Job Description

Our fast growing innovative agency client is looking for a Senior Director, Innovation Design (AR, VR, hardware, infotainment) with agency, consultancy or design studio experience, directing creative & digital product innovation for high profile international clients in auto, food, health and more.

With your knowledge and expertise, you will serve as a leading creative force internally and externally, both overseeing client relations and making decisive contribution to impact the agency's future orientation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead holistic innovation design practice that impact the agency's team and clients
• Foster an internal culture that attracts and produces next gen innovation makers and creators
• Provide design leadership for all their clients with highest quality design recommendations and executions, from ideation to final delivery
• Visualize early concepts and ideas that "think outside the box" to showcase potential future solutions across all touchpoints, applying your experience across different industries
• Be a great storyteller designing awesome pitch decks and presentations
• Contribute to creating new types of innovation offerings for clients, trying out new tools, methods and approaches
• Manage multiple clients and projects including day day-to-day responsibilities of accounts from an innovation design perspective

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ years professional experience as a Senior Director of Innovation / Digital Creative Director building, prototyping, and continually evolving digital products from ideation to implementation in an innovation consultancy, creative agency or digital design studio
• Proven expertise - a mix of UI and UX skill sets for a variety of products, including AR, VR, hardware and infotainment
• Strong expertise in visual design and communications design, creating and working in design systems for all kinds of digital touchpoints
• Experience setting up & leading leading digital projects from conception to delivery
• Experience growing & leading cross-functional teams
• Deep understanding of the latest design, emerging technologies (web3, AR, VR) and business trends to apply in digital transformation and digital product innovation
• Proven skills in managing high profile clients and developing strong client relationships at an executive or C-level

The role will be Hybrid Onsite in LA.