Thread Studio

Digital design Director (Partner)

Thread Studio is our creative and design arm focused on building customer experiences that are exciting and effective.

As a Digital Design Director, you will be a guru in visual and interactive design; ideating and developing solutions to meet the client's need. You will be a solid UX thinker and visual designer passionate about helping clients create and transform digital products, platforms, systems, user interfaces, brand identity and more. With a solid design thinking grounding, you will be a compass right from the strategy phase to development and delivery. You will also be instrumental in building the design community around Thread Studio, making it a platform - for learning, collaborating and being inspired.

We are looking for partners that want to grow with us, putting in the work with a view of managing this function, long-term. We are flexible in how we work and that equips us for survival in the global industry. Leads work part-time or full-time on client projects. 

You’ll likely work on 

Variety of projects, including;

• Brand design

• User experience and interface design  

• Web and app development

• Product design 

• Interactive spaces (leveraging tech)

• Other elements of visual design in this space 

You’ll be expected to 

• Understand the client’s business, user needs, issues, opportunities and user behaviours in order to develop viable solutions

• Design websites, apps, and a variety of other digital interactive experience with the customer at the centre  

• Oversee design projects from start to finish, keeping to deadlines, and signing off on tasks and projects 

• Drive projects from idea generation through narratives, prototyping to build-ready assets

• Work closely with developers to ensure the feasibility of visual concepts and push the fidelity of final output 

• Work closely with other teams and arms to develop winning solutions 

• Pitch concepts and plans to clients and team 

• Liaise with clients to keep them informed and to highlight any issues

• Understand the commercial aspects of the agency and how Studio works with other arms 

• Hiring and managing the design team, as well as sourcing freelancers and companies to partner with on projects 

• You will be expected to network and socialise regularly with clients and attend a range of industry events and exhibitions

• Working at the cutting edge of new technology you will be expected to grasp changes in technical innovation across multiple platforms.

• Provide thought leadership on digital experience design using emerging technology

The requirements

• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to inspire the design team to give their best

• Great design skills and unique point of view 

• Prototyping experience

• Understanding of industry tools and ability to adapt to new technologies

• Ability to solve problems through design 

• An open mind and curiosity 

• Agency experience is a plus 

• An awareness of current trends in design

• A self-starting attitude and an open outlook

• An understanding of how design roles complement other depts. and arms

• Skills in managing people, projects and resources

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills in order to make outstanding pitches

• Highly collaborative 

Our deal 

Generous share of project returns - project-based pay

• Compensation for jobs you bring in 

On track to equity partnership once you hit benchmarks 

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