Director Creative Services

Red Nucleus; Yardley (Bucks County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Nucleus is seeking a Creative Director to lead the Creative Services function within the Delivery Services Practice for Value and Evidence. You will partner with clients and cross-functional teams to shape compelling visual ideas and solutions that meet client needs.

Responsibilities include developing talent, guiding design process from concept through completion, managing resources, and presenting work with solid rationale in reviews while ensuring brand stewardship and strategic problem

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or visual communications.
• 7–10 years’ design experience in promotional or medical communication agency; Senior 10+ years
• Proven ability to work cross functionally with creative and business leaders.
• Rigorous attention to detail and accuracy.
• Understanding of in-house creative team and related dynamics.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Suite; InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat.
• Expert knowledge of style sheets, master pages, heavy typesetting.

Responsibilities

• Develops talent pipeline of existing and future staff.
• Gives strong, clear direction and supervises direct functions/departments effectively, positively, and in line with our business objectives.
• Manages Creative Services resource needs.
• Owns development and maintenance of Creative Services best practices, processes, and training materials to provide standardized guidance to all direct reports.
• Assists with content development for business development activities.
• Presents and sells standard and innovative ideas internally and to clients.
• Collaborates with Industry Experts and Account, Content, and Editorial team members as the job requires to develop communications and manage day-to-day activities.
• Understanding of the design and layout development process for print and digital from concept through completion.
• Maintains appropriate documentation tracking project development and changing specifications.
• Conducts research to select and secure suitable illustrative material or conceives and assigns production of material and detail to artists and photographers.
• Present work, provide design rationale, and defend work in creative reviews or meetings.
• Client facing - needs understood and the creative strategy is meeting and, ideally, exceeding their expectations.
• Brand steward that understands the market, asks the right questions, and works with clients to solve strategic and creative issues.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Creative leadership

Client collaboration

Brand strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or visual communications

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

The Creative Director will be responsible for managing the Creative Services Function within the Delivery Services Practice for Value and Evidence. They will partner with clients and cross-functional teams to shape compelling visual ideas and solutions that meet our client’s needs.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Develops talent pipeline of existing and future staff

• Gives strong, clear direction and supervises direct functions/departments effectively, positively, and in line with our business objectives

• Manages Creative Services resource needs

Department Management

• Owns development and maintenance of Creative Services best practices, processes, and training materials to provide standardized guidance to all direct reports

• Assists with content development for business development activities

• Presents and sells standard and innovative ideas internally and to clients

• Collaborates with Industry Experts and Account, Content, and Editorial team members as the job requires to develop communications and manage day-to-day activities

Creative Delivery

• Understanding of the design and layout development process for print and digital from concept through completion

• Maintains appropriate documentation tracking project development and changing specifications

• Conducts research to select and secure suitable illustrative material or conceives and assigns production of material and detail to artists and photographers

• Present work, provide design rationale, and defend work in creative reviews or meetings

• Client facing - needs understood and the creative strategy is meeting and, ideally, exceeding their expectations

• Brand steward that understands the market, asks the right questions, and works with clients to solve strategic and creative issues

Requirements

Skill s and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or visual communications

• Minimum 7-10 years’ design experience in promotional or medical communication agency; Senior 10+ years

• Proven ability to work cross functionally with creative and business leaders

• Rigorous attention to detail and accuracy

• Understanding of in-house creative team and related dynamics

• Expert knowledge of Adobe Suite; primarily InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat

• Expert knowledge of style sheets, master pages, heavy typesetting

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