Creative Director - Art

Responsibilities

• Serve as the visual creative leader for a financial brand, with a strong understanding of regulatory considerations, risk sensitivity, and the importance of trust-based storytelling
• Provide the creative vision and direction for the execution and production of creative work across all platforms and channels – digital, social and video, including mobile, and print
• Translate complex financial, economic, and regulatory topics into clear, compelling, and authoritative visual storytelling
• Partner with functional peers including editorial, account, strategy & analytics and project management
• Ensure creative integrity and excellence in every asset we produce
• Manage assigned program from the visual perspective – the vision, the direction and the day-to-day production
• Manage the creative team and delegate work appropriately without micromanaging execution
• Mentor and develop the creative team, their skills and their career paths
• Manage and direct video/photo shoots, from pre-production through post-production
• Establish and reinforce creative best practices, workflows, and ways of working

Requirements

• Education - BFA in Graphic Design or related degree
• Experience - 10+ years in a design related field; 5+ years’ experience in managing a team preferred, as well as agency experience
• Skills - Collaborative; ability to bring teams together
• Able to model strong leadership skills
• Able to identify and develop talent
• Conceptual thinking as well as hands-on content creation
• Experience leading a creative team is a must
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Able to identify opportunities for upselling and growing a business creatively
• Experience working across all platforms and channels – print, digital (mobile-first) and social

Benefits

• A full suite of benefits is available following one full month of employment including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with profit sharing, and other ancillary benefits. We even have a Life Balanced Account where you can get reimbursed for things like groceries or a haircut (yes, really!)
• PTO: Vacation, Recharge, Safe & Sick Time, Flexible Holidays + 10 standard paid holidays and a paid Day of Service
• Free financial wellness and planning and a robust EAP