Global Creative Director

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, GP

Are you the kind of person that is always thinking, sketching, seeking, and adjusting? Who needs to understand how things work and then figure out how they can work better? Are you a passionate, tenacious, solver who loves to work with others who share your drive? Are you positive, constructive, and ingenious?

Are you always solving?

Then we'd like to meet you and bet you'd like to meet us.

Ashland has an exciting opportunity for a Global Creative Director to join our Ashland Inc. business at our Wilmington, Delaware headquarters location. This is a very visible, significant role within the Company and the award-winning Communications function. This position will report to the Vice President Corporate Affairs, Global Marketing, Brand and Business Communications.

This is a hybrid role with a work from home option but must be commutable to the Wilmington, DE headquarters

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Manage the Ashland brand and ensure compliance across all touchpoints

• Lead creative development, adhering to Ashland brand standards, from concept through production for corporate, businesses and functions for both print and digital formats

• Provided graphic design and art direction to internal designers and external agencies / vendors

• Manage budgets and forecast with ability to suggest and implement processes for efficiency and cost savings

• Concept and develop through completion Corporate Annual Report, ESG Report, Annual Benefits Guide and more

• Manage custom photography and videography program comprised of studio, facilities and location shoots, from conceptual ideation through production, art direction, and retouching management to create unique, on-brand, visual assets that meet business objectives

• Concepting and executing tradeshow booth graphics, email marketing, collateral / literature, digital and print advertising, and more

• Up to 10% travel may be required

In order to be qualified for this role, you must possess the following:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Graphics Design or equivalent experience

• Minimum 15 years creative design experience

• Strong organization skills

• Ability to work in fast-paced, changing environment with multiple stakeholders and tight deadlines

• UX strategy and website design experience

• Advanced experience in Adobe Creative Suite - InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and

• Project management tools- preferably Wrike, Digital Asset Management, Power Point, Excel

The following skill sets are preferred:

• B2C and B2B businesses including life sciences, personal care, coatings, chemicals

• Five years managing direct reports

• Experience with digital campaigns though Pardot, salesforce.com and social media

In more than 100 countries, the people of Ashland LLC. (NYSE: ASH) provide the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow. Our chemistry is at work every day in a wide variety of markets and applications, including architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, personal care and pharmaceutical. Visit www.ashland.com to see the innovations we offer.

At Ashland our vision is to be a leading, global specialty chemicals company whose inspired and engaged employees add value to all we touch. In fact our people, employees, customers and vendors define who we are. They are the driving force behind everything we do.

Not only do we value our customers but we value our employees, and we work to offer them a dynamic and challenging environment. We hold ourselves to high standards at Ashland, and we value integrity and honesty.

Ashland has a history of attracting the best people and keeping them. The reasons are simple: industry competitive salary and benefits, pay-for-performance incentive plans and a diverse work environment where employees feel challenged and valued. People come to Ashland and stay. As a growing Fortune 500 specialty chemicals company, we offer opportunities for development and advancement throughout our global organization. Our values define who we are and what we care about as a company. If you are looking for a relationship with a company instead of simply a job, this may be a great fit.

Ashland is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. NOTE: We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have a signed recruiting agreement in place to fill a specific position.