Design Director
At MALHERBE PARIS, our independent creative agency at the crossroads of art and commerce, international leader (Paris, Shanghai and New York) in retail design, hospitality and digital creation, we work with major global brands on design and retail strategy (Hennessy, Dior, Sephora, L’occitane, Krug, Cartier, Mandarin Oriental etc.). For over 30 years, we have been asserting the difference of a French culture and imagining new shopping experiences by combining a creative approach based on elegance, innovation and freedom of expression, applied to a multitude of retail professions: hotels and restaurants, spas, cosmetics, jewellery, department stores, shopping centres, mass distribution, food & beverage, travel retail, etc.
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We are looking for a Design Director to join our team and develop our creative department through a variety of highly visible, global, regional, and local projects. Reporting directly to the creative director, you will support the creative growth of the design team and the growth of Malherbe’s portfolio of clients & projects. Part of a unique team that provides a small business working style within a large organization framework, you will be preparing & presenting strategic, best in class, high-end projects to major stakeholders.
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MISSION
• Create / Manage / Present
• Ensure compliance with the agency’s quality standards (production quality) -
SKILLS
• Drawing
• Perfect command of production tools
• Creativity
• Management
• English -
MANAGEMENT - PROJECT
The Design Director leads several projects simultaneously, from the design phase to execution. They are the driving force that keeps teams moving forward.
• Receive and analyze the brief
• Study resource planning and have it approved by the Creative Director (project schedules)
• Raise team awareness about project profitability
• Provide creative direction to the teams
• Schedule and lead creative meetings with the team and the Creative Director
• Monitor the project’s progress between each meeting with the Creative Director
• Take part in the production of deliverables
• Help define the presentation document in collaboration with the Account Director and the Creative Director
• Present to the client
• Debrief the teams after the presentation -
MANAGEMENT - PEOPLE
• Responsible for a creative team (Project Designers, Designers, Architects, and, depending on experience, junior Design Managers)
• Recruit creative profiles with less than 3 years of experience
• Train Project Designers, Designers, and Architects in production tools
• Evaluate Project Designers, Designers, and Architects
• Refer potential team member developments (promotion, raise, bonus, training proposal) to the creative committee
• Manage the team’s schedule -
CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
• Participate in development meetings
• Take the brief / Present the project to clients
• Be proactive in terms of upselling -
HIERARCHICAL RELATIONSHIPS
• Directly supervise Project Designers, Designers, and Architects
• Work in constant collaboration with Account Directors
• Report to the assigned Creative Director
• Provide reporting to the assigned Creative Director
• Career development: Advancement to the position of Creative Director