Hybrid Creative Director: Brand Strategy & Multimedia

Socket.dev; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawai‘i Community Foundation seeks a Creative Director to shape and steward the organization’s visual identity across platforms. This senior role combines executive‑level direction with hands‑on design execution on a lean team to produce high‑visibility assets and ensure brand excellence.

Partnering with the Strategic Communications Director, this position leads workflow, resource allocation, and alignment with organizational goals while guiding multimedia production and project management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Marketing, Fine Arts, Communications, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience required.
• 10+ years of professional design experience, including 5+ years in a senior or lead creative role.
• 4+ years of experience managing staff and/or contractors.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative projects from concept through delivery, overseeing ideation, planning, design, production, review, implementation, timelines, workflows, budgets, and evaluation.
• Provide creative direction, mentorship, and quality assurance for the Multimedia Designer and assigned contributors.
• Recruit, oversee, and advance creative talent, including staff, contractors, vendors, and other creative professionals as assigned.
• Build a collaborative, accountable, high‑performing creative culture that supports professional growth, design excellence, and innovation.
• Deliver excellence in design across print, digital, web, environmental, and multimedia platforms.

Skills

Brand leadership

Creative direction

Team leadership

Multimedia production

Portfolio development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Premiere Pro

After Effects

Job description

Hawai‘i Community Foundation seeks a Creative Director to shape and steward the organization’s visual identity across platforms. This senior role combines executive‑level direction with hands‑on design execution on a lean team to produce high‑visibility assets and ensure brand excellence.

Partnering with the Strategic Communications Director, this position leads workflow, resource allocation, and alignment with organizational goals while guiding multimedia production and project management.