Director of Design
Marketing design is a delicate balance of creativity, message and exquisite detail. The visual treatment of a marketing asset can have a dramatic effect on how it is perceived by a specific audience ... and you relish the challenge of leading a team to find that perfect balance through skill/talent development, tools and operational systems that accelerate creativity and production, and a dedication to excellence in the craft of graphic design. That's why this role is for you.
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The Work
You will serve as the bridge between strategy and creative execution, translating strategic direction into visual guidance, ensuring concepts are executed cohesively, and upholding the quality of creative output across campaigns, content, digital assets, and production design. You will also lead the design team day-to-day, developing talent and maintaining systems that keep a high-volume design operation productive and healthy.
This role balances creative excellence with operational leadership, ensuring work moves efficiently, consistently, and with a high bar for quality.
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Your Team
The team is collaborative by choice and necessity. We make ourselves available to help when you're in a bind and we ask that you provide the same level of support. We are a "pull" organization - meaning we ask all our employees to take ownership of their outcomes and pull the ingredients get the job done. If you wait on others to tell you what to do next, you're in the wrong place.
Our design team is comprised of creatives with varying skillsets giving us creative horsepower in blank page creative, production work, multiple formats and plenty of mediums including print pieces, websites, digital ads, emails, social content, video assets and more. There are very few areas of graphic design we can't handle.
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Perks of the Job
- 401(k) With Company Match
- Paid Time Off / Floating Holidays
- Profit-Sharing Program
- Employee Events, Virtual Happy Hours & More
- Schedule Flexibility. Serve Clients and Teammates, Not Clocks.
- Medical, Vision, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance
- $85-120K salary commensurate with fit, skillset, domain knowledge and location
Does this sound like you?
You will serve as the bridge between strategy and creative execution, translating strategic direction into visual guidance, ensuring concepts are executed cohesively, and upholding the quality of creative output across campaigns, content, digital assets, and production design. You will also lead the design team day-to-day, developing talent and maintaining systems that keep a high-volume design operation productive and healthy.
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Core Reponsibilities
The Head / Director of Design leads AMC’s design discipline, owning the creative standards, team performance, and operational systems that ensure all visual work is clear, on-brand, and strategically aligned.
Creative Leadership & Quality Ownership
- Set the creative vision and standards for all design work across AMC.
- Translate strategic direction into clear visual guidance and ensure creative aligns to messaging, campaign logic, and brand guidelines.
- Review concepts, iterations, and deliverables and provide clear, actionable feedback.
- Provide art direction for campaigns, landing pages, digital assets, presentations, and production materials.
- Serve as the quality gate and ensure brand consistency across all creative deliverables.
Team Leadership, Coaching & Development
- Lead and develop a team of art directors and designers.
- Set priorities, review work, and ensure the team meets quality, clarity, and delivery expectations.
- Deliver regular coaching and feedback to elevate design craft and performance.
- Build a strong creative culture grounded in clarity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and future capability planning.
- Introduce evolving design technologies, including AI-enhanced workflows, to improve efficiency and support team development.
Operational Management & Workflow Optimization
- Own the operational health of the design team, including workload balance, workflow consistency, and quality control.
- Partner with Project Management to ensure work is scoped correctly, resourced appropriately, and delivered on time.
- Establish best practices, templates, and design systems that create efficiency and consistency.
- Ensure the team has the tools, processes, and training needed to deliver work at scale.
- Define how design integrates with Strategy, Digital, and Interactive Media for smooth cross-functional execution.
- Evaluate and integrate new design tools, automation features, and AI-assisted processes that streamline production and improve consistency.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with client teams to align creative direction with campaign goals and audience insight.
- Partner with Interactive Media when design intersects with motion, animation, or digital experience.
- Provide Design requirements and feedback to Digital when creative affects performance.
- Support Account Managers with creative explanations when needed — without stepping into relationship ownership.
- Collaborate with PMs to ensure dependencies, approvals, and timelines are understood and followed.
Hands-On Creative Execution
- Step into design or art direction directly for priority campaigns, complex deliverables, or high-visibility client work.
- Provide elevated creative concepts or refinements during critical moments or high-priority projects.
- Ensure complex or ambiguous creative work is guided with clarity and direction.
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What You Bring
Must Haves
- Deep expertise in visual design, including brand systems, campaign creative, digital layouts, typography, and production design.
- Strong art direction and feedback skills with the ability to guide both concept and execution.
- Experience optimizing workflows, managing capacity, and building scalable processes.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite; familiarity with Figma or similar tools.
- Strong communication skills and ability to explain creative decisions to non-designers.
Nice-to-Haves- Familiarity with telecom, B2B, or technology-driven industries.
- Exposure to motion, interactive, or UX teams (not required, but valuable for cross-team collaboration).
- Ability to support or critique UX concepts during website redesigns.
What Success Looks Like
- The design team consistently delivers high-quality, strategically aligned creative with fewer revisions and clearer rationale.
- Strategy and Design collaborate seamlessly, reducing friction and increasing clarity.
- Workflows and processes are consistent, predictable, and scalable across all clients.
- Designers grow in their craft, confidence, and output quality.
- Account Managers and Project Managers see the design team as reliable, structured, and easy to work with.
- Creative quality elevates AMC’s reputation and competitive positioning.
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Education & Experience
- 8-10+ years of professional design experience, including agency experience.
- 3–5+ years leading a design team (manager, director, or equivalent).
Full-time. This is not an entry-level role.
Resume Required for Consideration
Job Location: Remote
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About Access Marketing Company
Access Marketing Company is a marketing partner for B2B companies. Our team is great at the "hard stuff" other agencies can't or won't do. Essentially, we engineer your marketing program with measurable tactics that deliver results...and we strive to be bad-ass at it.
Our methodology focuses on clearly identifying and segmenting audiences, developing audience-specific messaging and building marketing systems and campaigns around those elements — using marketing tools and expert marketing practices — to increase the flow of prospects through your funnel.
