Design Director – Automotive & Mobility
New York
Visual – UI /
Full Time /
Realize the unimagined
Fantasy is a digital product and innovation company. We realize the unimagined for the world’s most ambitious organizations. Founded in 1999, our global reputation is based on our teams’ unique ability to think beyond the ordinary and launch ground-breaking products and services. We believe that our phenomenal team is the core reason for our success, our growth, and our thriving culture. We offer location flexibility, with three offices located in New York, San Francisco, and London.
The Role
As a Design Director at Fantasy, you will bring digital design skills in both automotive and consumer experiences. You‘ll be comfortable in comping in photoshop, creating assets from scratch, overseeing, and feeding into a larger design system, contributing to a new UI library and design language. You’ll think beyond ordinary to ship world-class products for world-leading organizations. You will oversee talented teams to create experiences that millions of people not only use but love.
Launch digital products and services with world-leading organizations
You’ll work with the world’s most forward-thinking companies, including the likes of Netflix, Spotify, Asana, Tesla, The Academy of Motion Pictures, Dolby, Ancestry, Salesforce, and many others. You’ll work across diverse industries and varying form factors, including automotive, luxury, travel, operating systems, website ecosystems, voice recognition software, artificial intelligence, and so much more.
Craft experiences that people love
- Working alongside a team of designers, 3D, and motion artists, to create innovative and appropriate digital designs that push the creative bar for the client’s brand.
- Establishing the creative direction and providing strategic guidance throughout the project duration.
- Setting goals that allow teams to produce work that embodies Fantasy’s core principles, creating great, human-centered products.
- Directing and overseeing project work to ensure it is delivered with incredible creativity and expert craftsmanship.
- Constructing design systems that combine design and systematic thinking to deliver incredible experiences for global audiences.
- Working with other disciplines to establish unified, strategic, and experiential approaches.
Lead and continue to develop a world-class team
- Managing and continuing to build out the global design discipline.
- Finding ways to improve design processes to create more efficient ways of working.
- Providing daily feedback on WIP to ensure project goals are on track.
- Partnering with the Group Director and Producers for sign-off on key deliverables and milestones, as well as identifying project needs and gaps.
- Mentoring designers of all levels, allowing them to advance and grow in new areas they never thought possible.
Work with forward-thinking organizations
- Building strong relationships with clients by imagining, creating, and finding solutions that go beyond the ordinary.
- Leading discussions and presentations that convey the power and thought behind the team’s solutions.
- Taking part in the end-to-end product design and development process, including initial conversations with prospective clients, conceptualization, production, delivery, and growth.
Experience / Key Personal Qualities
- 12+ years of experience in the design industry, with a focus on leading teams to create human-centered digital experiences.
- A strong portfolio that spans a wide variety of digital products, services, and experiences.
- The ability to lead, mentor, and inspire teams to create human-centered products.
- Combining thought leadership and strategic thinking to offer a strong point of view.
- A passion for continual practice and process improvement.
- An eye for detail and strong design aesthetic sensibilities.
- Continued awareness of design trends and innovation.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- A passion for people and desire to establish highly successful client relationships.
Fantasy EOE
Fantasy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Since 1999, diversity has been vital to our success and ability to create products and services used and loved by millions of people all over the world. We are committed to continually fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
