[Hiring] Design Director @OLIVER Agency - North America

Role Description

We're pairing craft with AI velocity—and we need a Design Director to lead it. We’ve launched an embedded, AI-native creative studio for one of the world's most influential B2B tech brands—a global platform company serving 85% of the Fortune 500. This isn't a traditional agency setup. You'll be leading an established, high-output creative studio that operates as a seamless extension of the client's internal global brand team. Your mission: to scale their vision with relentless craft and speed.

What you will be doing:

• Creative Direction and Quality
  • Direct and develop a multi-level creative team — running internal critiques, sharpening executions, and building a culture where high standards are the shared expectation.
  • Contribute directly to concepting and design, bringing hands-on skill to the team's output and elevating work at every stage of production.
  • Act as the studio's final quality check, reviewing and auditing all creative work before it reaches the client.
  • Ensure every asset the studio produces is faithful to the client's brand guidelines, voice, and creative vision — from flagship campaign heroes to localized regional content.
• Team Leadership and Capability Building
  • Develop team members' skills and creative output through regular coaching, feedback, and structured knowledge-sharing.
  • Identify opportunities to improve creative processes and introduce smarter ways of working.
  • Build an inclusive, collaborative team culture where diverse perspectives strengthen both creative output and working relationships.
• Client Partnership and Studio Operations
  • Partner with the OLIVER Business Director to manage studio operations, timelines, and the overall client experience.
  • Maintain strong working relationships with client creative directors, account leads, producers, and project managers.
  • Manage and prioritise team workloads across high-volume delivery cycles, adapting quickly when priorities or timelines shift.
• AI Integration and Innovation
  • Lead the integration of generative AI tools into creative workflows, setting quality standards and governance for AI-assisted output at studio level.
  • Drive AI adoption and share best practice across the team and the wider OLIVER network.
  • Apply an agentic approach to complex creative and operational challenges — breaking problems down systematically and identifying efficient, high-quality paths forward.

Qualifications

• A strong portfolio demonstrating brand system expertise, campaign craft, and multi-format creative execution at scale.
• Proven experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary creative teams in high-volume, fast-paced environments — agency, in-house, or embedded studio backgrounds all welcome.
• Deep expertise in brand identity and creative systems, with a track record of maintaining quality and consistency across diverse markets, channels, and formats.
• Experience leading creative quality processes — running critiques, setting standards, and developing team members' output.
• A collaborative, stakeholder-savvy approach, with the ability to build strong working relationships with senior clients, account teams, and cross-functional partners.
• Strategic awareness of how generative AI can enhance creative quality and delivery efficiency, combined with the judgment to evaluate outputs critically and maintain creative standards.
• Advanced proficiency with generative AI tools — including Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, or equivalent — and experience building AI-assisted workflows within a creative team.
• Expert proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Strategic integration of generative AI across studio projects and operations.
• Experience setting AI quality standards and governance at studio or team level.
• Agentic leadership: a systematic, goal-oriented approach to complex creative and operational challenges.
• Drives AI adoption and shares best practice across teams and into client partnerships.
• Strong understanding of AI capabilities and limitations, with rigorous human oversight and critical evaluation of outputs.

Requirements

• Req ID: 18612
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Benefits

• At the time of this posting, the base salary for this position may range according to what's stated below.
• Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.
• The range listed is just one component of OLIVER’s total compensation package.
• Salary Range: $185,250 — $213,750 USD

Company Description

• OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands.
• We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting.
• Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.
• OLIVER is committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.
• OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets.