Design Manager

Job Overview

Responsibilities for Design Manager

• Assist in the development and training of the design and construction team.

• Assist with budget to actual variance explanations for construction projects.

• Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary.

• Ensure all work areas meet quality, safety and compliance standards.

• Establish creative strategy, budgets and schedules for key design projects.

• Responsible for final construction project move in and go live.

• Operationalize and implement a standard system for design delivery.

• Work seamlessly across organizational structures, partnering with marketing, product and business leadership to develop holistic brand systems.

• Manage the development and review the quality and accuracy of large-scale project designs.

• Ability to establish department goals and objectives that support the strategic plan.

• Partner with site and product teams to ensure brand is consistent across full customer journey.

• Capture all states, cases, and functional logic in partnership with product and engineering team to ensure seamless execution.

• Partner with product leaders, build and maintain, relationships to develop a clear understanding of overall business and technology strategy wherein design is a key part of what is delivered.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for design.

• Collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders, including content developers, IT, senior management, internal business partners, and vendors.

• Keep a pulse on the culture of product design amongst designers (and design partners) to ensure designers are capable of doing their best work.

• Provide reporting on the implementation of projects while in progress and upon completion.

• Collaborate with product and marketing to educate on and maintain a cohesive brand.

• Solve business challenges with the goal of improving experience for prospects, customers and staff.

• Maintain established corporate brand standards and consistency of message across all published materials and media.

Qualifications for Design Manager

• Graduate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, civil engineering, architecture or business.

• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite.

• Experience with InDesign, UI Design, AutoCAD, CAD, HTML, CSS, and Agile software and systems.

• A collaborator and problem solver.

• Prior experience as a consultant.

• A leader in project design and negotiation.

• Will strive for organization transformation.

• Strict attention to detail and prioritization capabilities.