Creative Director

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$131K/yr – $152K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive integrated marketing communications and brand design as a senior creative leader responsible for strategy, concepting, and design across channels.

  • Own creative vision and brand systems across your portfolio of clients.
  • Lead the development of big campaign ideas and design systems aligned to brand strategy.
  • Translate conceptual thinking into cohesive design and messaging systems.

Job Description

Drive integrated marketing communications and brand design as a senior creative leader responsible for strategy, concepting, and design across channels.

  • Own creative vision and brand systems across your portfolio of clients.
  • Lead the development of big campaign ideas and design systems aligned to brand strategy.
  • Translate conceptual thinking into cohesive design and messaging systems.
  • Ensure work is strategically sound, creatively distinctive, and craft-driven.
  • Act as a brand guardian, defending DNA while evolving voice and expression.
  • Define the creative brief, strategy, and solution for each project.
  • Lead concepting and execution across packaging, retail, digital, social, video, and more.
  • Develop cost-efficient design strategies using market trends and competitive intel.
  • Guide teams in creating connected, scalable content ecosystems and design systems.
  • Oversee narrative development for presentations to clearly frame ideas and rally support.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Art, Design, Advertising, Marketing, Communications, or related field
  • 10+ years of progressive creative experience in marketing communications, brand design, or advertising
  • 5+ years in a leadership role
  • Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing senior-level client relationships
  • Strong portfolio showcasing integrated campaigns, packaging, and system-based thinking
  • CPG and retail experience strongly preferred
  • High degree of proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office Suite, Keynote, and PowerPoint
  • Fluent in iOS
  • Periodic travel locally, nationally, and/or internationally may be required

Benefits

  • Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short/long term disability, and 401(k) Savings Plan.
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SGS & Co

SGS & Co, part of the Propelis Group, is a global brand impact group delivering speed and quality through innovation and insights to drive impact for our world class clients. We combine deep expertise in design, graphic services, production, technology and process optimization with unmatched marketplace understanding, dynamic ideas and client first customer service. We bring the world’s best brands to life and set them up for success in a modern world. SGS & Co shifts brands to impact through the strength of our people. Our team of nearly 5,000 employees across 30+ countries works collaboratively to exceed client expectations today and anticipate how we’ll need to pivot together to win tomorrow. We take pride in our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion along with our ambition to lead the industry to a more sustainable future to drive positive impact for our clients, our people, and our planet.

Founded in 1946
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.4K employees (888 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
69.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
23.9%
Direct
59.8%
Referral
13.8%
Social
1.9%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
96 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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