Creative Director (Print/Digital), Global Corporate Brand

Niagara Falls, NY (Hybrid)

$169K/yr – $198K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive creative strategy and hands-on delivery for a multi-format design team, shaping campaigns and brand assets from concept to completion.

  • Own concept development and end-to-end execution across microsites, digital banners, social posts, prints, and events.
  • Must-have: experience directing a team of four designers and coordinating cross-functional work.
  • Standout: strong brand stewardship with style-guide development and multi-channel consistency.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • CREATIVE STRATEGY & CONCEPTS – Brainstorm creative concepts for campaigns, events, naming, etc. that convey clear marketing value in fresh ways.
  • MULTI-DISIPLINARY EXECUTION – Design a broad range of collateral with comfort pivoting between multiple formats – microsites, enterprise software design, digital banners, digital RSVPs, newsletters, social media posts, video graphics, logos, presentations, print and event collateral, campus wall art, environmental design, and premiums. Ability to execute within brand guidelines yet adapts to different design styles where needed.
  • STRATEGY-MINDED – Thinks critically about all tasks. Consider implications beyond what is in front of you and the role it plays in company and department goals. Ability to translate abstract business objectives into impactful visuals with a story.
  • HANDS-ON CREATIVE DELIVERY & DIRECTION – While this role will predominantly be executing and delivering creative work, this person will also direct and filter work among a team of four creatives, ensuring projects adhere to brands standards, quality, and strategy. Demonstrates leadership abilities that fosters learning and excellence among team members, inspiring the highest level of creativity. Ability to shepherd creative projects from conception to completion with minimal supervision, leading project calls and instinctively raising questions, concerns, risks, or barriers where present.
  • BRAND MANAGEMENT – an active brand steward who protects, maintains, and enhances design standards across varying platforms and mediums. Manage and develop style guides, templates, creative assets, libraries, and tools.
  • CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS – Strong leadership, presentational, and interpersonal skills to manage relationships across our many divisions such as ad sales, global content sales, programming, PR, HR, etc. Operate at the highest level of discretion and ethical integrity with the handling of proprietary and sensitive information.
  • COLLOBORATION - Collaborates with internal project managers, copywriters, and clients. Strong self-starter and team player with the ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Thrives with a high volume of design requests requiring quick turnaround.
  • MANAGEMENT – Manages and develops a team of designers.

Benefits

  • healthcare coverage, 401k matching, and a range of other benefits.
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A+E Global MediaTM, a joint venture of Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst, is an innovative, multiplatform content powerhouse that reaches audiences everywhere and is comprised of some of the most popular and culturally relevant brands in media, including A&E®, Lifetime®, The HISTORY ChannelTM, LMN®, FYI®, Home.Made.NationTM and VICE TV®. Our audiences extend to more than 414 million households in 200+ territories and in 40+ languages. With over 70,000 distinct assets available around the world, the company produces best-in-class content across the multiplatform landscape. A+E Global Media boasts full-scale production capabilities with A+E Studios® and A+E Factual StudiosTM. A+E Digital encompasses Websites, Apps, social media, short form content, AVOD offerings; and SVOD products A&E Crime CentralTM, HISTORY Vault® and Lifetime Movie ClubTM and 60+ FAST channels from the company’s wildly popular library. A+E Global Media is headquartered in the United States, with owned & operated entities in Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and a joint venture in LATAM.

Founded in 1984
New York, New York, USA
2.2K employees (890 in marketing)
76% recommend to a friend
93% CEO approval

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Monthly Visitors
107K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
19.9%
Direct
38.9%
Referral
8.5%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.2K

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Marketing Team Size
550 (25% of company)

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