Senior Design Director
Her Campus Media
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: New York • Anywhere in the World
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Salary
💰 $120,000 - $125,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Be a pivotal creative leader responsible for elevating design excellence, creative direction, and leading and growing the Design team across the HCM portfolio of brands and communities.
- Oversee the design process from concept to execution, ensuring every project reflects and evolves our brand voice.
- Shape compelling brand experiences while ensuring design operations run efficiently and effectively to deliver best-in-class results for our clients and communities.
- Balance big-picture thinking with hands-on execution, translating business goals and client needs into exceptional visual storytelling across both digital and physical platforms.
- Define and evolve our creative direction, oversee end-to-end execution, and support our high-performing, collaborative design team.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional design experience across multiple disciplines (digital, social, experiential, and sales/revenue), with at least 3+ years in a leadership or people management role.
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, Media, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and modern project management platforms Canva, Asana, and Ceros experience are a nice to have
- A proven ability to tie pioneering creative work to tangible business results and user motivations.
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and pivot as priorities shift.
- Naturally curious and proactive, with a high standard for quality and a portfolio that showcases both high-level direction and personal execution.
Benefits
- Eligibility for performance bonuses
- Choice among six health insurance plans
- Dental and vision insurance
- 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company matching
- Flexible PTO and work remotely
- Extremely generous company holiday policy, with 22 + paid holidays, including 2 floating holidays for 2026
- Parent-friendly culture, including 15 full weeks of parental leave plus flexible return-to-work
- Summer Fridays
- FSA and HSA offered
- Life insurance
- Optional short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Free One Medical membership offering same-day primary care over video or in person
- Free Health Advocate services to help navigate the healthcare system
- TalkSpace and ClassPass Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
graphic designvisual storytellingdesign processbrand experiencecreative directionproject managementdigital designsocial designexperiential designsales design
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationorganizational skillscreativityproactivitycuriosityquality assurancetime managementadaptabilitycommunication
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Graphic DesignBachelor’s degree in MarketingBachelor’s degree in Media