Creative Director, Art

Our client, an in-house agency at a major cable provider, is seeking a talented, hands-on Creative Director to lead a growing in-house design and art direction team focused on crafting campaigns that drive retail goals across all touch-points. In this role, you will lead the creative direction process from conception through design and production to delivery of content, digital product, brand initiatives and creative assets. You will provide direction for a number of projects simultaneously, in collaboration with the Creative team. You are a supportive creative leader for the creative team under your direction while making sure they know and understand the expectations of the work. You will help shape and optimize the creative output based on changes in the industry, the changing needs of the business, and the larger objectives of the company. This is an ongoing freelance position that operates on a hybrid schedule out of their New York City or Philadelphia offices. Employees are offered medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and commuter benefits.

• Hourly Rate: $85-$100 per hour

Responsibilities:

• Lead the quality of creative work by inspiring excellence, innovation and brand relevance, providing direction and constructive feedback
• Determine and communicate your creative vision to the executing team that’s bringing the vision to life
• Work closely with the Marketing, Retail, Digital team to develop and interpret briefs to create a clear creative vision
• Build powerful presentations to get alignment on creative concepts, execution choices, from design to styling
• Balance innovative creative vision with business objectives and priorities
• Attend briefings / status meetings, handle cross-team interaction, pitch concepts in a compelling manner, communicate and monitor project progress
• Lead with passion, guide and coach the team on career direction, development, growth and performance
• Lead brainstorms as needed
• Lead the creation, execution, and continual evolution of the brand guidelines
• Inspire creative excellence by pushing the boundaries of brand guidelines
• Assess creative work to ensure ideas are as powerful in reality as they are in concept
• Provide creative quality control over concepts and execution
• Oversee in-house execution and production of creative work
• Contribute to organizational learnings and process improvement
• Help develop strong and positive relationships with the creative community to help recruit top talent
• Stay up to date with new innovations and industry trends
• Set the tone for forward-thinking, positive, and an industry-leading creative organization infused with the brand vision, also contributes to thought leadership

Qualifications:

• 6+ years relevant experience in an agency or in-house agency environment on the brand side
• A recognized industry leader with a strong portfolio that demonstrates originality, innovation and multi-disciplinary thinking
• Solid business sense and experience in balancing creative vision with business priorities / objectives
• You are someone with an impressive portfolio that demonstrates a high standard and quality of work, delivering on consistency in brand look, feel, and experience
• Strong understanding and experience with the creative process and how to evaluate creative output in design, art direction, and copy
• Abstract, highly strategic, creative thinker
• Must be able to work in an entrepreneurial environment and be a self-starter
• Ability to work in a fast-paced setting under tight deadlines with strong project and time management skills
• Eager to take on new challenges, introduce and implement new approaches and ideas, grow, test and learn
• Comfortable working both autonomously and collaboratively with a team
• Impeccable attention to detail, building clean, well-prepared design files
• Resourceful & strategic creative thinker – explores solutions independently first before raising issues
• Manages and challenges team execution with coaching and through process refinement

If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.
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