Creative Services Director Job Description
Creative services director
provides graphic design strategies and services including logo/identity design, retail signage, advertising, and local and national marketing initiatives.
Creative Services Director Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Lead the internal creative concepting process while working cross functionally with members of other departments (design, merchandising, visual)
Work collaboratively and constructively on each project with others on the team including Project Managers, Merchants, other Creative Team members
Conceptualize and provide creative direction for marketing and sales materials and collateral including international key art, brochures, one-sheets, posters, campaign decks, postcards, invites
Lead a team of 10 direct reports and all projects coming into the studio
Prioritize projects and manage resources and schedules to meet deadlines
Ensure that the right people are resourced on the right jobs and that creative is kept fresh and new skills are built
Develop relationships with network partners, creative agencies and photographers
Build bench of freelance designers, production people and copywriters
Determine current and future staffing needs based on project schedule and hire freelancers as necessary
Develop and communicate timelines, milestones, next steps and status to entire team
Creative Services Director Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Creative Services Director
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, CMS
Education for Creative Services Director
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the creative services director job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Marketing, Communications, Education, Graphic Design, Advertising, Design, Journalism, Business, Fine Arts, Broadcast Journalism
Skills for Creative Services Director
Desired skills for creative services director include:
Customer segmentation strategies and business and marketing planning
Strategic analysis
Principles and practices of graphic design
Adobe Audition and other audio editing tools
Basic html
Blogging
HTML
Marketing Automation
Media buying and strategies
Preferably vCreative
Desired experience for creative services director includes:
Continually monitor work in progress to ensure delivery on time and within estimated budget
Communicate daily with design team including relaying design direction and client feedback
Serve as the internal creative “expert” for all branded off-air expressions
To lead a creative regional team for the creation/adaptation and sharing of channel on and off air continuity, promotions and product development
Firm, but open-minded
Establish creative direction for the entire brand
Creative Services Director Examples
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Creative Services Director Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of creative services director. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for creative services director
- Be an active participant in daily news meetings and come up with ideas to utilize compelling, photos, illustrations, info graphics and other visual materials to augment all stories appearing on InvestmentNews.com
- Oversee the visual presentation of e-newsletters, online special reports and other editorial content
- Assign, or find, illustrations, for all content appearing in print and online
- Build and maintain a common database of visual materials used online and in print
- Direct work of freelance graphic designers, artist and photographers
- Trains and supervises graphic designers and production personnel
- Reviews and recommends the use of external vendors and freelancers, to include evaluating portfolio of work for potential designers and copywriters, and recommending their use/hire on various projects
- Supervise and develop Creative Services staff
- Assess priorities and departmental resource requirements to manage the department’s work requests and workflow
- Use Project tracking tools (MS Project, Basecamp ) to update, track and generate weekly reports on status, quarterly reports on departmental accomplishments and resource allocation
Qualifications for creative services director
- BFA or BA Degree, preferably in Film, Mass Com, Publicity or Entertainment related
- Writing/editorial experience preferred
- Knowledge of films/film history preferred
- Must be a creative thinker and problem solver
- Experience with some management and team leadership
- Ability to understand and apply branding guidelines
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a creative services director. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for creative services director
- Create weekly media plans
- Organize, create and maintain a master inter-departmental creative publishing calendar for print and digital initiatives
- Collaborate with the necessary business units to facilitate seasonal planning/strategy sessions to map out assets and deliverables between departments
- Translate creative objectives into clear and actionable work plans
- Manage the annual budget for Creative Asset Production including shoots, retouching and printed materials
- Implement workflow processes
- Identify and organize necessary resources across the department
- Oversee the photo studio operations
- Hold weekly status meetings as needed to ensure deadlines are met
- Work closely with the Shoot Producer/Studio Manager to ensure timely post production execution
Qualifications for creative services director
- Minimum of 5 years production experience required
- Experience in an engineering or factory position preferred
- Experience in toy, licensing and/or entertainment fields preferred
- Must possess effective and proven communication skills – both written and verbal
