Creative Director

Director, Creative & Brand

We are looking for a talented and motivated creative director to lead our company's creative department. The successful candidate must possess excellent leadership qualities, with the ability maximize the talents of their team.

As Director, Creative & Brand, you will work closely with the graphic design and marketing department to deliver engaging content that meets the expectations of our customers and helps achieve Leader's growth goals. You should be extremely creative, dedicated, and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What you will accomplish: As Director, Creative & Brand, you will be responsible for Leader and client creative strategy and direction, design team management, quality and core process oversight, and presentation and product design.

Job Responsibilities:

• Leadership: Direct and motivate a team of graphic designers and design production support contractors to help them use their talents effectively and efficiently as experienced professionals

• Brand Standards: Shape brand standards and create procedures to ensure all design and branded merchandise are brand appropriate

• Execution: Supervise the team's daily workflow, assign projects and tasks, and monitor and meet deadlines and budgets

• Quality Control: Develop and revise branded merchandise, marketing collateral and presentation imagery; provide feedback and approve/reject ideas not in alignment with brand standards or project goals; and oversee projects and tasks to completion

• Collaboration: Collaborate with client account managers to obtain knowledge and train others on clients' brand and design requirements

• Ideation: Lead brainstorming and creative sessions to generate ideas

• Continuous Improvement: Monitor results of team efforts and propose actions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the team

• Trends: Evaluate and keep up-to-date on the latest design techniques and trends; and develop or facilitate training for direct reports

Position & Technical Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in art, graphic design, marketing, communications, journalism, and other relevant fields.

• A minimum of 5 years' digital experience, particularly with, but not limited to web, social, and emerging technologies.

• An advanced understanding of design, copy, and web practices.

• Proven experience as a creative director or in a similar creative role.

• Hands-on experience in creative process, marketing, graphic design and brand development.

• Excellent working knowledge of software such as Photoshop Illustrator, InDesign etc.

• Outstanding leadership and organizational skills.

• Brilliant interpersonal and communication skills.

• Have in-depth knowledge of brand development and multichannel marketing models.

• Must be creative and strategic thinker.

Key Success Drivers:

• ANALYTICAL THINKING: Ability to perform complex analysis of marketing and consumer data, trends, buying behaviors, channel effectiveness and more.
• MARKETING KNOWLEDGE: You'll have the ability to design, track and recommend current and future campaign strategies based on results.
• TECH SAVVY: Extremely strong working knowledge in marketing platforms and the associated tracking and reporting capabilities, as well as working knowledge of marketing technology and analytics tools.
• DATA-DRIVEN & METICULOUS: Keen ability to base all recommendations on data and pay attention to critical metrics while you manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, high-volume, and deadline intensive environment.
• PROCESS-DRIVEN: Solid grasp of operational processes, systems, and data tracking and usage in multiple areas of Marketing & Sales operations.

About Leaderpromos Marketing Agency

Leaderpromos provides purpose-driven branded merchandise. Headquartered in Columbus, OH, it is the largest B Corp and WBENC-certified, wholly woman-owned promotional marketing agency in the Americas. The company is made up of professionals across the globe who are committed to helping the world's leading and most successful brands elevate their marketing. Leaderpromos is recognized as a Top 40 distributor out of nearly 28,000 distributors by the Advertising Specialty Institute and ranked number 27 of Leading Distributors by the Promotional Product Industry Association International. This recognition was based on overall growth, industry faith, innovation, and corporate social responsibility. Learn more at leaderpromosagency.com.

Leaderpromos is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome everyone regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics. We provide an inclusive, open, and diverse work environment.