Creative Director

Responsibilities

• Develop original creative campaigns tailored to each program’s audience and goals, working closely with the Marketing Director and program leaders.
• Strengthen Arts Bonita’s visual identity and maintain consistent brand standards across advertising, email, social media, websites, printed materials, and campus signage.
• Design and produce advertisements, brochures, season guides, class catalogs, performance programs, invitations, signage, presentations, and digital assets.
• Collaborate with Arts Bonita’s graphic designer to divide creative assignments, coordinate workloads, and maintain consistent quality.
• Develop fundraising and sponsorship materials for Off The Walls, the Arts Bonita Scholarship Classic Golf Event, donor appeals, and the capital campaign and campus expansion.
• Direct photography, video, and visual storytelling featuring artists, performers, students, faculty, patrons, and donors, including the impact of scholarships and outreach.
• Manage creative projects from concept through approval, production, and delivery, aligning deadlines with ticket launches, class registrations, advertising schedules, and events.
• Coordinate assigned creative staff, freelancers, photographers, videographers, printers, and other vendors; manage assigned production budgets.
• Prepare production-ready files, oversee printing and delivery, and ensure accuracy, proofreading, accessibility, and appropriate sponsor recognition.
• Maintain organized creative assets and use campaign results and audience feedback to refine future work.

Requirements

• At least five years of progressive experience in graphic design, art direction, or creative services, including experience leading projects or creative collaborators.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating original concepts and excellent execution across print and digital formats.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
• Strong knowledge of typography, layout, brand identity, digital design, and print production.
• Experience directing photography, video, and outside production partners.
• Strong communication, organization, and project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, budgets, and deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate closely with the Marketing Director, program leaders, and creative colleagues and respond constructively to feedback.
• A degree in graphic design, visual communications, fine arts, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in arts, culture, live entertainment, education, or nonprofit organizations preferred.

Preferred

• Experience in arts, culture, live entertainment, education, or nonprofit organizations preferred.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Vision insurance