Senior Design Director

Senior Design Director

Location: 

100 Barangaroo Avenue, Tower One, International Towers Sydney, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

CategoryConsulting

Job IdR_332350

Job Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join the Design Team at Lippincott as a Senior Design Director on a fixed term contract. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office. The Lippincott design team plays a pivotal role in bringing to life the essence of our clients' business and how they connect with their customers. From logos and expansive visual systems to experiences both digital and physical, we deliver creative and strategic solutions across brand, experience and marketing design.

Reporting to the Senior Partner, Asia Pacific, you will work with the broader Australia (Sydney) and Asia (Korea, Singapore and Greater China) leadership team to contribute to the growth of Lippincott's footprint across Asia Pacific by driving new business through the development of new and existing client relationships. You will also contribute to the success of the team and organization by keeping Lippincott at the forefront of design, while leading interdisciplinary teams to create beautiful, strategic and functional immersive experiences that fulfill client needs.

We will count on you to:

• Contribute to overall firm success by driving growth within the design offering as part of Lippincott's integrated approach
• Promote continual creative improvement and actively contribute to a culture of innovation and excellence
• Develop and deliver thought leadership (IC) on a broad range of design topics to drive authority in the category
• Evangelize emerging technologies and cutting-edge design solutions among the broader organization, encouraging integration of these frameworks into Lippincott's overarching POV
• Develop strong senior level client relationships to generate new business opportunities and to maintain and grow a pipeline of new business extensions
• Support new business initiatives by participating in RFIs, RFPs, presentations and pitches representing Lippincott's design capabilities
• Inspire and lead teams to deliver exceptionally creative and rigorous solutions to our clients' challenges - remaining hands-on with projects
• Interview, mentor, coach and develop talent, guiding team members to fulfill their full potential

What you need to have:

• Advanced experience managing the creative development process in a client-services environment
• Deep hands-on immersive design experience in a client-services environment
• Design-related Bachelor degree from a leading design institution - postgraduate degree a plus but experience is a relevant substitute
• Demonstrable portfolio and experience in developing diverse strategic design solutions for complex brand and innovation challenges
• Demonstrated ability to develop new solutions to solve client problems and then productizing these for repeat use across clients
• A strong understanding of Agile / scrum-related design methodology

What makes you stand out:

• Ability to successfully lead within a complex matrixed organization
• Strong ability to provide clear creative direction and provide timely and helpful feedback to improve creative processes and to keep work on budget and schedule
• Proven leadership skills with experience guiding, motivating and inspiring large teams
• Proven mentoring, supervisory, and team-building skills - leading by example
• A strong desire to remain hands-on with projects and teams
• Excellent presentation skills and communication abilities at all levels of both internal and client organizations
• Strong ability to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short and long-term needs
• Demonstrated thought-leader in the immersive design space with a strong following, published and/or presented intellectual capital
• Comprehensive awareness and interest in emerging platforms and technologies and their impact to on business and design

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact for colleagues, clients, and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a management consulting firm combining deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise to help clients optimize their business, improve operations and accelerate performance. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. 

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.