertising, digital media, print (packaging, in-store marketing), and digital production.
- Must have expert-level skills in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Figma.
- Have a deep understanding of 3D and VFX workflows and familiarity working in software like After Effects, Blender, Houdini, and Cinema 4D.
- Be organized and able to work in a manner that allows collaboration with a team.
- Have a strong ability to work with strategic and creative people in a fast-paced creative environment.
- Be incredibly receptive to feedback and adaptive to change.
- Be capable of working at a faster pace than most other designers and meeting tight turnaround times.
- This position will be based in Boulder, Colorado.
Responsibilities
- Co-lead a small team of designers, freelancers, and design shops, providing guidance and support as needed.
- Conduct design reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure adherence to design standards and brand guidelines.
- Have a proven ability to mentor the work and careers of designers.
- Assist in the development of design briefs for both internal and external teams.
- Overseeing design projects from start to finish while monitoring the design team to ensure exceptional work
- Be a steward for the agency clients’ brand.
- Stay up to date on the latest media formats and industry software to have a vast arsenal of tools to solve the needs of the design department.
- Co-lead the development and organization of the server structure.
- Jumping in and doing hands-on design work on projects that require expert-level touch.
- Excellent communication skills; must be comfortable representing the work to clients in all mediums and engaging with clients to a C-suite level
WIP Perks and Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, short-term disability (STD), voluntary long-term disability (LTD), and voluntary life/AD&D.
- 401k plan that includes a company contribution of 3% after the first 90 days of employment.
- “Unlimited” paid time off (PTO) for vacation days.
- 11 paid holidays + 1-week summer closure and 2-week agency closure in December.
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Each employee receives a $1,500 personal training credit annually to allow for personal or professional growth in specific interest or passion areas.
- Job posting salary range: $105,000 – $135,000
$105,000 – $135,000 a year
About Us
We believe every brand, and person, should be a work in progress.
It’s why the founding partners opened the agency in 2016, and why WorkInProgress helps brands boldly take action, innovate, and create to prove why they exist. Then we use those actions to create the most memorable advertising.
As an independent agency, we strive to prove that an agency can care as much about a client’s business as they do. And that advertising can play a fundamental role in building and growing a company.
We’re always looking for smart, creative, and passionate people that care more about changing a company than winning awards.
Inventors more than ad people. Problem solvers more than portfolio puffery pushers. No assholes. No egos. No hiding because you can’t do the job. No selfishness. No disrespecting people or their time. Insanely talented, yet incredibly humble. In other words, one in a million. Lucky for us, we want to stay small and independent.
Our office is located in Boulder, CO, and we require employees to work from the office Tuesdays and Thursdays.