- 8+ years of design experience
- An available online portfolio
Job summary
IMDb TV is shaping the future of digital video entertainment. Our mission is to build earth’s most customer-centric ad-supported premium free video service, while making it trivially easy for customers to enjoy. To help us achieve this vision, we are looking for a Creative Director with a passion for movies and TV, to join the team to help lead the creation of dynamic and effective brand creative 360° marketing/ad campaigns for IMDb TV.
This is an incredibly rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor of building a global entertainment brand where your creative contributions will be integral to defining our service. If you thrive in a start-up environment, want to make some major noise in a highly-visible industry, this might be the opportunity for you.
The ideal candidate will bring to life thoughtful, groundbreaking and inspirational campaigns that connect with customers across all marketing channels. This candidate should also have experience in brand marketing and building multi-title communications from clip-based content to scripted shoots.
To be successful in this role, this individual needs to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, know how to juggle multiple priorities, have a high level of ownership, and be able to partner and build relationships with a large set of internal and external stakeholders.
Creatively, this individual needs to be passionate, consistently challenge the status quo, take calculated risks, demonstrate an impeccable attention to detail, and be able to tell holistic brand stories.
We are a newly established team, functioning like a start-up. We are scrappy, and there is considerable foundational work to be done. Key to this role is that you are equally comfortable giving creative direction, as well as rolling up your sleeves and building the actual work you envision.
Key job responsibilities
- Ideate and develop innovative 360° marketing experiences that tell engaging stories, communicate benefits, and drive viewership of IMDb TVs Original and licensed content offerings as well as deepen the affinity for the brand.
- Craft high level creative strategies, briefs and presentation decks that effectively sell holistic campaign approaches that ladder to defined strategic goals.
- Collaborate with internal partners and agencies to develop a single vision for multi-show initiatives and effectively sell your work to peers and senior leadership with conviction and passion.
- Elevate the creative output of any internal partner or agency/production company vendor to ensure that all marketing assets meet a high level of creativity, innovation and brand association on time and within budget.
- Forecast resourcing needs and work with key stakeholders to drive a schedule for projects while prioritizing and using resources effectively.
- Approve creative and manage blockers or obstacles in the process.
- Identify and implement appropriate processes and level of effort to meet business needs
- Build strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and communicate and collaborate effectively across teams and functions to achieve high-level outcomes, with lower costs.
- Have a strong POV and creative vision along with a clear, concise ability to provide direction to internal and external partners both written and verbally.
- Use programs such as Adobe CS (After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) to create artifacts such as creative briefs, presentation decks, sketches, and comps to communicate concepts and bring ideas to life.
- Contribute to defining global branding guidelines that easily link all creative marketing assets back to the IMDb TV brand.
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher within relevant area of study.
- 8+ years of relevant creative design and marketing experience
- Exceptional portfolio of work showing innovative creative and breakthrough ideas across media types (AV, print, outdoor, social, digital, events and experiential)
- Excellent writing skills / Ability to articulate compelling narratives
- Excellent design and aesthetic sensibility
- Excellent presentation skills and interactive storytelling ability
- Excellent working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
- Working knowledge of various presentation applications such as Powerpoint and Keynote.
- Must be able to multi-task, work in a fast-paced environment
- Insist on the highest standards and maintain a consistent attention to detail
- Passion for entertainment
- Ability to manage and track budgets for creative asset development
- Experience with building brand identity systems and guidelines
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
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