Associate Design Director, Illustration
Uber
- San Francisco, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Collaborate and ideate with multidisciplinary teams including copywriters, communication designers, illustrators, motion & animation designers, environments designers, brand strategists, marketing managers, and creative directors to build and maintain visual brand excellence for a wide range of needs.
- Understand and help define illustration briefs and requirements before completing.
- Manage, direct, and grow freelance illustrators and agencies to meet business needs.
- Brainstorm and iterate with the creative team and brand leadership to help elevate and evolve illustration at Uber.
- Develop art for product, digital, and print communications where ideas can work globally, scale locally, and adapt for a variety of surfaces and use cases.
- Develop resources, guidelines, and templates that empower the global marketing and product teams to use illustration in impactful and resonant ways.
- 7+ years in the design and illustration industry.
- Expertise in Figma and Adobe Creative suite applications.
- Creative expertise with impeccable attention to detail and file organization.
- A portfolio of illustration work that aligns with the Uber illustration style.
- Experience working collaboratively with business and marketing leaders and stakeholders; receiving feedback and adapting work.
- Experience leading large projects; ability to balance business and technical requirements, and comfort with ambiguity and changes in direction.
- Be familiar with illustration licensing and commercial illustration to manage some of the production side of hiring illustration support.
- Experience in campaign creative with an understanding of how to scale ideals globally.
- Expertise in illustration within UI product design.
- Experience with generative A.I. image creation tools.
- Degree in design, communications, marketing; or equivalent.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Familiarity of After Effects and Lottie or directing motion graphics and animation.
- Experience with digital marketing channels (Web, Email, in-app, SMS/PUSH, paid social and display).
- Working knowledge of Google Docs and Slides.
- Thrives in fast paced environments and can stay calm in complicated/complex situations.