DESCRIPTION

EPAM is committed to providing our global team of 36,700+ EPAMers with inspiring careers from day one. EPAMers lead with passion and honesty and think creatively. Our people are the source of our success and we value collaboration, try to always understand our customers’ business, and strive for the highest standards of excellence. In today’s new market conditions, we continue to support operations for hundreds of clients around the world remotely, with the vast majority of our teams working from home. No matter where you are located, you’ll join a dedicated, diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

Description

EPAM partners with leading global companies to imagine, design and engineer software and customer experiences that transform businesses. As a senior leader on EPAM’s Experience Design team, the Associate Creative Director plays a key role in helping to shape and define the design solutions that we bring to our clients. She or he also takes responsibility for important aspects of design team management, including direct oversight of more junior design professionals. The right candidate is collaborative, experienced, professional, and highly motivated to constantly up their design game, and that of the team that they work with.
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WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Ability to articulate and sell creative concepts
• Significant experience estimating projects and contributing to scopes of work and other pre-sales documents
• Ability to motivate a diverse team of designers and Art Directors at varying levels of professional and design maturity
• Innovative and contemporary design approach with a strong portfolio that reflects a depth and breadth of experience
• Unique design voice and the ability to help more junior designers find and express theirs
• Solid understanding of the design process, and how it fits in to an experience design approach that includes content strategy, user experience and front and back-end development
• Works with project leadership to plan approach, overall timelines, and deliverables for projects
• Natural collaborator who seeks opportunities to include members of other teams
• Strategic thinker who can remain focused on the bigger picture while managing a team that is focused on the day-to-day
• Strong communication skills that extend from internal team to client-facing
• Strong partner to other Experience Design leads (UX, Content Strategy) as well as to Client Services and Project Management leads
• Empathetic and inclusive
• Naturally solution-oriented and able to quickly adapt and offer ideas as project needs change
• Plays a key role in driving team culture by being a source of knowledge, a planner of events, and a consistent and compelling voice who helps shape the team’s design ethos and POV

WHAT YOU HAVE

• BFA/BA/BS in Design, Interactive Media, Art or related field (or other formal training)
• 10+ years of professional studio/agency experience (interactive agency experience is a must)
• 3+ years in a creative/design leadership role within an interactive agency
• Advanced knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Sketch

WHAT WE OFFER

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Pet Insurance