Creative Director

JUNK Brands Creative Director will bring a mix of design expertise and business understanding to elevate our product, marketing, and creative execution by promoting, and building credibility of our company, brands, and products through digital assets and design leadership.

This proven creative leader is someone that can motivate others and cultivate a high bar and compelling vision for visual design at every customer touch point. Ideal candidates have a growth mindset and a track record of growing DTC product brands. They have a natural eye for design and a drive to communicate dynamic ideas that connect with all types of audiences.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the development and creation of brand standards, design guides, and reusable creative assets across the entire range of offline and online marketing, advertising, and communications channels.
• Lead and manage our team of creative designers, photographers and videographers
• Prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short- and long-term needs, establishing projects by collaborating with multiple departments and stakeholders.
• Produce fresh, innovative work that translates simple or complex ideas into compelling digital and mobile-first experiences, scaling appropriately for mass or visually sophisticated audiences
• Provide guidance and leadership of photography and videography across the business
• Be an advocate for our creative design community to enhance innovation, creativity, retention, and cross-functional understanding and communication.
• Present, or oversee presentation of final concepts, and obtain approvals for deliverables
• Develop and run test and learn creative cycles, COEs and creative sharing engagements to drive best of breed creative design and iterative design improvements
• Assist in the development of product go-to-market strategies and campaign concepts to drive awareness and sales for existing and new products and programs.
• Ensures team is meeting creative timelines and expectations for internal and external stakeholders.

Skills and Competencies

• Advanced knowledge of principles of design: layout, typography, color, balance, composition, and design trends
• Understanding of digital creative design with a focus on owned digital experiences
• Ability to inspire and motivate creative individuals towards goals and objectives
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Creative and critical thinking
• Ability to juggle numerous tasks at once and deliver assets effectively

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or institution
• 7-10 years of related creative experience
• 3-5 years managing and leading teams in creative disciplines
• Proven history with concept development and creative direction
• Strong creative vision with an understanding of business objectives
• Proficient in Adobe CC, Office 365 and Mac OSX
• Experience with emerging tools and systems a plus (Unity, Blendr, Figma, Generative AI, etc)

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