Position: Senior Design Manager
Company: airSalate
Category: Design
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper
Published: 2023-06-01T00:00:00+03:00

The Senior Design Manager works closely with the Brand Management team, the PPC Marketing team, and other internal teams to help drive and scale the world-class execution of the airSlate brand across all channels and mediums. The role interacts with stakeholders across airSlate, agencies, third-party vendors, and contractors. The person brings the airSlate brand to life with creativity and craftsmanship. They develop scalable & flexible design strategies for global implementation. Most importantly, they will also help mentor talented designers, digital media specialists, and motion designers on the team. 

Requirements:
- 5+ years of professional experience leading a diverse team of creative experts.
- Effective communication and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent people management skills demonstrated empathy and experience driving inclusive work.
- Comfortable analyzing and synthesizing data to drive action and change inside and outside the team.
- Experienced developing, implementing, and monitoring KPIs within an in-house creative team.
- Expert knowledge of enterprise project management tools (i.e., Jira, Monday.com, or Wrike).
- Advanced English is required. 
- Fluent Ukrainian is preferred.

Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the style and creative parameters for the airSlate brand and sub-brands.
- Mentor and develop an outstanding in-house team of designers by sharing knowledge and best practices, supporting their work and growth.
- Enforce company-wide adherence to visual brand guidelines and best practices.
- Develop visual brand guidelines and asset libraries to help scale the brand across internal ecosystems like demand gen, product marketing, sales, partner marketing, employer branding, internal comms, etc.
- Works with the Brand Marketing Team to evolve and expand airSlate’s visual brand language, brand system, illustration, and motion disciplines.
- Effectively manage and prioritize multiple creative projects ranging from large campaigns to minor requests.
- Manage many projects at various stages simultaneously and flexibly as new information arises and priorities change.
- Manage weekly or bi-weekly design sprint planning and creative request grooming sessions to clarify project definition, department alignment on prioritization, and resource availability.
- Cultivates an environment where team members are empowered and demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and belonging.