JLL supports the Whole You, personally and professionally.
We are seeking a highly experienced Design Manager to work closely with the Capital Markets stakeholders. In this role, you will be responsible for leading and managing the design team to create engaging and effective creative materials, including BOVs (Brokers Opinion of Value), OMs (Offering Memorandum), brochures, presentations and other collateral. As a Design Lead, you will be expected to provide art direction support, people management, process improvement, and stakeholder management to ensure that all design projects are completed efficiently and to a high standard.
If you can communicate well and work methodically as part of a team, we'd like to meet you.
The goal is to inspire and attract the target audience.
**What this job involves**:
Lead and mentor a team of designers, providing feedback and guidance to help them grow in their roles.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design goals and objectives.
Develop and maintain a strong design vision and creative direction.
Ensure consistency and adherence to brand guidelines across all design initiatives.
Conduct research, user testing, and design iterations to ensure that designs are user-friendly, intuitive, and effective.
Present design concepts and solutions to stakeholders and senior leadership.
Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in design technology.
Manage projects and ensure producers manage projects to agreed scopes and timescales, including integrated projects where digital, print, events, media and social media components all require coordination and cohesion.
Experience as an art director. Strong knowledge of photography, video production, Interactive PDFs and client pitch/proposal. Develop creative briefs based on ideas from brainstorming sessions, with direction, schedules, and deliverables for the creative team. Obtain team approval of final layouts, storyboards, and illustrations; encourage members to provide feedback; and respond to internal commentary and requests.
Oversee project design and production, reporting any potential disputes, changing requirements or delays in a timely manner, and reviewing project performance.
Must have a superior understanding of the fundamental concepts of graphic design principles.
Stay on top of the latest standards, processes, and trends in the visual design field.
Receive, interpret, and implement constructive feedback from project stakeholders in your design work.
You have a team-oriented attitude and the ability to contribute to design
- and functionality-related marketing decisions.
Takes initiative and can self-manage. Resourceful when approaching projects, can navigate through obstacles to bring projects to fruition, and can effectively multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
Sound like you?
Bachelor's degree in Visual communications, Graphic Design, or similar field.
Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
You have strong creative vision and visual arts skills with an established portfolio of business-to-business print and digital marketing collateral.
Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite - InDesign (knowledge of interactivity would be an add on), Photoshop, and Illustrator along with a good knowledge of PowerPoint and MS Word.
Excellent communication skills (including the ability to clearly explain design decisions in words and writing).
Demonstrable ability to work proactively and autonomously and be accountable for own decisions.
Ability to effectively communicate concepts and ideas to others through written, drawn, and verbal means.
Ability to work confidently with internal stakeholders and external suppliers at all levels and with different personality types; influencing and negotiating skills.
Positive, demonstrable people management skills.
Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth:
JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health.
About JLL
- We're JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 102,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That's why we're committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We're using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people, and our communities.
Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we're honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both gl