Digital Creative Director - New York - 6501


About frog design

frog design is a global innovation firm. We work with the world's leading companies, helping them create and bring to market meaningful products, services, and experiences. Our multidisciplinary process reveals valuable consumer and market insights and inspires lasting, humanizing solutions. With a team of more than 400 designers, technologists, strategists, and analysts, we deliver fully convergent experiences that span multiple technologies, platforms, and media. We work across a broad spectrum of industries, including consumer electronics, telecommunications, healthcare, media, education, finance, retail, and fashion. Our clients include Disney, GE, HP, Logitech, Microsoft, MTV, Seagate, Yahoo! and others. Founded in 1969, frog is headquartered in San Francisco, with studios in Austin, New York, San Jose, Seattle, Milan, Amsterdam, Munich, and Shanghai.

frog design is a global innovation firm.

We work with the world's leading companies, helping them create and bring to market meaningful products, services, and experiences. Our multidisciplinary process reveals valuable consumer and market insights and inspires lasting, humanizing solutions. With a team of more than 450 designers, technologists, strategists, and analysts, we deliver fully convergent experiences that span multiple technologies, platforms, and media. We work across a broad spectrum of industries, including consumer electronics, telecommunications, healthcare, media, education, finance, retail, and fashion. Our clients include Disney, GE, HP, Logitech, Microsoft, MTV, Seagate, Yahoo! and others. Founded in 1969, frog is headquartered in San Francisco, with studios in Austin, New York, San Jose, Seattle, Milan, Amsterdam, Stuttgart (from March 2010 on Munich), and Shanghai.


Essential Functional duties (most important parts of job):

This Digital Creative Director position requires a deep understanding of the holistic user experience, with an emphasis on digital, and meaningful understanding of brand, product and marketing communications. We are looking for a profoundly engaged and experienced leader to spearhead new creative and strategic thinking for global Fortune 500 clients.

The Digital Creative Director should have deep experience and practical expertise in digital design programs, both online and mobile. The Digital Creative Director will help set the direction, style, and methodology of the collective frog design team. They will also help set bar for quality and innovation in the office. For individual projects, the Digital Creative Director will integrate clients’ business requirements and consumer insights into new design strategies, interaction, and visual solutions. A balanced understanding of strategy, concept ideation, interaction, usability and visual design is a must. The Digital Creative Director will also mentor, guide, and provide support for members of the design team, and be an advocate for needs of the design team to the other groups. Business development experience is necessary, and experience lecturing and writing about design is preferred.


Description:

This leadership role requires articulating strong visions and strategies as well as overall group oversight and project direction.

• Team leadership (motivation and articulation)
• Group vision
• Project ideation
• Art direction
• Coordination of overall creative processes
• Design advocacy (to clients)
• Resource and personnel management (internally)
• Hands-on design and concept ideation
• Refined and confident client contact

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

• Required: BFA or BA in related field, Graduate degree in Media or Design preferred
• 10+ years of design experience (Significant agency / studio experience preferred)
• 5+ years managerial experience
• Award-winning portfolio
• Demonstrable strategic thinking on client projects
• Ability to articulate complex solutions clearly (excellent writing skills)
• Quick-thinking, personable, flexible
• Keen sense of humor
• Current working knowledge of design applications
• Awareness and practical understanding of current technologies, and their application and relevance to digital media and consumer consumption

Please submit your resume online to: http://www.frogdesign.com/about/careers

frog design is an equal opportunity employer.