Designer

Walker Sands

Design Director overseeing brand systems and integrated campaigns at Walker Sands. Leading design standards and mentoring a high-performing team in B2B environments.

Posted 5/14/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $100,000 - $114,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and uphold Walker Sands’ design standards, ensuring exceptional craft and consistency across all client engagements.
Set the visual direction for client brand identity systems, rebrands and large-scale integrated campaigns.
Set and elevate standards for design craft across typography, composition, digital experiences, motion and visual systems.
Provide senior-level creative oversight, delivering thoughtful feedback and final approval on key design work.
Translate strategic insights and positioning into distinctive, ownable visual frameworks that drive impact.
Lead the development of scalable brand systems, visual frameworks and modular toolkits that enable integrated execution.
Ensure design solutions translate seamlessly across all channels and disciplines, including PR, social, web, demand generation, content and experiential.
Create cohesive visual ecosystems that balance consistency with adaptability across complex B2B marketing environments.
Steward the long-term evolution of client brands, proactively identifying opportunities to strengthen and modernize their visual presence.
Partner closely with the strategy group to translate brand positioning and audience insights into compelling visual expression.
Collaborate seamlessly with art directors and across PR, media, content and other departments to ensure design strengthens and unifies integrated activations.
Work alongside account leadership to align creative excellence with measurable business outcomes.
Present work to senior client stakeholders with clarity, conviction and a strong strategic point of view.
Lead, mentor and develop designers across experience levels, building a high-performing and engaged team.
Deliver clear, craft-driven feedback and thoughtful career guidance that supports individual growth.
Partner with creative and HR leadership on hiring, performance management and design team planning.
Cultivate a culture of curiosity, accountability and continuous improvement that raises the bar for creative excellence.
Play a key role in new business efforts, contributing strategic and visually compelling work to pitches and growth opportunities.
Help define and elevate Walker Sands’ creative reputation within the global B2B marketplace.
Contribute to thought leadership that showcases our perspective on brand building, design systems and creative effectiveness.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in agency design, preferably within B2B or complex industries.
3–5+ years leading and mentoring designers.
Proven success building brand systems and integrated campaign toolkits.
Strong portfolio demonstrating deep conceptual design thinking, the highest craft standards and award-winning work.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
High level of proficiency in AI platforms (i.e. Weavy, Nano Banana, Midjourney, etc.).
Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, plus mental health resources, pet insurance, fertility benefits, and more.
Employer-matched 401(k) and access to financial planning services.
Take time as needed for vacations, mental health, or personal days. Includes 8 paid holidays, half-day summer Fridays, and a week off between Christmas and New Year.
Mix of in-office and remote work, with tools to stay connected across teams.
Celebrate five years with a two-week sabbatical and a $2,000 gift.
Generous paid leave for new parents and caregivers, plus policies for pregnancy loss, adoption challenges, and more.
Clear career paths, mentorship programs, and learning events to help you grow professionally.
Our agency values our supportive, collaborative culture where we work hard to achieve the best outcomes for clients.

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Hard Skills & Tools

design standardsbrand identity systemstypographycompositiondigital experiencesmotion designvisual systemsbrand systemsintegrated campaignsconceptual design thinking

Soft Skills

creative oversightthoughtful feedbackmentoringcollaborationpresentation skillsstorytellingstrategic thinkingteam buildingcuriosityaccountability