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Design Director - Design Excellence & Studio Leadership

LOPEZ·Posted 1 week ago

Location

All India, Gurugram

Experience

8–15 years

Required Skills

StrategySystems thinkingBrand architectureExperience designTypographyVisual systemsTeam DevelopmentCreative DirectionProject LeadershipSystems ThinkingHumilityCraftPeople DevelopmentCommunication SkillsStakeholder ManagementOrganisational understandingCreative leadershipForm developmentLayouthierarchyDesign refinementCraftexecutionDesign ExcellenceCreative QualityStudio LeadershipDesign FrameworksClient LeadershipStakeholder LeadershipOrganisational Capability BuildingDesign JudgementLeadership MaturityCuriosityStrategic Understanding

About the Role

Role Overview:
LOPEZ is looking for a Design Director to lead the creative growth of the studio. This role goes beyond conventional design leadership, requiring expertise at both macro and micro levels. The Design Director will be instrumental in enhancing design quality, mentoring teams, and reducing founder dependency. The position offers long-term leadership opportunities with the potential for broader creative responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • • Lead and oversee design quality across various projects, ensuring consistency between strategic intent and creative execution

  • • Mentor Design Managers, designers, and multidisciplinary teams to build stronger creative capability

  • • Provide creative direction across branding, communication, digital, and experience projects, balancing creative ambition with business requirements

  • • Develop identity systems and design frameworks that work cohesively across different touchpoints

  • • Engage confidently with senior stakeholders, translate business challenges into clear creative direction, and build trust through professionalism

  • • Help reduce founder dependency, improve collaboration between teams, and support the studio's long-term growth and maturity

    • Qualifications Required:

  • • 815 years of experience in a leading design consultancy, branding studio, or multidisciplinary creative practice

  • • Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in identity systems, communication, and experience

  • • Proven ability to mentor teams, lead creative reviews, and strong understanding of design principles

  • • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, along with a degree in Design or related discipline preferred

    • Company Details:
    LOPEZ is a strategic design consultancy based in Gurgaon, specializing in brand identity, communication, digital platforms, spatial design, experience systems, and wayfinding. With a belief that design is more than decoration, the studio partners with various organizations to solve complex problems through clarity, systems thinking, and design rigour. Operating for over three decades, LOPEZ aims to reveal what matters, align people around shared purpose, and build enduring systems through design.

    (Note: The application requirements and what the company offers sections have been omitted as they were not directly related to the job role) Role Overview:
    LOPEZ is looking for a Design Director to lead the creative growth of the studio. This role goes beyond conventional design leadership, requiring expertise at both macro and micro levels. The Design Director will be instrumental in enhancing design quality, mentoring teams, and reducing founder dependency. The position offers long-term leadership opportunities with the potential for broader creative responsibilities.

    Key Responsibilities:

  • • Lead and oversee design quality across various projects, ensuring consistency between strategic intent and creative execution

  • • Mentor Design Managers, designers, and multidisciplinary teams to build stronger creative capability

  • • Provide creative direction across branding, communication, digital, and experience projects, balancing creative ambition with business requirements

  • • Develop identity systems and design frameworks that work cohesively across different touchpoints

  • • Engage confidently with senior stakeholders, translate business challenges into clear creative direction, and build trust through professionalism

  • • Help reduce founder dependency, improve collaboration between teams, and support the studio's long-term growth and maturity

    • Qualifications Required:

  • • 815 years of experience in a leading design consultancy, branding studio, or multidisciplinary creative practice

  • • Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in identity systems, communication, and experience

  • • Proven ability to mentor teams, lead creative reviews, and strong understanding of design principles

  • • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, along with a degree in Design or related discipline preferred

    • Company Details:
    LOPEZ is a strategic design consultancy based in Gurgaon, specializing in brand identity, communication, digital platforms, spatial design, experience systems, and wayfinding. With a belief that design is more than decoration, the studio partners with various organizations to solve complex problems through clarity, systems thinking, and design rigour. Operating for over three decades, LOPEZ aims to reveal what matters, align people around shared purpose, and build enduring systems through design.

    (Note: The application requirements and what the company offers sections have been omitted as they were not directly related to the job role)

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