Visual Design Manager

Accenture Song is hiring a Visual Design Manager in Chicago, IL (onsite) to lead visual design direction, craft standards, and narrative across engagements.

Responsibilities

• Own visual design direction on engagements (internal or client), from concept through delivery, with accountability for design quality, aesthetic cohesion, and project timelines.
• Translate briefs, brand strategy, and audience insights into clear visual languages as a conceptual design thinker.
• Set and defend high visual craft standards while directing brand identities, design systems, motion, typography, illustration, and digital experiences.
• Lead from strategy to execution: define creative direction while staying hands-on and producing high-quality output alongside your team.
• Apply AI tools to accelerate concepting, iteration, and production, and model how AI supports creative thinking.
• Act as a leading creative voice in client discussions by sharing visual perspective and turning design rationale into strategic narratives for complex decisions.
• Document how AI is reshaping visual design workflows and quantify impact on delivery quality and team performance to evolve practice ways of working.
• Support proposals, create case studies, and develop thought leadership that demonstrates visual design capabilities.
• Identify and shape new creative opportunities with existing clients, partnering with account leads to build a point of view around brand, design system, or experience challenges.
• Manage, support, and mentor visual designers in day-to-day work, strengthening craft, confidence, and creative independence.
• Remain an active member of the Visual Design craft by sharing methods, references, and outcomes to help evolve the discipline.

Requirements

• 7+ years of visual design experience across a range of industries, brand types, platforms, and visual contexts.
• 4+ years leading visual design engagements end-to-end, from creative concepting and visual strategy through production-ready delivery.
• 4+ years directing creation of brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital UI with a strong and consistent visual voice.
• 4+ years producing and directing high-fidelity visual work with exceptional attention to detail, including pixel-perfect deliverables and developer-ready specifications.
• 3+ years directly managing or coaching visual designers, demonstrating ability to develop contributors into stronger, more independent practitioners.
• 3+ years working in agile and cross-functional environments with product designers, product managers, engineers, and strategists to deliver cohesive experiences.
• 3+ years delivering high-caliber visual design work shipped at scale, solving complex product or brand challenges, and driving measurable impact across customer experiences and business goals.
• Experience making ground-level visual design decisions with deep UX understanding, ensuring visuals function well while expressing a coherent brand point of view.
• Experience building and contributing to scalable design systems for visual consistency across products, platforms, and channels.
• Experience embedding AI tools and workflows into visual design practice, from concept generation and mood-boarding to rapid iteration and AI-enabled ways of working for a team.
• Recent hands-on experience in tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Claude Design, plus relevant motion, illustration tools, or AI design tools (this is not a purely managerial role).
• Facilitation skills and creative presence: present visual strategy and design rationale to senior client stakeholders and guide creative decisions under pressure.

Technologies

• AI tools
• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Claude Design

Benefits

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

Bonus points if you have

• Fluency in adjacent areas such as brand strategy, service design, content design, or self-directed expansion of your skillset.
• Experience contributing to practice-level initiatives, including ways of working, craft assets, onboarding, or community forums.
• A 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.
• External thought leadership such as publishing creative POVs, speaking at events, or representing the practice in the design community.

Salary range: USD 87,400 - 266,300 per year

Experience required: 7+ years