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Creative Director, Brand & Design
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Seattle, WA, United States
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Creative Director, Brand & Design - Company Books (physical retail)
DESCRIPTION
You are a hands-on Creative Director who has proven your ability to motivate those around you with your vision and dedication to brand and retail excellence. You have successfully demonstrated taking business goals and turning them into inspiring world-class retail and brand designs. You understand the complexity of physical retail systems and know how to set the visual standard for scalable categories. You are a fearless creative leader – someone who can inspire and lead a team of creatives.
Join the team that launched the first-ever Company physical retail store, Company Books, and are at the forefront of reinventing the physical retail landscape. We provide a unique extension for Company website given our ability to connect to people’s emotions and senses through a physical experience, our associates ability to engage in impromptu conversation, and a space designed for discovery and exploration. We are looking for a creative leader to help us make Company Books a destination for discovering the best that Company website has to offer, whether that be books, Company devices or other highly curated products from Company website. If you want to join a fast-paced, innovative team that is making history and breaking new ground for Company, this is the place for you.
Responsibilities
• Lead the creative development of clearly articulated and contextually appropriate concepts and campaigns by applying your high creative standards to the team’s design capabilities
• Work with the Merchandising and Marketing leaders to constantly raise the bar for quality and excellence in creative design
• Lead and enhance the team knowledge of best design practices and trends in retail, print, graphic design and merchandising feature design
• Engage in brand strategy planning and build, strengthen and maintain brand assets, including style and usage guides
• Contribute to concept brainstorming and creative brief development
• Manage the creative development of marketing assets from end-to-end for any type of campaign, platform marketing, presentation or branding initiative
• Present and rationalize creative work to leadership and develop team members to do the same
• Contribute to a culture that supports great creative through curiosity, exploration, technological innovation, and individual development
• Represent Company Books creative needs at broader Company GTM (Go to Market) forums
• Leverage data in a way that informs your design decisions
• Maintain a clear view on design trends and retail innovation by way of attending design/retail shows and conferences, reading design blogs, and being an active participant in the Seattle and Company design communities
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating creative and branding across both print and digital
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in brand and physical retail design
• The ability to create digital and/or physical mockups
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to gracefully defend your design decisions to leadership
• Proficiency in a variety of design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• An expert understanding of the trends in retail and brand visual systems
• Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent professional experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• In-house design experience in a leading role is highly preferred
• Experience defining or maintaining a design style guide or branding guidelines
• Experience in recruiting creative talent
• Experience in working with premium and global brands