IDEO
Visual Communication Design Lead
Chicago, IL · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$100k-$120kDetected 154 days ago
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Lottery odds (Level II)66
Fits your clock70
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About the role
- You'll work collaboratively to bring our voices, stories, and concepts to life through exceptional visual craft.
- The salary range for this role is $100,000-$120,000 USD.
- Final offers may vary based on candidate experience, location, and other factors.
Responsibilities
- Experience leading client work and multidisciplinary teams through complex, often ambiguous design challenges
- Confident and collaborative-able to lead teams and clients while remaining open, curious, and human
- Proactive and accountable-takes ownership, follows through, and supports the success of the whole team
- Lead project teams and collaborate with multidisciplinary designers
- Collaborate closely with clients, using storytelling and design to make complex ideas clear and actionable
- Turn research and open-ended questions into visual systems and stories that build empathy for people and bring their experiences to life for both teams and clients
- Create and guide looks-like/works-like prototypes at different levels of fidelity to explore ideas and align teams
- Support and grow other designers through thoughtful critique, collaboration, and hands-on craft leadership
Compensation
- The salary range for this role is $100,000-$120,000 USD.
Benefits
- Hold a high bar for visual quality while staying open to exploration, iteration, and learning
- Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
- Relevant experience and/or educational background required in visual communication, brand expression, interaction, and digital product design
Company info
- We're looking for designers who bring a distinctive visual voice, raise the bar for quality, and help others do the same.
This listing is sourced directly from IDEO's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.