Senior Design Manager

Job Summary and Mission:

As a Senior Design Manager you will work with the Creative Director and collaborate closely with photographers, videographers, designers, writers, and work with Product Management, UX, Tech, Merchandising and Marketing teams to deliver exciting experiences that pushes the brand forward and drives business. You will direct the work of the design team to focus on crafting on-brand communications, across all of our digital channels.

Direct Responsibilities

• Create and oversee our digital design projects
• Collaborate with the Design Manager on digtial cross-channel projects
• Manage two Senior Designers and our Videographer, and help direct their projects
• Work with the Creative Director on bringing yearly roadmap strategy to life
• Collaborate with our UX team on our site experience design and its expansion
• Oversee design projects, from conception to delivery
• Design original pieces, including print and digital
• Creating deliverables such as mockups and omni-channel templates
• Working with project managers and writers to create final deliverables
• Gathering and incorporating feedback from stakeholders
• Participating in gathering and analyzing user data to inform design
• Partnering with vendors to ensure consistency and usability standards
• Collaboration alongside Merchandising team to ensure product spotlighting aligns with broader strategy
• Presenting and explaining design concepts to team members and stakeholders
• Monitoring feedback and analytics to recommend and prioritize iterative improvements
• Collaborating within the team and other departments to leverage and share ideas and recommen- dations to apply broadly across multiple channels
• Actively participates in team meetings to discuss assignment parameters
• With Project Management team, ensure that internal deadlines, timetables and approval procedures are adhered to for assigned project phases
• Manages and prioritizes work effectively, and proactively escalates conflicts with workloads
  
  
  

Job Requirements

• College graphic design degree with 8+ Years professional experience in Graphic Design, with expertise -or extensive experience-- in the digital and ecommerce
• Ability to create unique design elements and experiences with strong typography and layout hierarchy skills
• Proficient in the latest Mac software and Adobe Knowledge of Figma is a plus
• Impressive wide-ranging portfolio (omni-channel approach a plus)
• Demonstrated creative and innovative problem solving
• Experience with working closely with UX, e-commerce and Integrated Marketing
• Understanding of digital and social media strategies
• Strong knowledge of creative and production workflows for cross functional projects,
• including print, digital and social
• Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal
• Detail oriented and problem
• Understands and advocates for creative
• Will quickly and easily adapt to changing mandates and priorities
• Excellent time-management skills
• Expertise in Microsoft Office 365 Suite preferred
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision on projects
• Can manage multiple assignments at the same time (including organizing and prioritizing workload and working efficiently under pressure in a deadline-driven environment
  
  
  

Raymour & Flanigan proudly supports a drug and smoke free work environment.

Raymour & Flanigan is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any associate or applicant on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, physical or mental disability, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital or familial status, genetic information or other basis protected by law.