# Design Director

WHY DEPT®? We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA. We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter. At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build. THE ROLE: We are looking for a Director, Visual Design who is part visionary, part practitioner, and entirely uncompromising when it comes to quality. This is an embedded, high-impact role with an operational split of hands-on visual craft and team leadership. You will act as an autonomous "player-coach" who leads by doing-defining the work directly in working files, setting the bar for excellence, and solving complex design challenges in real time. Your experience and hands o

- **Id**: 4189407
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/dept-design-director>
- **Role**: Design
- **Role family**: Design
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T13:37:19Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T19:03:35Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6791
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Equity, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Creative Agencies, Custom Software Development, Digital Marketing

## Company

- **Id**: 1704
- **Name**: Dept
- **Domain**: deptagency.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/dept-agency>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 42
- **Ghost share**: 0.024
- **Stale share**: 0.762
- **Repost share**: 0.024
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 43
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Remote working hours

- **Label**: UTC-8 – UTC-5
- **Utc offset min**: \-8
- **Utc offset max**: \-5

## Salary

- **Min**: 138000
- **Max**: 200000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 200000

## Technologies

- **Figma** — Optional: no
- **Google Workspace** — Optional: no
- **OpenAI** — Optional: no
- **Slack** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T19:03:35Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1 · green card filings: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 43
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T21:33:34Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 200000
- **Is top pay**: no

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