Thuma is looking for an Associate Design Director who has an exceptional eye for minimalistic and sophisticated design, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a drive to make a meaningful impact at a design-focused company and provide leadership to the Graphic Design team.
The Associate Design Director is responsible for creating Thuma’s design strategy, creating all new elements of the Thuma design system across all consumer touch points and ensuring all executions align to brand standards. The right candidate has passion for design, typography, color, space and motion as they come together to create innovative, brand elevating designs and campaigns that seamlessly solve marketing and brand objectives. The Associate Design Director is able to elegantly solve brand problems in ways that align with brand values. Strong leadership, presentation, collaboration, and cross functional partnership skills are required to successfully strategize and execute in this role.
Thuma’s Headquarters is based in the historic Presidio neighborhood of San Francisco. The role involves three days in the office each week and occasional additional days as needed.
In recognition of the personal and professional benefits that team members gain from time spent together in person, we organize a range of events throughout each year designed to bring our entire team together!
Thuma is looking for an Associate Design Director who has an exceptional eye for minimalistic and sophisticated design, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a drive to make a meaningful impact at a design-focused company and provide leadership to the Graphic Design team.The Associate Design Director is responsible for creating Thuma’s design strategy, creating all new elements of the Thuma design system across all consumer touch points and ensuring all executions align to brand standards. The right candidate has passion for design, typography, color, space and motion as they come together to create innovative, brand elevating designs and campaigns that seamlessly solve marketing and brand objectives. The Associate Design Director is able to elegantly solve brand problems in ways that align with brand values. Strong leadership, presentation, collaboration, and cross functional partnership skills are required to successfully strategize and execute in this role.Thuma’s Headquarters is based in the historic Presidio neighborhood of San Francisco. The role involves three days in the office each week and occasional additional days as needed.In recognition of the personal and professional benefits that team members gain from time spent together in person, we organize a range of events throughout each year designed to bring our entire team together!
Thuma provides an estimate of the compensation for roles that may be hired as required by state regulations. Compensation may vary based on (a) location, as Thuma factors in specific location when benchmarking compensation for most roles; (b) individual candidate skills and qualifications; and (c) individual candidate experience.
Additionally, Thuma leverages current market data to determine compensation, so posted compensation figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Thuma reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Key Responsibilities
Drive concepting and execution of graphic design content across all marketing channels (site, digital, social, email, print, TV, OOH, retail).
Partner with Brand Creative leadership to strategize, develop, and execute the visual language for seasonal and evergreen projects, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines across Copy, Marketing, Design, and Art.
Set a clear vision and elevate design standards by sharing best practices, inspiring excellence, and fostering a culture of creativity, bold exploration, and professional growth.
Lead, build and develop a high performing graphic design team through collaboration, communication, prioritization, and aligning work to organizational objectives.
Guide production planning and content creation, ensuring timely, high-quality, on-brand output that meets marketing needs.
Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver campaigns, providing strategic and creative feedback, leading brainstorms, and evolving visual and campaign guidelines.
Define roles, responsibilities, and expectations, and manage the creative approval process, clearly communicating direction to internal/external teams.
Stay current with design, furniture, and hospitality trends, competitor activity, and cultural shifts to inform creative decisions.
This Might Describe You
A resourceful, innovative, and detail-oriented creative leader with an exceptional eye for great content, design and storytelling.
Comfortable navigating through ambiguity and complex problems in pursuit of clarity, simplicity and concrete outcomes.
An excellent communicator who provides clear, constructive feedback and can distill ideas simply across all levels of the organization.
Able to brainstorm and develop creative concepts that combine branding and commerce and execute these creative ideas from start to finish.
Able to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment, effectively prioritizing, delegating, and meeting tight deadlines.
Regarded as a manager that people would jump at the opportunity to work for again.
Someone with high expectations who inspires and supports their team in reaching their highest potentials.
What You'll Need
5- 7+ years experience in a design direction role or other relevant experience in-house or at an agency.
3+ years of managing designers.
A portfolio showcasing the creation of brand systems and campaigns across digital, print, retail, packaging, and film.
Experience concepting and execution of 360 degree campaigns across mediums. (Print, film, 3-D, digital, social, etc.)
Experience in design-led lifestyle brands and DTC/e-commerce is highly preferred (Fashion or luxury experience is a plus).
Experience leading creative for 3-D still and film productions a plus.
A proven track record of successfully managing and developing talent.
A deep love for design, furniture and exceptional customer experiences.
Why Join Us
Equity/401k: Participation in employee stock option plan and our 401k program where we will match up to 6% of your contributions
Flex Time: Run errands as needed, just get your stuff done
Flexible PTO: We believe healthy, happy, relaxed people do better work
Hybrid: Flexibility to work between your home and our office with everything you need to be successful in both
Employee Discount: We provide an employee discount of 40% off all Thuma products
Cell Phone Stipend: $100 per month to recognize that you will use your cell phone for work related things
Commute Reimbursement: Up to $150 per month for your commute to our office
Room Upgrade: A complimentary product credit when you start, worth up to $2,000
Who We Are
Thuma is a modern design company specializing in furniture and home goods. We believe simplicity is the ultimate luxury. That the details matter. And that good design is good hospitality.
We recognize that people come with a wealth of knowledge and are talented beyond the scope of a functional role. If this sounds like you, we encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match our job description. We hire for integrity, initiative, collaborative spirit, open mindedness, and willingness to learn.
Thuma is dedicated to going above and beyond to bring people with diverse perspectives and unique experiences together to do great work. We strive to create a sense of belonging by creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be their authentic self and by treating each and every team member with kindness, equity, and respect, always.
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