Design Director, Pre-Sale & Growth

At Viral Nation, we specialize in building social-first ecosystems for brands to connect with the modern consumer journey. Our integrated solutions align strategy, talent, media, and technology with culturally relevant creativity to scale the world’s fastest-growing digital brands. Viral Nation offers a fluid, creative, and growth-oriented environment that will support your ambitions to apply your talents in an open, collaborative, and fast-paced culture. Our ability to stay at the forefront of the industry has fuelled our success and will guide us in paving the path forward. We’re driven to push boundaries and think beyond today to deliver strategies, and we’re just getting started.

While we continuously exceed our goals, we need your help – our success is only as great as our people. Strong performance leads to high expectations, and we must keep raising the bar!

Position Overview:

In the fast-paced world of social media, the first impression isn't just a slide deck—it’s a vision of the future. As the Design Director of Pre-Sale & Growth, you will be the creative architect behind our agency’s most ambitious pitches and client growth opportunities. This is a high-stakes, high-reward role where you will bridge the gap between abstract business goals and breathtaking visual storytelling.

You are not just a designer; you are closer. You will collaborate closely with Sales, Client Success and Strategy teams to craft the visual identities, innovative concepts, and strategic narratives that win with the world's largest brands. Your goal is to make the agency’s value proposition undeniable in the pursuit of business growth. 

Responsibilities:

• Visionary Creative Leadership: 
• Develop innovative design languages and visual frameworks that transform integrated strategies, dense data and creative ideas into persuasive proposals and pitch assets that compel enterprise-level stakeholders. 
• Produce high-fidelity mockups, future-state visualizations, interactive prototypes, and immersive storytelling assets that act as the centerpieces of proposals and pitch assets— enabling clients to see their brand living and breathing within our agency’s ecosystem. 
• Proposal Engineering and Storytelling 
• Oversee the structural design of complex enterprise proposals and pitch assets, ensuring the visual hierarchy mirrors the strategic priority. 
• Craft proposals and pitch assets to maximize order, pacing, rhythm, and emotional peak-end moments to ensure maximum stakeholder retention.
• Stakeholder-Centric Visual Design: 
• Tailor the visual language of proposals and pitch assets to the specific psychological profiles of stakeholders—from the ROI-focused CFO to the brand-obsessed CMO—ensuring every slide addresses a specific business pain point or aspiration.
• Use advanced visual storytelling to create a sense of inevitability—making it clear that our agency is the only partner capable of executing the client’s vision at a global scale.
• AI-Enablement
• Enlist cutting-edge AI tools and agents within workflows to drive efficiency, innovation and visualization expansion. 
• Scalable Framework Development: 
• Implement modular design systems for the Strategy, Sales and Client Service teams that allow for rapid, high-quality output without sacrificing the "bespoke" feel required for Tier-1 brand acquisition and growth. 

Mentorship and Team Development 

• Lead, mentor, and inspire an evolving team of designers and motion artists, fostering an environment of "strategic creativity.”
• Partner with agency Leadership to attract top Design talent and drive team growth in alignment with business growth. 

Position Requirements:

• 7+ years in design leadership, preferably within a fast-paced agency environment with a heavy focus on New Business/Pitches.
• A proven track record of winning and expanding major accounts through exceptional design strategy and visual storytelling.
• Expert-level command of Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and presentation software (Keynote/Google Slides). Knowledge of motion design and AI-driven creative tools is a significant plus.
• Experience partnering with and managing multidisciplinary teams and navigating complex stakeholder relationships.
• Deep understanding of brand positioning, consumer psychology, and social media marketing trends.

Viral Nation is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our agency. Viral Nation welcomes applications from people with visible and non-visible disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruiting and selection process.