Visual Design Associate Manager

Role Overview

In this position, you shape and defend a distinctive visual point of view, guide design quality across brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, and digital experiences, and contribute to the development of a cohesive design practice. You combine hands-on craft with leadership, engaging stakeholders and growing the team through mentorship and collaborative problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and steer the visual design direction on internal and client engagements from concept through delivery, ensuring quality, aesthetic cohesion, and timely progress.
• Translate briefs, brand strategy, and audience insights into compelling visual solutions, while developing an original visual point of view.
• Deliver high quality work across brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital experiences with meticulous craft and attention to detail.
• Operate in a hands-on, self-directed manner: own your workstream, make deliberate design decisions, and provide production-ready outputs with minimal needs for redirection.
• actively incorporate AI tools to accelerate concepting, iteration, and production, contributing to evolving AI-enabled workflows within the team.
• Participate confidently in client and stakeholder discussions, articulating design rationale clearly and cultivating a trustworthy creative voice.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Visual Design across diverse industries, brand types, platforms, and contexts.
• 2+ years contributing to visual design engagements end-to-end, from concept and strategy through production-ready delivery.
• 2+ years producing brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital UI with a strong visual voice.
• 2+ years delivering high-fidelity visual work with pixel-perfect deliverables and developer-ready specifications.
• 2+ years mentoring or giving informal guidance to junior designers and helping others develop craft and confidence.
• 2+ years experience working in agile, cross-functional teams with product designers, product managers, engineers, and strategists.
• 2+ years grounding in UX principles that inform visual decisions and convey a coherent brand narrative.
• 2+ years contributing to scalable design systems to maintain visual consistency across products and channels.
• 2+ years comfort using AI tools in the visual design process, from concepting to rapid iteration, with openness to evolving practices.
• 2+ years hands-on experience with design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and related motion, illustration, or AI design tools.
• 2+ years strong communication skills for presenting design rationale and engaging with clients and stakeholders.

Technologies

• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite
• AI tools

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Bonus opportunities
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off

Bonus Points If You Have

• Interest or growing fluency in adjacent areas such as brand strategy, service design, or content design, including self-directed skill expansion.
• Experience contributing to practice-level initiatives such as ways of working, craft assets, onboarding, or community forums.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in visual design, visual communications, graphic design, fine art, or a related creative field.
• Experience working in management consulting, a creative agency, or a professional services environment.
• Starting to build an external presence through publishing design POVs, joining design events, or sharing work publicly.