Design Director

IBT Media is a fast growing global digital news organization, delivering news and insight to over 90 million monthly readers across the world. With innovations across the newsroom and the platform, we are engaging a new generation of readers with content that speaks to their interests, analysis that serve their businesses, and insight to make sense of a globally connected world.

In this position, the successful candidate will:

• Concept, develop and manage creative product while being hands-on with design
• Manage creative teams and tracks of work
• Lead and direct the creative team members / projects from concept to completion
• Lead design projects across multi-screen experiences
• Plan and estimate for highly complex projects
• Reinvent / streamline and apply brand identity systems, typography, photography, color and other ingredients to create innovative visual solutions that meet business and user needs
• Have a strong understanding of new technologies and production methodologies that supports the entire UX/Design process
• Must have a strong understanding of Drupal and other platform technologies.
• Create visual prototypes or screens
• Extremely detail oriented and provide quality assurance of all creative deliverables
• Contribute to the development of the creative team's culture and quality standards
• Continually elevate the creative level of the work
• Educate other team members, not exclusive to the creative team, through project development and performance management
• Collaborate with strategy, marketing and business development teams to activate new business opportunities.

Qualifications

• MA / BA
• 7+ years of publishing industry /agency experience
• Strong design portfolio with several large scale publishing websites
• Ability to multi-task and work efficiently under pressure with careful attention to detail is a must
• A solid knowledge of the latest versions of applicable programs: Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, Keynote, etc.
• A detailed understanding of online production and optimization processes
• Passion for design and eagerness to mentor and elevate other creative professionals
• Self-motivated and organized
• Experience leading a team of designers, and production specialists
• Knowledge of foundation and bootstrap
• Excellent communication skills including ability to articulate creative concepts and rationale to other team members and client
• A solid understanding of information architecture and UX practices
• Experience working in a large global team environment
• Experience presenting to business and marketing teams

Key competencies & skills:

• Photoshop Creative Suite
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• Web optimization tools
• Knowledge of Adobe DPS (Nice to have)
• Strong understanding of frontend code, HTML, JavaScript etc. Front end development skills are a nice to have