Director, Digital Design at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts in Parsippany, NJ

Job Summary

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts continues to invest in digital transformation! Join the team who helps bring our 20 established brands, award-winning Loyalty program, and newly launched mobile app to life. In this role, you will have the opportunity to parlay digital branding and product design expertise into compelling experiences that deliver value to owners and guests.

The Director, Digital Design is responsible for leading the Visual Design Team for both marketing and product visual design within the Digital Design Team for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. Leads, creates and delivers world-class customer experiences designed to increase bookings, guest engagement, and elevate Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ family brands. Owns translating brand standards into compelling digital stories and products, and is able to bring these forward to our cross-functional partners with highly-skilled presentations. Helps optimize the digital creative production process, ensuring timelines and deliverables are achieved with excellence, efficiency and speed. Collaborates closely with the VP, Digital Design, UX/UI designers, Brand Marketing, CRM, Analytics, Loyalty, Digital Production, Development, Project Management, I.T., Global Sales, Development Marketing, and external agencies to flawlessly execute marketing and product projects across devices and platforms. Expert on design, template and build best practices including the development and adherence to them. Must have a strong design-eye and skill with typography. Must be strategic and innovative with a passion for design, management, technology and branding. Leads the growth of designers within the Visual Design Team.

Responsiblities

1 Direct and design best-in-class customer experiences for our digital product team on the websites and app that are designed to increase bookings and guest engagement

2 Help deliver direct bookings through design of smart, personalized and customer-first promotions and programs on all digital channels (websites, app, email, social, advertising, on property, etc.)

3 Elevate the power of our brands by designing engaging digital program experiences

4 Manage and art direct designers on multiple marketing and product initiatives and projects ensuring processes and timelines are followed, and that work is high-grade

5 Lead others to become great, passionate, talented designers who are expanding their careers

6 Create, manage and organize creative assets and templates with an eye on creating more efficiencies for the team

Experience & Education

• 8+ years of digital design experience for a world-class creative agency and/or hospitality, entertainment or retail brand
• 5+ years of creative leadership experience
• App and/or mobile design experience required
• Expertise with Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience in Adobe XD or similar product
• Some traditional advertising experience such as print, photography and video
• Experience with Content Management Systems such as Adobe Experience Manager a plus
• Must be able to see, use hands, hear and speak to perform the essential functions of this role
• Must supply examples of work/portfolio to be considered