Visual Design Associate Manager

Visual Design Associate Manager shaping direction and craft within Accenture Song's Design & Digital Products practice, leading design output and mentoring teams while advancing AI-enabled workflows.

Responsibilities

• Shape and propel visual design direction on internal and client engagements from concept to delivery, ensuring quality, aesthetic cohesion, and timely milestones.
• Translate briefs, brand strategy, and audience insights into compelling visuals while developing an original visual point of view.
• Deliver high quality work across brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital experiences with strong craft and attention to detail.
• Own your workstream end to end, make deliberate design decisions, and produce production-ready output with minimal redirection.
• Actively integrate AI tools into your workflow to accelerate concepting, iteration, and production, contributing to evolving AI-enabled practices.
• Participate confidently in client and stakeholder conversations, clearly articulating design rationale and establishing yourself as a trusted creative voice.

Requirements

• Five or more years of visual design experience across diverse industries, brand types, platforms, and visual contexts.
• Two or more years contributing to visual design engagements end to end, from concepting and visual strategy to production-ready delivery.
• Two or more years producing brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital UI with a developing strong visual voice.
• Two or more years delivering high-fidelity visuals with pixel-perfect deliverables and developer-ready specifications.
• Two or more years mentoring junior designers and providing informal guidance to help others grow craft and creative confidence.
• Two or more years working in agile, cross-functional teams with product designers, product managers, engineers, and strategists to deliver cohesive experiences.
• Two or more years grounding your work in user experience principles that inform visual design and brand expression.
• Two or more years contributing to scalable design systems that ensure visual consistency across products, platforms, and channels.
• Two or more years comfort using AI tools in the design process, from concepting to rapid iteration, with openness to evolving workflows.
• Hands-on experience with design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and relevant motion, illustration, or AI design tools.
• Strong communication skills and experience presenting design rationale to clients and participating in creative discussions with stakeholders.

Technologies

• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite
• AI design tools

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Bonus opportunities
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off

The Work

Client Delivery

• Contribute to and shape the visual design direction on engagements from concept through delivery, ensuring quality, cohesion, and on-schedule progress.
• Translate briefs, brand strategy, and audience insights into compelling visual executions and cultivate an original visual point of view.
• Deliver high-quality work across brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital experiences with craft and detail.
• Stay hands-on and self-directed, owning your workstream and delivering production-ready output with minimal redirection.
• Utilize AI tools in your workflow to accelerate concepting, iteration, and production, contributing to AI-enabled practices.
• Engage in client and stakeholder conversations, presenting design rationale and growing your presence as a trusted creative voice.

Business Development

• Document how AI tools influence your workflow and contribute to the practice's evolving understanding of AI-enabled visual design.
• Support proposals and case studies by contributing project work, process documentation, and design narratives that showcase capabilities.
• Stay attuned to internal and client needs, flagging opportunities for expanded scope to your lead.

People & Practice Development

• Mentor junior team members informally, sharing feedback, references, and ways of working to grow visual craft.
• Participate in the Visual Design Craft community, contributing resources and discussions to support ongoing discipline development.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Interest or growing fluency in adjacent areas such as brand strategy, service design, content design, or self-directed skill expansion.
• Experience contributing to practice-level initiatives like ways of working, craft assets, onboarding, or community forums.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in visual design or related field.
• Experience in management consulting, a creative agency, or professional services environment.
• Building an external presence through publishing POVs or participating in design community events.

Accommodation

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Equal Employment Opportunity

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Other Employment Statements

Applicants must have work authorization in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship requirements. Some roles may have restrictions for current Accenture clients or affiliates. Criminal history is not an absolute bar to employment, and pay discussions are not grounds for dismissal.