Design Lead

Location: New York, New York, United States of America

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

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At the center of this ambition is the Global Growth team — a cross-disciplinary group that brings together strategy, brand, experience, and innovation to drive new business, launch new capabilities, and shape how Omnicom Media shows up in the world. Brand Experience is the creative engine of Growth. We define how Omnicom Media speaks, how it looks, how it moves, and how it appears — across pitches, platforms, content, live experiences, and internal communications. Working across all agency brands and the wider Omnicom Media ecosystem, Brand Experience translates intelligence into narrative, strategy into expression, and complexity into clear, compelling work that moves people and the business forward.

Role Overview
The Design Lead provides specialized expertise in a specific field, working independently and leading projects of moderate risk and complexity. Mentors junior staff or manages projects to ensure successful execution and delivery. The ideal person possesses strong problem-solving skills and provides professional advice and solutions that align with, and support, the organization’s broader goals.

Key Responsibilities

• This person will develop and execute visual communication systems, brand identities, digital experiences, and creative assets across marketing, advertising, social, experiential, and digital platforms.
• Applies principles of visual design, typography, product design, layout, interaction, and user experience to create cohesive and engaging brand experiences aligned to strategic and business objectives.
• Collaborates with creative, strategy, technology, production, and client teams to deliver scalable design solutions that enhance usability, storytelling, audience engagement, and brand consistency across evolving media and customer experience ecosystems.

Qualifications

• PowerPoint expertise is an absolute must for this role
• 8-10+ years of experience in brand, graphic, or experience design
• Proficiency across Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign; After Effects a plus)
• Strong foundation in typography, layout, and visual storytelling
• Experience working across multiple media formats
• High attention to detail and comfort working at speed

Additional Considerations

• Occasional travel and weekend work may be required
• Time in lieu is provided for work performed outside the standard workweek

$85k -$110k

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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