Design Director

Greatist is a startup on a mission to change the way people think about health and wellness. Launched in 2011, it's the fastest-growing brand appealing to millennial audiences. Engaging with 10 million unique visitors every month, Greatist is working with prestigious brand partners such as KIND Snacks, FitBit and more. We won the People's Voice Webby Award for the best Lifestyle site on the Internet in 2014 and in 2015! And we were named one of The 15 Best Startups to Work For in America!

We’re currently looking for a bad-ass Design Director to help shape the vision of the design team. It’s a big job and we want someone with big ideas, deep digital experience and a unique brand style and voice to establish what design means at Greatist. Working alongside our amazing creative, digital marketing, platform, and brand partnership teams, you’ll create best-in-class visual designs, illustrations, social graphics, branding, and more to help bring our brand to life.

* Lead Design thinking for Greatist, both internally and externally * Be the keeper of and enhance our brand guidelines across all platforms, especially digital * Manage and mentor team of designers and photographers * Push the team forward when it comes to design to stay current and on-brand * Work with our Brand Partnerships, Digital Marketing, Platform and Design team on special projects and large brand partnerships to ensure our voice is represented across all assets. * Lead conceptual brainstorms for overall branding and design of partner and special projects * Help build meaningful user and client experiences through design

* 5-7 years experience working on brand and digital platforms * Experience managing a team * Experience conceptualizing and executing large-scale partnerships and campaigns * Deep expertise in digital and a strong knowledge of digital production * Willing and able to craft a deck in Powerpoint or Keynote * Storyteller who can develop big multi-platform ideas across desktop, mobile, social, and video * Someone with an exceptional visual eye * A natural leader who loves to collaborate * Doesn’t take themselves too seriously * Someone who can stay focused on the details but doesn’t lose site of the big picture **Bonus** * Experience wire framing * Video and photo production * Knowledge of and passion for the health and wellness space * CSS & HTML