The Visual Design Associate Manager role at Accenture Song guides visual design direction across engagements, contributes to design systems and brand language, mentors junior designers, and leverages AI-enabled workflows to accelerate workstreams.
Responsibilities
- Shape and contribute to the visual design direction on engagements from concept through delivery, ensuring quality, aesthetic cohesion, and timely milestones.
- Translate briefs, brand strategy, and audience insights into compelling visual executions 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 with a hands-on, self-directed approach, making deliberate design decisions and delivering production-ready output with minimal redirection.
- Actively use AI tools in concepting, iteration, and production, and contribute to the team's evolving AI-enabled workflows.
- Engage confidently with clients and stakeholders, clearly communicating design rationale and building a growing presence as a trusted creative voice.
- Document and share how AI tools impact workflow, contributing 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 demonstrate visual design capabilities.
- Stay attuned to internal and client needs, flagging opportunities for deeper work or expanded scope to leads.
- Mentor junior team members informally, sharing feedback, references, and methods to help grow visual craft.
- Actively participate in the Visual Design Craft community, contributing to shared resources, discussions, and ongoing discipline development.
Requirements
- 5+ years of Visual Design experience across diverse industries, brands, platforms, and contexts.
- Proven involvement in end-to-end visual design engagements from concept and strategy to production-ready delivery.
- Experience producing brand identities, design systems, typography, motion, illustration, and digital UI with a developing strong visual voice.
- Delivering high-fidelity work with pixel-perfect attention to detail and developer-ready specifications.
- Ability to provide feedback to junior designers and help others grow their craft and confidence.
- Experience working in agile, cross-functional environments with product designers, product managers, engineers, and strategists to deliver cohesive experiences.
- Foundational UX understanding that informs visual decisions and communicates a coherent brand perspective.
- Contribution to scalable design systems that maintain visual consistency across products and channels.
- Comfort with AI tools in the design practice, from concepting to rapid iteration, and openness to evolving AI-enabled workflows.
- Hands-on experience with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and relevant motion, illustration, or AI design tools.
- Strong communication and client-facing skills, with the ability to present design rationale and participate in creative discussions.
Technologies
- Figma
- Adobe Creative Suite
- AI design 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, content design, or self-directed skill expansion.
- Experience contributing to practice-level initiatives such as processes, craft assets, onboarding, or community forums.
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in visual design, visual communications, graphic design, fine art, or related creative field.
- Experience in management consulting, a creative agency, or a professional services setting.
- Emerging external presence through publishing creative POVs, attending design events, or sharing work publicly.
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