Senior Manager Design

IEEE’s Senior Manager, Design elevates the organization’s global visual brand and leads its creative direction across digital products, events, and other brand touchpoints. The role develops scalable design systems, oversees internal and external creative resources, and advances brand consistency and creative workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the visual execution of the refreshed IEEE brand identity, applying and guiding the execution across the IEEE ecosystem (masterbrand + sub-brands)
• Act as a player-coach, providing creative direction to internal and external designers while remaining hands-on in the day-to-day design execution to ensure all creative output is modern, impactful, and aligned with IEEE’s identity
• Drives the visual design strategy for high-profile "One IEEE" events, ensuring a premium and consistent brand experience
• Develop and manage a comprehensive enterprise design system (UI/UX, digital, and print) that enables consistency and efficiency across the organization, balancing the needs of the masterbrand and sub-brands
• Manage the brand portal, including the creation and dissemination of brand tools and asset templates throughout IEEE
• Partner with the Marketing Services team to oversee the creative integrity of over 500+ projects annually, ensuring they meet the IEEE design standards
• Mentor and lead an internal team of designers, provide creative guidance to other designers across the ecosystem, and help manage a curated roster of external creative agencies and vendors
• Explore and help evaluate AI-powered creative tools and processes for asset generation and content versioning
• Support the department’s pivot to a modern brand engine by fostering a culture of innovation and "test and learn" creative thinking

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts, or a related field required
• 10+ years of experience in creative direction, design leadership, or brand identity management, preferably in-house or at an agency required
• Proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary design teams and external partners through complex organizational transformations
• Deep expertise in building and executing on design systems in complex, multi-stakeholder organizations
• Expert-level mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and Canva Enterprise
• Familiarity with digital asset management (DAM) and AI creative workflows
• PLEASE NOTE: This position is not budgeted for employer-sponsored immigration support, this includes all persons in F (both CPT and OPT), J, H, L, or O status
• Master's or other advanced degree preferred