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Associate Creative Director
Amazon
London, , United Kingdom
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Associate Creative Director - Europe
Amazon, 60 Holborn Viaduct, London
We're seeking an Associate Creative Director with proven managerial experience to assist in leading our EU team based out of central London. You have successfully demonstrated taking business goals and turning them into inspiring world-class designs and a proven ability to motivate through vision and dedication to excellence.
Working alongside our senior creative leadership, campaign managers, and design studio while engaging with the retail business to conceptualise and deliver creative at a global level across all channels. You will understand the complexity of marketing and know how to set the visual standard for different categories in various global markets. A fearless design leader – someone who can inspire and lead creatively.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and strengthen brand assets, including style and usage guides, and collaborate with the design community globally to ensure consistency
• Mentor and inspire designers and attract/retain industry leading talent
• Enhance the team knowledge of best design practices and trends in design
• Work with the creative managers to improve the efficiency of the design team
• Present design solutions to senior level stake holders globally
• Understand and respond to promotion performance data (metric tests, usability studies), and steer the direction of future creative
Ideally the candidate will have outstanding creative talent, a strong foundation of storytelling, familiarity with the language of business, experience mentoring other designers, and the ability to work effectively and creatively under tight deadlines.
Daily you will:
• Mentor and manage a group of creatives, providing clear direction and constructive feedback
• Lead by example articulating and presenting creative ideas to teams and internal clients
• Collaborate with Copywriters, Illustrators, Art Directors and business leaders
• Work closely with Campaign Managers to schedule deadlines, and resolve resource any delivery issues
Ideally you will:
• Be able to juggle multiple projects and delegate work effectively
• Have strong leadership and meditation skills, enjoying mentoring and fostering growth of junior team members
• Can discern individual team members’ abilities and match the right people with the right work
• Are comfortable collaborating with people from different creative disciplines and teams
You will have:
• Extensive design experience in art direction, web, advertising and typography
• In-depth understanding of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• The ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills
• Self-motivation, flexibility and an impeccable attention to detail
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating visual branding, online marketing, and great user-centered design solutions
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to gracefully defend your design decisions to executive management
• An expert understanding of the trends in web design/online marketing
• Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent professional experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating visual branding, online marketing, and great user-centered design solutions
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to gracefully defend your design decisions to executive management
• An expert understanding of the trends in web design/online marketing
• Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent professional experience