Design Team Leader / Associate


 

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Company Position: Associate

  • Project Position: Design Team Leader

 

Company responsibility

An Associate is an important ambassador of the business, significantly contributing to the smooth running and promotion of the company through active and positive participation in the operation of our Management Architecture.  An Associate helps shape the future of the business through delivery of work, company initiatives and mentoring project teams to achieve the best results possible.

The key responsibility is to drive through the core Generation Edge philosophy and all management objectives of the business, including yearly targets and the delivery of our Business Plan. As an Associate, your commitment to our values and beliefs helps to keep us ahead of our competitors and stay ahead of the growth and success curve. Above all: Lead by Example.

Project responsibility

The Design Team Leader is one of the key client facing team members; the driver and supporter of project insight, evaluation, interrogation, brief and strategy, and is responsible for ensuring the best creative execution through ‘Team United’.

The Design Team Leader is the person primarily responsible for establishing the creative strategy and leading the team to develop the appropriate solution to a client brief, defining and managing as follows:

Client management: Coordinate with the Project Principal to ensure our clients expectations are managed at all times and feeding into the Generation Team any potential pipeline work. 

  • Administration and finance: Input into the scope of works, project programmes, development of all associated fees, storyboarding of deliverables, management of Change Orders, weekly Sales Dashboard input, project meeting attendance and participation.

  • People: Inspire and engage the project team, define its deliverables and its approach to delivering the work. Keep the team happy and ensuring the right people and skills are in place at the right time. 

  • Deliverables: Quality control of all phases in line with Generation Edge Five Principles.

 

Overview of company responsibilities

Generation Edge is facilitated through five functions, which form the basis of our Management Architecture for you to use through the business.
 

Projects: Aspire to deliver all projects beyond expectations and help whenever you see issues. Aim for excellence.

Report to the Head of the Projects

Generally:

  • Lead projects

  • Drive and deliver on the Generation Edge Five Principles wherever possible

  • ‘Magic & Logic’: Enshrine the balance of creative and practical thinking in every project

  • Proactively and positively participate in weekly meetings ensuring:

  • Team United compliance: Management of time, resource in support of the Project Principal

  • You report in an honest, open and efficient manner

  • Proactively participate in meetings and ensure our quality manual and methodologies are first class


People: Nurture, support, train and retain our people.

Report to the Head of the People

  • Help define, grow and maintain our company culture.

  • Mentor senior, intermediate and junior team members through their Personal Development Plans (PDP’s).

Generation: Find, inspire and nurture our clients, and promote the business.

Report to the Head of the Sales

  • Attend and participate in designated meetings, providing updates

  • Ensure full co-ordination of opportunities into our CRM system

  • Liaise with Business Development and Account Managers as appropriate, cross-fertilising sectors, disciplines, projects and clients

  • Follow Generation Edge brand protocols

  • Attend appropriate networking events and liaise with the Generation Team to ensure full co-ordination into the company’s CRM system

 

Finance: Be proactive in managing costs at Edge.

Report to the Head of the Finance Category

  • Sales Dashboard: Ensure all project related finances are fed in on a weekly basis.

  • Be proactive and efficient in managing costs at Edge.

 

Management: Drive, manage and improve all policies through the business.

Report to the Head of the Management

  • Work closely with the senior team to drive through the company’s Business Plan and ethos. 

  • Develop, embrace and apply the company’s policies wherever required.

  • Participate in leading and assisting teams as defined below and whenever changes occur (instructed by the Principals).