Droga5 Senior Designer

About Droga5, part of Accenture Song

Droga5, part of Accenture Song, is a creative agency with offices in New York, London, Dublin, Tokyo and São Paulo. From integrated communications and experience innovation to business design, Droga5 exists to build and sustain the most influential brands of the 21st century through creativity. Droga5 was founded in 2006 and has been recognized as Agency of the Year more than 25 times and was named both Ad Age and Adweek’s Agency of the Decade (2010–2019). Visit Droga5.com or @droga5 on all social platforms to get to know us better.

Design @ Droga5

A dedicated, disciplined design studio, within a world-class creative agency, that’s part of the most prestigious and capable consultancy group on earth.

Studio Principles:

• Taste - Our cultivated sense of aesthetic judgement is applied to everything we do, every decision we make - however big or small - because, when striving for timelessness, everything matters.
• Tenacity - An idea is only as good as its articulation. In brand design, the idea we’re articulating is our client’s idea; the very reason they exist; how they see the world, and how they plan to change it.
• Trust - The essence of true client partnership and in turn, the fundamental foundation of achieving design excellence and producing work that changes the world around it.

Job Summary

The Senior Designer leads and owns work with limited oversight and presents work to the client confidently. They have a strong understanding of a wide range of design techniques and styles, and present their work internally and with some clients. Senior Designers provide feedback and guidance to more junior team members.

Job Responsibilities

• Be an aesthetic champion and guardian of the client’s brand
• Formulate concepts with minimal oversight or design direction
• Work with interdisciplinary team members; and have a voice, contributing and expressing opinions
• Understand the difference between creating a campaign versus a long-term ecosystem or brand vision, and execute accordingly
• Develop multi-faceted design deliverables, from brand audits, to visual identities, spatial design, to CRM
• Manage multiple clients and deliverables simultaneously
• Deliver inspiring, provocative, and disruptive results, in short amounts of time, on tasks large and small based on a given brief
• Able to mentor junior designers and interns
• Able to lead internal team reviews in absence of a Design Director or Group Director

Key skills/competency

• Graphic Design
• Brand Identity
• Visual Design
• Creative Concepting
• Client Presentation
• Team Leadership
• Motion Design
• UX/UI Design
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Project Management

Basic Qualifications

• Portfolio or samples of work demonstrating smart, brand-building designs and executions

Preferred Qualifications

• 6-8 years of design experience at an agency, design company or related industry
• Demonstrative experience in leading workstreams within a larger project
• Firm understanding of the differences between brand and campaign design responsibilities and processes
• Motion design at a fundamental to mid level
• UX/UI design understanding (ability to balance aesthetic with functionality and useability)
• Proven capability in collaborating with developers through a project from wireframe/planning to QC
• Packaging design at a fundamental to mid level
• Spatial design
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent design taste and sensibility
• Expert proficiency in Photoshop and InDesign
• Exceptional organizational and planning skills, including exacting attention to detail and follow-through
• Ability to multitask, manage simultaneous projects and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

Location Specific Salary Ranges

• California: $70,350 to $154,800
• Cleveland: $59,100 to $123,800
• Colorado: $63,800 to $133,700
• District of Columbia: $68,000 to $142,400
• Illinois: $59,100 to $133,700
• Maryland: $63,800 to $133,700
• Massachusetts: $63,800 to $142,400
• Minnesota: $63,800 to $133,700
• New York: $66,300 to $154,800
• New Jersey: $68,000 to $154,800
• Washington: $80,200 to $142,400

Accommodation and Equal Employment Opportunity

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Other Employment Statements

Applicants must have work authorization that does not require future sponsorship. Candidates employed by a client of Accenture may not be eligible. Criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment. Pay equity is a priority; employees are protected from discrimination based on pay discussions.