- Must have proven track-record demonstrating capability to communicate with all levels of staff, external clients, and WB divisions
- Candidate must have effective and proven interpersonal skills
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Our company is hiring for a creative services director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for creative services director
- Work collaboratively with all product, sales, and e-commerce teams, licensed partners, to ensure all work is consistent with brand guidelines and elevated in design quality
- Maintain a thorough understanding of the creative and technical process, stay current with contemporary trends in typography, photography and design
- Oversee market research and analysis
- Foster partnerships with other school, department, product, service, program, event and/or channel managers
- Work with the organization and global communications & creative services team members to develop and execute specific & targeted marketing communications projects/initiatives – both internal and external – on digital platforms, primarily video and social media-focused areas
- Lead the development of high-level concepts and establish creative direction/solutions for an assigned program or initiative
- Maintain a high standard of creative excellence that effectively achieves business objectives
- Take ownership of streamlining the brand voice and visual ID across the organization by establishing a brand framework and re-launching Brand Central as the go-to place for brand guidelines
- Serve as the organizations chief brand ambassador and global steward of the company’s brand architecture
- Create a robust repository of digital assets (photos, regional images, graphics, templates, ) by launching OTMM 16 for all employees to leverage
Qualifications for creative services director
- Strong knowledge in SAP, Hyperion, Microsoft Office (Excel & PowerPoint at programmer level)
- Strong team leadership with proven track of team mentoring
- Strong verbal and written communication & presentation skills to various customers (from coordinator to President level)
- Strong business analysis skills with proven track of initiatives and successes
- Must be knowledgeable in all stages and aspects of production
- Strong PC skills with knowledge of MS Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is necessary
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a creative services director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for creative services director
- Establish greater communications and collaboration across the various marketing functions which includes regular check-ins with key stakeholders to solicit feedback and buy-in
- Develop and implement guidelines and processes to support brand and messaging development, including the effective integration of acquired company brands
- Develop and guide the company’s global advertising strategies
- Develop and maintain content and design standards for both electronic and hardcopy collateral
- Manage teams who write, edit, design various marketing collateral pieces, including brochures, overviews, direct mail pieces, case studies, advertisement copy, Web content, and more
- Ensure that the company’s positioning is reflected accurately and consistently to the media, the public and all stakeholders
- Manage relationships with external vendors, suppliers or agencies including involvement in creative and strategic sessions with agencies
- Creative direction and oversight to packaging and label designs worldwide
- Lead weekly/bi weekly Global Brand Reviews
- Frequent communication with regions, local markets, and stakeholders for strategic creative alignment
Qualifications for creative services director
- Experience bridging and building partnership with business leaderships to help drive the business strategies and key initiatives
- Exceptional budget negotiation skills
- Demonstrated strong leadership and management experience
- Technical skills – Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects)
- 6+ years of experience in Creative services
- Strong Managerial capacities with ability to inspire and develop creative talent
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of creative services director. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for creative services director
- Drive creative innovation and process efficiencies in areas of responsibility and investigate creative innovations for new and existing campaigns and projects
- Responsible for developing brand guidelines, tools and assets for brand replication and regional deployment
- Lead or implement regular calls and meetings across regions and departments as needed to drive alignment, decisions and improvements
- Retain and manage external resources both locally and globally as appropriate to drive scalability
- Responsible for budgets and the overall operations of the cost center
- Write and produce imaging for iHM/Huntsville cluster stations and WDXB/Birmingham on a regular basis
- Voice-track midday shift on WTAK Mon-Fri
- Serve as backup production director
- Contribute as needed to company-wide imaging share groups
- Perform remote broadcasts as needed
Qualifications for creative services director
- Strong creative skills and ability to interpret the brand’s DNA into projects
- Prior experience in visual merchandising and branding elements for a creative consumer brand
- Ability to travel overseas and manage expenses according to company T&E policy
- A bachelor's degree and/or 5 years related experience in
- Adobe Creative Suite (Including but not limited to Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere)
- Demonstrated strategic and critical thinking skills ability to execute plans