HUSH

Designs engaging visual experiences for organizations

Design Director

Product & Experience DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBrooklyn, NY, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

At least 8 years of design experience in a fast-paced design agency or brand.
A bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience, in design or related studies.
Proven leadership and management skills.
Proven organizational, presentation, and communication skills.
T-shaped knowledge across a broad suite of design applications, with a specialty skill.

Responsibilities

Establish and uphold the design intent over the lifetime of a project.
Contribute to and optimize the work of staff and freelance designers of various levels.
Collaborate and co-create design ideas with production and technology teams.
Onboard and educate new talent to the HUSH design ecosystem.
Assess project scope and opportunities, and help build teams to meet project needs.
Support and direct partner and vendor relationships critical to a project’s success.
Work collaboratively with Creative Directors and Strategists to align on project vision.
Collect and distill research into valuable references, moods, and visual territories.
Sketch, design, and visualize initial ideas to help develop concepts with other team members.
Build initial decks and frameworks for presentations to which the team will contribute.
Schedule and run creative stand-ups, workshops, critiques, and inspiration sessions.
Work with production and technology teams to determine concept viability.
Ensure high-level execution across all aspects of design, from concept through later-phase design detailing and delivery.
Support project teams and company leadership by presenting ideas clearly.
Coach other team members to improve their client presentation skills.
Listen to feedback, ask questions, and develop rapport and a voice.
Problem-solve solutions to difficult feedback.

Role: Design Director

Level: Senior

Supervisor: Creative Partner / Creative Director

Who we are:

We are a team of Proactive, Respectful, Communicative, Candid and Curious leaders seeking new team members who share our values. We are world-class experience designers, technologists, strategic thinkers and creators assembled to develop global design projects for adventurous, industry-changing companies and leading organizations.

Who you are:

You help the team deliver the highest level of creativity. You lead by making, challenging them, engaging in critique and dialogue, curating the best ideas, and co-creating work. You support them with a strategic mind that can wrangle complex challenges. You’ve got a track record of performance, a personal drive to do it right, and better. You have a demonstrated and enduring interest in creativity, technology and design.

Role Overview:

As a Design Director (DD) you work on an average of 3+ jobs in various stages of development and/or pitch (depending on the size and scale of the projects.) You are communicative, engaging in regular conversations, critiques, workshops and ideation sessions with the internal team. You have professionalism and ease in your external communications with clients and partners. You have also sharpened your leadership skills after years of working with complex teams and personalities. Naturally, your portfolio of work rocks and shows a particular design expertise, as well as some diversity across mediums and interests.

Focus: 80% on billable projects; 20% internal, R&D, inspiration, process, mentorship

Evaluation:

Semi-annual meetings to review progress across core responsibilities, professional and personal goals.

Team Leadership:

Establish and uphold the design intent over the lifetime of a project
Contribute to and optimize the work of staff and freelance designers of various levels
Collaborate and co-create design ideas with production and technology teams
Onboard and educate new talent to the HUSH design ecosystem
Assess project scope and opportunities; help build teams to meet project needs
Support and direct partner/vendor relationships critical to a project’s success

Concept and Design:

Work collaboratively with Creative Directors and Strategists to align on project vision
Collect and distill research into valuable references, moods and visual territories
Sketch, design and visualize initial ideas to help concept with other team members
Build initial decks and frameworks for presentations to which the team will contribute
Schedule and run creative stand ups, workshops, critiques and inspiration sessions
Work with production and technology teams to determine concept viability
Ensure the highest level of execution across all aspects of design, from concept to later-phase design detailing, and delivery

Client Facing:

Support projects teams and company leadership by presenting ideas clearly
Coach other team members to improve their client presentation skills
Listen to feedback, ask smart questions, and develop a rapport and a voice
Problem solve solutions to (sometimes) difficult feedback

Requirements:

8+ years design experience in high-paced design agency or brand
Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience in design or related studies
Proven leadership and management skills
Proven organizational, presentation and communication skills
T-shaped knowledge across a broad suite of design applications, with a speciality skill

HUSH is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically support diversity in the workforce.

About the Company

HUSH

Designs engaging visual experiences for organizations

HUSH designs experiences for dynamic organizations by using creative technology to help clients tell their mission, stories, products, and services. Their work blends beauty and practicality to shape spaces where people work, invest, explore, learn, and engage. They collaborate with clients to understand goals and deliver experiences that are visually compelling and functional across physical spaces and media. What sets them apart is a clear, client-focused ethos—proactive, respectful, communicative, candid, and curious—that guides every project and fosters open collaboration. The goal is to help organizations communicate purpose and impact through well-crafted experiences that resonate with audiences and influence how people interact with spaces and information.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: United States
Founded: 2006

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