ACD UI​/Visual Designer

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* Job Description:

**** Associate Creative Director, UI/Visual Design*
* ** Overview
* * We are seeking an exceptional
** Associate Creative Director (ACD), UI/Visual Designer
** to lead the visual execution of the
** primary website redesign
** for one of our clients, a
** leading fintech company.
** This role is ideal for a hands-on design leader who blends world-class visual design craft with a strong understanding of UX and experience design principles. You will elevate an established enterprise brand, guide distributed teams, and ensure high-quality visual design delivery at scale.

** Key Responsibilities**  - Lead day-to-day design for a large enterprise website redesign.  - Produce high-fidelity UI and visual design work (approx. 60% hands-on).  - Oversee and direct two offshore UI/visual design teams (approx. 40% leadership).  - Ensure design quality, consistency, and brand alignment across all outputs.  - Collaborate closely with UX partners, internal brand teams, and Dentsu Creative.  - Present work to executive stakeholders with confidence and clarity.  

- Partner cross-functionally with account, PM, UX, and India-based design teams.  - Apply and evolve established design systems at enterprise scale.

** Required Skills & Experience**  - 8+ years of UI/visual design experience, including large-scale digital systems.  - Portfolio demonstrating strong visual craft and brand-elevating design.  - Ability to modernize, remix, and evolve existing brand systems.  - Strong understanding of UX and experience design (approx. 30–40%).  - Experience directing offshore or distributed design teams.  - Expert proficiency in Figma.  - Ability to handle asset adjustments in Adobe tools (Photoshop, etc.).  

- Familiarity with AI-enhanced design workflows (a plus).

** Preferred Experience**  - Agency background or experience in matrixed client environments.  - Experience working within complex enterprise design systems.  - Financial services, fintech, or similarly regulated industries (nice to have).

** Work Style & Time Zone Expectations**  - Chicago location ideal for occasional onsite collaboration in our Dentsu offices  - Must work comfortably with teams across CST and India time zones.  - Occasional evening calls (9–10 PM CST) during critical phases.  - Ability to adapt working hours as needed for team collaboration.

** Reporting Structure**  - Day-to-day reporting to the Group Creative Director.  - Solid-line reporting into Dentsu’s Visual Design practice (Lindsay or Damien).  - Collaborative partnership with UX, PM, and India-based hands on design teams.

** What Success Looks Like**  - High-quality, brand-aligned UI delivered consistently and on schedule.  - Clear orchestration of global teams with strong communication.  - A portfolio of elevated, modernized, and scalable design work.

** Additional Information
** The anticipated base salary range for this position is $90,000 - $100,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Benefits available with this position include:
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
• Life insurance,
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
• 401k,
• Flexible paid time off,
• At least 15 paid holidays per year,
• Paid sick and safe leave, and
• Paid parental leave. Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit . To begin the application process, please click on the “Apply” button at the top of this job posting.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.  #LI-RB1 #LI-Hybrid
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