Favorite Child is a spirited design agency that blends boutique charm with global expertise. We harness strategic design to unlock each brand's full potential, whether in its own category, reaching new audiences or shaking up the cultural status quo. With our flexible in-house capabilities, no project is too big or too small. From start to finish, we tackle every challenge with flair, precision, intelligence, and imagination, transforming each brand into a favorite. Join us as we grow our Favorite Child family.
Favorite Child is part of Betty, a Quad agency offering a full slate of creative services including strategy, creative, design and content studios – all under one global roof. Named after Betty Quadracci—creative trailblazer & Quad co-founder— the Betty team boldly embodies the progressive standards that Betty believed in. We’re inclusive. Idea-centric. Relentlessly collaborative. Tenaciously creative. All to build better ideas that can scale without sacrifice to bolster brands that can’t stand bland (like us). If this sounds like you, hit us up. We'd love to talk creativity and culture.
About The Gig

• Function as the day-to-day creative leader of projects and work with the Account Director to build a relationship with clients
• Understand client’s business and brand strategy in order to identify creative solutions for particular projects that support client objectives
• Collaborates with GCD’s and /or ECD’s to set the quality of the design offering for clients and institutes those expectations within the design team.
• Some direction of overseas design and production team responsible for supporting the development and rollout of design projects
• Mentor younger design talent and other project team members.
• Regularly prepare and present creative work and design solutions to client.
• Occasionally perform other duties to meet the agency's changing needs.

Skills & Experience

• Experience working in or supporting a fast-paced creative culture.
• Strong people management and coaching skills to provide clear creative direction and to motivate and inspire creative teams.
• Strength in evaluating both design and copy with a strong attention to detail.
• Excellent type design, identity design, packaging design and art direction skills.
• Strong design thinking and brand systems thinking experience needed
• Ability to confidently rationalize design ideas and write guidelines for design systems needed
• Knowledge of private label packaging and retail design a plus
• Knowledge and ability in motion design, web design, and illustration are also a plus

Additional Company InformationWe offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.
Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to creating a place of belonging — a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.
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