Overview
Design Director Jobs in United States at eCommerce Placement
Design Director
Remote
Our client is seeking a Design Director to serve as the creative North Star and operational backbone of our design team for a DTC health and wellness brand. This is a high-impact role for a leader who is as passionate about mentorship and process as they are about world-class visual aesthetics. You will be responsible for ensuring a unified "look and feel" across all brand touchpoints, co-owning our Brand Guidelines, and optimizing the systems, specifically ClickUp and our DAM, that empower our designers to do their best work.
Core Responsibilities
Team Mentorship: Lead, coach, and inspire a team of designers. Conduct regular
creative reviews and 1:1s to elevate the craft and career growth of the team.
Brand Guardianship: In partnership with the Brand Team, co-own and evolve the
official Brand Guidelines. Ensure every piece of output is aligned with our visual identity.
Design Approvals: Act as the final "eyes" on high-priority projects, ensuring quality,
consistency, and strategic alignment before work goes live.
Operational Excellence: Own and organize the DAM (Digital Asset Management)
system to ensure assets are accessible, tagged correctly, and up-to-date.
Workflow Optimization: Monitor and refine our ClickUp environment. While you aren’t
a dedicated Project Manager, you will help design and implement the workflows that
keep the team efficient and on deadline.
Hero Projects: Lead the design for high-stakes initiatives, new brand launches, or
complex creative problems that require a veteran hand.
System Building: Develop templates, UI kits, and design patterns that the wider team
can use to scale their output.
Standard Setting: Dive into the tools (Figma, Adobe Suite, etc.) to set the visual "bar"
for the team to follow.
Requirements & Qualifications
Experience: 8+ years in design, with 3+ years in a leadership or management capacity.
Experience with CPG DTC strongly preferred
Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating a mastery of brand systems, typography, and
multi-channel campaigns.
Systems Fluency: Deep familiarity with ClickUp (or similar PM tools) and the ability to
build/optimize project workflows.
Asset Management: Experience managing or implementing a DAM system to keep a
growing library of assets organized.
The "Coach" Mentality: You find more professional fulfillment in your team’s success
than in your own individual accolades.
Strategic Communication: You can articulate the why behind design decisions to
non-design stakeholders and executives.
Process-Oriented: You believe that a great creative output is the result of a great
creative process.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Proven ability to partner with diver teams (e.g. Brand,
Performance Creative, Sales) to deliver cohesive, business-aligned results.
Design: Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
Project Management: ClickUp (Admin-level familiarity is a huge plus).
Organization: Experience with DAM platforms (e.g., Pics.io, Brandfolder, Bynder etc)
Title: Design Director
Company: eCommerce Placement
Location: United States
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