You are inspirational and conceptual, but above all dedicated to the visual craft of design.
As a Design Manager in the Design Studios team, you will be a creative thought- leader with an excellent design background who will lead, guide, mentor, and motivate a team of designers in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
You will work with our consulting teams, lead, and oversee design projects end-to-end by executing complex and ambiguous briefs with minimal direction by translating business language and processes into creative ideas, concepts, and engaging stories to achieve their vision and to leverage storytelling in compliance with BCG standards.
You’ll lead and develop creative briefs that capture the business challenge, build timelines, ensure all deadlines are met, communicate with clients, and have the ability to conceptualize and ideate creative solutions, support all design decisions with creative, strategic and/or business reasoning, present creative concepts and discuss ideas to internal clients. Leading and coordinating on multiple creative projects at one time, you’ll drive the execution of creative projects ensuring clients are satisfied with the quality of final result. You will provide leadership and inculcate innovative thinking to the Design team and establish rich and engaging partnerships with BCG Consulting teams. As a Design Manager you will be guiding Designers in the team from associate to senior level, providing guidance, direction, training, and support throughout their career development.
You have 6-8 years of experience in a Professional services environment/ Design start-ups/ Design Agencies.
Bachelor's degree in Design/Graphic Design/Fine Arts or related field (or equivalent job education)
Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro etc.) as well as industry standard prototyping tools, such as Figma, Adobe XD, InVision, etc. MS Office (interactive PowerPoint). An understanding of HTML5 and CSS would be helpful.
Excellent knowledge of visual design, visual theory (i.e. composition, color theory, typography, etc.), a sharp eye for layout design and high affinity to latest design trends and new media (Augmented/Virtual Reality, Social Media etc.) and a mastery in free-hand illustrations and/or digital drawings
Experience with AR/VR wearables and/or IoT devices is a plus.
Experience with 3D and motion design is a plus
A strong portfolio that demonstrates your creative thinking and design aesthetics.