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Associate Creative Director
Active Network
Dallas, TX, United States
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Job Description
As an Associate Creative Director, you will be part of the overall global Visual Design team at ACTIVE. You will be responsible for helping to design software products, consumer websites, and mobile applications. This team is part of the overall, growing User Experience (UX) Design group. We are a multidisciplinary team in North America that also includes email design & code, marketing designers and we are responsible for the overall branding needs of the company. You will oversee the daily activities of a team assigned to multiple projects and cultivate an environment of sustained creativity and professional growth. As an Associate Creative Director, you will assist the Global Creative Director, Product Managers, Marketing Managers, GMs, and C-Level Executives on design direction, team effectiveness, and internal client relationships. The perfect candidate will prefer a “marathon” vs. a “sprint”. However, being able to sprint is a requirement as well.
At ACTIVE we are striving to change the way people live, work and play. We’re passionate about making a real difference in the lives of ours users and we start by understanding their needs, wants, and desires. The team focuses on making our systems USEFUL; to enable doing things in a better way. USABLE; to empower self-service and encourage adoption and use, while reducing support costs and enabling scalability. DESIRABLE; to create buzz, grow brand-value, organic revenue, and more Net Promoters. EFFICIENT to build and maintain by continuously deploying good-design that speeds development and reduces the need for refactoring.
ACTIVE Network is the technology that powers activities, helping over 40,000 activity and event organizers automate, simplify and grow their business through rich data and insights. With well over a decade of experience building the world’s leading registration platform, our products are changing the way the world gets active.
We are a company of passionate people that are focused on results, committed to excellence and fueled by challenge. We celebrate a culture of winning, high-performance and accountability. Our team members embrace a work-hard/play-hard mentality and bring their passion, dedication and creativity each and every day. Together, we are making the world a more active place.
SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS
You are gonna need a passion for design, quality, mentoring, and helping establish and maintain the visual style of our products. As an Associate Creative Director you will report directly to the Global Creative Director in North America and you will be expected to support our C-Level also. You will work closely with your designers and their product teams through out all stages of design development, both in North America, and our amazing design team in China. Interfacing with our global teams is important, and making certain there is unity across the globe is mandatory.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Innovating, conceptualizing, designing and bringing next generation of products to life
• Contribute to product vision and strategic decisions in collaboration with other team members and stakeholders
• Lead designers to create and implement visually stunning, smart interfaces
• Collaborate with our design team in China
• Work directly with the Global Creative Director and Designers to deliver quality work across all of ACTIVE’s products, services, and brands
• Collaboration and communication with peers across the entire organization
• Team communication (China and N.A.) via phone, Skype, WebEx, and email
• Contribute to growth and maintenance of ACTIVE’s product and brand style guides
• Maintain stringent design standards
• Lead and mentor designers in North America and China
• Attendance and contribution to monthly, global visual design team meetings