Tuff Shed, Inc.

“BUILD” YOUR CAREER WITH TUFF SHED!

Based at our corporate headquarters in south Denver (I-12 & Colorado Blvd), we are seeking a Creative Director to be a part of our Marketing Department. In this role you will be responsible for developing tools for the Marketing and Sales departments, managing creative projects from concept to completion, and building upon Tuff Shed’s brand position.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A TUFF SHED CREATIVE DIRECTOR?

The Creative Director at Tuff Shed needs to be able to think big and small, creating thoughtful, breakthrough high level ideas, while having a passion for execution and detail. The Creative Director leads and directs the design and production of visual and audio materials and media used for advertising, broadcast, and web communications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead creative team’s execution with high level of attention to detail and organization
• Actively manage Creative team members, inspiring others to make great work, while also contributing as an active producer of great work
• Develop deep understanding of Tuff Shed brand, products, culture and customers and reflect this understanding in creative work
• Manage creative projects from concept to completion and translate marketing objectives into creative strategies
• Develop and manage company branding for marketing materials and websites
• Direct the growth of Tuff Shed social media, managing and inspiring Social Media Specialist to increase customer engagement
• Oversee creation of art, photo, video, and layout design; establishing and implementing design and format standards and processes to produce consistent and high-quality results
• Think big. Create big, thoughtful breakthrough level ideas
• Think small. Support high level ideas with equally breakthrough executions and extensions across all media
• Partner with Marketing Program team on strategy and execution to solve business problems and find innovative solutions
• Collaborate with Marketing Program team to manage production elements, including sourcing competitive bids, proofing, press checks, etc.
• Responsible for photography, video and graphics to create digital images for manipulation and post-processing

Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of five years of experience directing creative work in marketing field or a related area
• Supervisory experience of 2-5 years preferred
• A proven track record handling a wide variety of creative duties. Responsible for all creative operations typically handled by a creative director, art director and senior designer, including project production and staff supervision
• Proven experience designing high quality and impactful advertisements, marketing materials, and other sales and event support materials is required
• Ability to work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams. Strong interpersonal communications skills and a team player
• Organizational skills and extreme attention to detail with project files and file servers
• Effective time management. Must have the ability to multitask and prioritize to hit deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to take direction and feedback well
• Experience working with web teams to create new designs for internal and external websites, including experience with e-commerce sites
• Solid presentation and communication skills is a must
• Ability maintaining external relationships to ensure the ongoing availability of specialized expertise, gifted freelancers, and reputable studios/producers when their services are required
• Maintaining skills in an assortment of current design software programs including expertise with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (bonus: Sketch, Premier, After Effects, Figma)
• Hands on experience with Excel, Salesforce, Jira (or other job tracking programs), Microsoft Teams, Sharepoint (or other company intranet programs)

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or requisite experience preferred

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

An opportunity to join a successful company and be part of the growth of the team! We offer competitive salary and benefits! Paid Time Off, paid holidays, medical/dental/vision and life insurance, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), a ‘Safe Harbor’ 401(k) plan.

NEXT STEPS:

• Learn more about us! Check out the Tuff Shed Website at www.Tuffshed.com
• Interested? We encourage you to submit your resume for consideration, click on “apply”
• Predictive Index Survey: https://assessment.predictiveindex.com/4Va/11ff39e5-66a4-4f40-aeed-9b870d837be4?type=candidateba

Tuff Shed is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other status protected by law or regulation.

Tuff Shed, Inc.