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Creative Director job title

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  • Creative Director
  • Senior Creative Director
  • Digital Creative Director (with Adobe Creative Cloud proficiency)
  • Director of Creative Services
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Creative Director Job Description Examples:

Example 1

Creative Director

As a Creative Director in our agency collective, you are responsible for generating, synthesising and protecting both great ideas and gorgeous design across brand experience and PR. You will lead the creative process for multiple clients, working with all aspects of the business with a particular focus on the experience production, content and design teams. Your aim is to create the weird, wonderful, the award winning and extraordinary.

Your day to day:

Reporting to the Head of Ideas, you are responsible for the quality of creative thinking and output of the agency for your clients

Work in concert with the Connections and Insights, Content Studio and Experience teams to realise brave ideas

Be an inspirational voice in the room, able to sell our ideas with confidence and reassurance

Ensure the idea is expressed clearly across all relevant media, from concept through to implementation

Remain involved in the production process to ensure creative integrity across the entire job

Work with the local innovation lead and emerging technology to execute projects at the cutting edge

Be a trusted advisor and strategic partner to key senior clients

Share your thinking, give and receive feedback in an inclusive, collaborative, and open creative environment

Mentor juniors, take them on your project journeys and steer them on their own

Keep an eye on creativity and innovation within our agency collective s spheres and beyond

Be a strong voice for creative, relevance to audience needs and importance of the creative idea both within the agency and externally

Believe in yourself!

About us

Jack Morton + Weber Shandwick

We are a unique Australian agency collective of proven experts from two global brands.

A rare collaboration between committed lovers of Creative, PR, Experience & Content. A new model for insightful storytelling that builds brands and drives demand.

?Our People

We love people who care more than they re asked.

Who relish trust, fairness, and the opportunity to influence the work and the workplace from the ground up.

Who thrive on the responsibility of freedom over the rigidity of rules for the chance to be extraordinary.

Job Types: Full-time, Freelance

Schedule:
  • Monday to Friday

    COVID-19 customers must follow NSW Health Guidelines at all times.

    • Example 2

    As our Senior Graphic Designer & Creative Director, you'll steer our creative team of 4 and their incredible output for our clients. You'll conceptualize, visualise, and seed best-in-class creative thinking and ideation throughout the team. You will be employed by BOOGroup under our internal agency called Huntley.

    Within the creative team, you'll maintain the standards of creative excellence, timeliness, workflows and profitability. You're responsible for inspiring creativity and leading projects from concept to completion with both internal stakeholders & clients You'll be responsible to act on behalf of Huntley as a senior client contact and know how to present with the best of them and your passion for our work will shine through and be easy for all to see.

    As an young agency and growing business, you'll work across a wide range of creative outputs from content strategies, print & marketing collateral, ranging from consumer products to beverages and the like. You love it all and see all types of work as exciting.

    Our HQ is based in Marrickville, Sydney. We have kickass team and environment that thrives, which we think you'll love. The role will be based in our HQ, full time.

    Day-to-day responsibilities are a balance of ensuring high-quality creative output, and the efficient and effective leadership of the creative team - you are their god. You are willing to get in there and roll your sleeves up when we need hands on deck to do the work because you know that we're all one team, and we win or lose together.

    Role Responsibilities:
  • Manage design brief from conception to execution

  • Design finished, print-ready illustrations & artwork for specific products and brands

  • Build and conceptualise product and brand-specific packaging artwork creations

  • Design, create, & prototype knifelines & engineered cardboard displays

  • Develop web-based assets, images, graphics, backdrops, and illustrations as required

  • Create brand-specific advertisements based on target audiences, guidelines, and value propositions

  • Establish and maintain specific brand guidelines, including regular updates and modifications

  • Apply a strategic branding approach, developing new brands, assessing colour choices, logos, icons, and style guides

  • Work with partners to identify design requirements, while designing products to match specific wants and needs

  • Create product displays and point of sale systems according to retail and brand requirements

  • Manage the Huntley Creative workloads, workflows & profitability on jobs and quarterly.

    Role Requirements:
  • 5+ years of creative/design.

  • Detail-oriented creatively and able to meet deadlines.

  • Oversee and ensure that both print and digital design projects.

  • You will have excellent knowledge of typography, layout, photography and overall composition in design and a digital space.

  • Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite Programs

  • Additional bonus for knowledge in HTML, CSS, Javascript, Adobe After Effects & Video editing programs.

    Salary

    This is a full-time position with long term employment prospects. Salary is dependent on skills, experience and award rate.

    HOW TO APPLY

    *
  • Attach Portfolio OF WORK**

    Please submit a portfolio, CV and a cover letter that shows us what you can do.
  • Candidate must be proficient in both written and oral English.
  • Only applicable to Australian citizens or permanent residents.
  • Must live in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia & work out of our office in Marrickville.

    Job Type: Full-time

    Salary: $75,000.00 $100,000.00 per year

    Benefits:
  • Employee mentoring program
    Schedule:
  • 8 hour shift

    Ability to commute/relocate:
  • Marrickville, NSW 2204: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

    Experience:
  • Adobe Creative Suite: 5 years (Required)
  • Visual design: 5 years (Required)
  • client management: 5 years (Required)

    Language:
  • English (Required)

    Work (Required)

    • Creative Director job summary

    A great job description starts with a compelling summary of the position and its role within your company. Your summary should provide an overview of your company and expectations for the position. Outline the types of activities and responsibilities required for the job so job seekers can determine if they are qualified, or if the job is a good fit.

    Example of a Creative Director job summary

    Our firm is looking for a Creative Director who can conceive and implement visual marketing programs that range from print media to digital presentations. The Creative Director will be responsible for developing engaging collateral for our clients that tells a story and elicits an emotional response from readers. The successful candidate will work closely with the design, graphic arts and marketing personnel to deliver content that exceeds the expectations of our clients.

    Creative Director responsibilities and duties

    The responsibilities and duties section is the most important part of the job description. Here you should outline the functions this position will perform on a regular basis, how the job functions within the organisation and who the employee reports to.

    • Initiate and design complex and simple marketing plans based on client specifications
    • Ensure that each project has the specific financial and personnel resources it requires to be successful
    • Attend sales presentations to help clients understand the creative angle of each marketing program
    • Work with the executive team to implement marketing materials for the firm to help increase the firm’s exposure
    • Collaborate with design personnel to ensure that all creative ideas are presented properly

    Creative Director qualifications and skills

    Next, outline the required and preferred skills for your position. This may include education, previous job experience, certifications and technical skills. You may also include soft skills and personality traits that you envision for a successful hire. While it may be tempting to include a long list of skills and requirements, including too many could dissuade qualified candidates from applying. Keep your list of qualifications concise, but provide enough detail with relevant keywords and terms.

    • Bachelor’s degree in marketing required (master’s degree preferred)
    • 5+ years’ experience in a marketing leadership role
    • Proven success in managing marketing teams
    • Portfolio of previous work that displays an ability to turn an idea into a visual piece
    • Strong communication and computer skills
    • Experience with Adobe Creative Suite a plus
    • Comprehensive knowledge of the marketing design process
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