Design Manager

IN A NUTSHELL

Are you an art director who wants to create meaningful work, without the constant back and forth of clients? Are you a designer eager to know how your work performs once it makes its way into the world? Are you a leader with a strategic brain who wants to shape campaigns from vision to reality, and bring people along with you? We get it.

At Bellroy, we’re relentless about design and gearing people up to move through the world. We’re a proud B-Corp and using our platform to drive positive impact for people, animals, and the planet has always been core to what we do. Our brand is growing globally and streamlining how we create content to support that is an ever growing need.

Working as part of our full-service in-house creative team (yep, we do it all right here) – you’ll be set up with a world-class environment where you’ll manage designers, photographers, videographers and producers. While being equipped with all the right tools, from a photo studio to retail displays to a maker lab and more.

So if you’re a visually led senior creative who has a passion for innovating new approaches, understanding what works and what doesn’t, while empowering others to grow, this one’s for you. 

YOU COULD BE THE ONE IF YOU…

• Have 7+ years of design experience across a wide variety of applications including web, social, retail, print and packaging
• Have managed teams of creatives across different disciplines including graphic designers, photographers, videographers or producers.
• Have a passion for developing people, understanding their strengths and how to shepherd them through the challenging parts 
• Bring a conceptual brain and the ability to create a vision that others want to get behind
• Have the ability to direct photoshoots both in studio and location, overseeing pre-production and planning phases to on-the-day direction of photographers, videographers, stylists and talent.
• Possess a keen interest in measuring creative performance – understanding what works and why. You are comfortable interpreting data and able to glean patterns that help improve the calibration of the wider team
• Enjoy building a cohesive look and feel across a brand, then documenting those as standards for sharing with other teams
• Can spot when something isn’t ‘at the level’ and know how to rally others to align and improve it
• Are a problem-solver who brings a strong systems approach to your work – forever looking for ways to take production-heavy processes and streamline them
• Have a strong understanding of modern brands, especially those in physical product spaces, whilst being across trends, technology and culture as a whole

IF YOU WERE HERE LAST MONTH, YOU MIGHT HAVE...

• Set the art direction for an upcoming campaign, ensuring your idea is cohesively woven through each of our audience channels 
• Directed a photoshoot on location for an upcoming release – making sure the team and talent are clear on your creative vision, and have what they need to do to execute it
• Worked with our Creative Coordinator to improve how we plan capacity or can save production time – be that templates, automation, AI or another tool
• Collaborated with our ad team to develop a framework for creative testing – building your models of what content performs the strongest while allowing room for a few experimental ideas
• Sat with one of your five reports to look over a part of their job that is slowing them down, giving them some tips to make progress
• Ran a brainstorm for an upcoming retail activation, then worked with our instore experience team to make it happen.
• Worked with a digital designer to improve the brand experience and conversion potential of our Amazon e-store, sharing back what you learned in a Creative Team WIP
• Used your eye for detail to QA some web designs, emails or packaging that are going heading the door – providing feedback in a constructive way

PSSST. Are you part of a duo? We’re also looking for your copy-based counterpart here.

LOCATION AND HOURS

This is a full-time role based in our HQ in Collingwood, Melbourne with flexible WFH options.

WHY WORK FOR BELLROY?

At Bellroy, it takes a wonderfully diverse crew to make everything tick. We’re a close-knit group of thinkers and makers from over 25 different countries, each contributing unique skills to achieve our shared vision. We believe that embracing diverse backgrounds and perspectives is key to staying agile and resilient. So, even if your experience isn’t an exact match, but you feel you have something special to contribute, we’d love to hear from you.

Bellroy is committed to making our hiring process accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodations at any stage—whether it's applying, interviewing, completing pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the selection process—please contact us at [email protected]. Include your full name, the best way to reach you, and the type of accommodation you need to support you throughout the application process. We’re here to help and ensure you have the best possible experience.

Bellroy’s mission is to inspire better ways to carry; use business as a force for good; and help the world – and our crew – flourish. We make great carry products that delight people in their everyday lives, while constantly innovating to improve the sustainability of our materials. We donate a portion of our revenue to some of the world’s most effective charities and are a certified B Corporation. We have carefully built our culture on radical effectiveness. Our credo is "smart people with good intentions who get shit done" (yes, really).