- Responsible for the creative output of design and to consistently achieve our 'gold standard' quality.
- Provide a clear design vision and process to ensure all expectations are aligned with other business units, ensuring delivery to our client on time and on budget.
- Provide creative leadership to our design team by continuously advancing our design acumen.
- Oversee all creative initiatives and activities within the design studio.
- Ensure that the structure and allocation of resources in the design studio matches the requirements of the company and our clients.
- Ensure the Design team understand the impact of their solutions, considerations and decisions.
- Create an atmosphere of a comradery, collaboration and accountability among the design team.
- Encourage synergy between all departments with the goal of providing high standard design solutions.
- Collaborate with other department leaders to identify and mitigate any project process bottlenecks that inhibit success of a client project.
- Establish clear expectations and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the design team.
- Build consensus and a shared sense of ownership in the creation of design solutions.
- Encourage freedom among Senior Designers to generate their own ideas and perspectives on projects and utilize their skills and experience to run them effectively.
- Mentor junior designers, so that methodologies and processes can be cross pollinated, to create well rounded designers for the future and not carbon copies of a single person, attitude or perspective.
- Create a pool of external freelance talent to address specific design criteria to allow the company to handle a high volume of work.
- Ensure that the Design team can complete ad-hoc tasks and contribute creatively as required.
- Work with internal teams to generate new innovative ideas and solutions for our business, encouraging future success and growth.
- Communicate subject matter expertise, findings, and opinions confidently in client and team-facing meetings.
- Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time, in line with the role, competencies and skills.
- 15+ years of experience working in industrial, retail, or architectural design required.
- 8+ years' people management experience required.
- A portfolio which demonstrates various creatives and execution of fixture design, brand representation and experiential design.
- Comfortable leading design presentations to C-suite clients and stakeholders.
- Compelling design skills. Ability to visualize ideas in both 2 and 3 dimensions.
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and ability to recognize and respond to changing business and industry trends and priorities.
- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to analyze and understand business performance and to think objectively, interpreting meaningful themes from quantitative and qualitative data.
- Ability to be 'commercially-sensitive' when evaluating financial and business indicators and translating data into actionable information to drive improved results.
- Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills with the ability to communicate with executives and frontline employees.
- Ability to build constructive and effective relationships with colleagues and diverse groups of partners.
- Must have proficiency in 2d and 3d design software (i.e. SolidWorks, Adobe CC, Keyshot, Autodesk)
- Must have proficient computer productivity skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe, Outlook).
- Experience working in a small to medium sized B2B organization delivering products or services to large organizations in Canada considered an asset.
- Experience using online applications such as an ERP system is an asset.
- Competitive Compensation.
- RRSP Match.
- Participation in the annual performance bonus program.
- Opportunity to be part of an award-winning design team.
- Access to professional development.
- Excellent benefits program.
- Hybrid remote/in office working arrangements.
- Summer hours as per company policy.
- Vacation package.
- Sick days.
- Collaborative team environment.
- Monthly office lunches.
- Dental care
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Monday to Friday
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Description
Job Title: Head of Design
Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Location: Toronto (Hybrid)
Company Overview
For over 20 years, Envision has been at the forefront of innovative thinking and ground-breaking ideas by integrating design, delivery and technology solutions for many of the best-known brands. Our unique service offering enables us to seamlessly integrate design and technology into built concepts that enhance the way people connect and interact with their environment, creating memorable user interactions and experiences.
As a team, we continuously seek new and innovative ways to grow our business. Our agile, high energy culture rewards top performance and the contributions of those passionate about our collective growth and success. We are incredibly proud of the team we have built and are looking for like-minded individuals to help us in our growth trajectory.
As an organization, we live and breathe our core values which are Creativity, Collaboration, Commitment and Community. These values are essential in our mission to provide quality products and innovative solutions to our customers in an evolving market. Our pursuit of excellence will continuously define our leadership within the industry.
Summary of Position
The Head of Design is responsible for developing and managing all aspects of our Design and creative output whilst providing strong leadership to our design studio of diverse talents. We are looking for an aspirational, detailed individual who will own the creative output of our design team made up of industrial, environmental, graphic, UI/UX designers and freelance motion artists. The ideal candidate is a natural storyteller who embraces collaboration and delivers high-quality, trending, experience-focused solutions. They will also monitor all projects across the business, ensuring quality design output and successful delivery to our client, liaising with department leaders, encouraging communication and improved efficiencies.
Roles & Responsibilities
Qualifications & Skills Required
What We Offer
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
Schedule:
Work Location: In person
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