Creative Director

Wild Card Creative Group; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency seeks a Creative Director - Marketing to guide innovative marketing campaigns. This role requires strong leadership and a design background, with a focus on digital and social media. The ideal candidate will oversee a team and collaborate with various departments to ensure campaign success.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of creative experience, with 2-3 years in a leadership role.
• Experience in a fast-paced creative marketing agency.
• Portfolio required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of creatives to ensure alignment on strategy.
• Lead creative pitches and establish the visual style for campaigns.
• Promote continuous improvement and mentor team members.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Creative direction

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

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We are Wild Card

We are Wild Card

Born in Hollywood, we know what stories move audiences – and how to bring brands into the action.

We connect brands with global markets, crafting high-impact experiences through a blend of creativity and data on screen, in-game and beyond.

Every moment is an opportunity to build genuine connections, because everyone wants to be part of a great story.

The Creative Director - Marketing plays a key role in the creative development of our marketing campaigns, with a heavy emphasis on digital and social media design. The Creative Director - Marketing will manage a team including ACD, graphic designers, motion designers, and copywriter. This person will provide hands-on creative direction in pitches and campaigns, establish and guide the creative look and feel for projects with the team, help problem solve for design, and, when necessary, provide design support.

The ideal candidate has a strong design background and in-depth knowledge of digital and social media space. We are looking for someone with strong leadership and communication skills, a proven track record of successful creative work, and a clear understanding of both the business and creative aspects of the role. This person will collaborate daily with the creative, production, strategy, and account teams.

Job Responsibilities

• Help lead creative strategy and design for clients and projects
• Manage creative team members, and guide them as they follow creative strategy, hit timelines, and navigate through issues that arise
• Set up onboarding for new projects in partnership with accounts, strategy, production, and pertinent designers
• Establish creative look and feel for all campaigns and ensure the creative team follows established processes and best practices that ensure quality across all projects.
• Work closely with design team members on a day-to-day basis to align on creative goals and deliverables
• Communicate with clients during briefs and presentations and act as a resource and provides solutions for any design-related issues
• Help lead creative for new pitches and proposals, as well as participating in meetings and pitches
• Anticipate problems that may impede a project from completing on time and implement solutions from a creative perspective, always with a problem-solving mindset
• Work with creative, accounts and strategy to fine tune social creative concepts to ensure ideas and creative examples are the strongest
• Provide daily quality control over assigned projects
• Promote continual creative improvement and actively contribute to a culture of innovation, excellence, and accountability.
• Inspire, grow, and mentor the creatives you oversee to provide clear career paths and a long-standing team
  
  

Experience

• 8-10 years creative experience (2-3 years in a leadership role)
• Experience at a fast paced creative marketing agency, preferably within the entertainment industry
• Experience leading a team of creatives
• Experience working on pitches and proposals
• Advanced knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Please provide a portfolio, website, or creative samples
  
  

Pay Range

$150,000—$180,000 USD

Disclosures:

In order to adjust to changes in our business, it may become necessary to add, remove or modify certain duties and responsibilities, or to reassign you to another job position. From time to time you may be asked to work on special projects or to assist with other work. Your cooperation and assistance in performing such additional work is expected. Wild Card is proud to employ extraordinary talent across all genders, races, nationalities, religions, ages, abilities and sexual preferences. We strive to encourage and support all of our current and prospective employees to achieve their highest potential. No job applicant will receive less favorable treatment on any basis when applying for a career with our team.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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