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The Design Manager supervises a creative team. They carry out their projects in collaboration with a Creative Director. They are the cornerstone of our organization as they operate at the intersection of the creative, technical, commercial teams, and management. The DM leads several projects simultaneously, from the design phase through to completion. They are the driving force that keeps the team moving forward.
Job Responsibility:
Create / Manage / Present
Enforce the agency’s standards of excellence (production quality)
Take and analyze the brief
Review resource planning and have it approved by the Creative Director (project timelines)
Raise team awareness about project profitability
Provide creative direction to the teams
Plan and lead creative reviews with the team and the Creative Director
Ensure steady project progress between each Creative Director review
Take part in producing deliverables
Contribute to defining the presentation document in collaboration with the Account Director and the Creative Director
Present to the client
Debrief the team after the presentation
Responsible for a creative team (AP, D, Architect, and depending on experience, a junior DM)
Recruit creative profiles with less than 3 years of experience
Train APs, Ds, Architects in production tools
Evaluate APs, Ds, Architects
Report to the creative committee on potential developments for team members (promotion, raise, bonus, training proposals)
Manage the team’s schedule
Attend development meetings
Take the brief / Present the project to clients
Be proactive in upselling
Directly supervise APs, Ds, Architects
Work in constant collaboration with Account Directors
Managed by the lead Creative Director
Report to the lead Creative Director
Evolution: Advance to the role of Creative Director