Motion Designer - Remote
Sundayy
USA (Remote)
$3K/mo - $5K/moIn-houseFull-timeMid level
14 hrs ago
Creative Director
Alexandria, VA (Remote)
Salary Not AvailableSenior Level8+ years expFull time
Posted 3 weeks ago
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Job Summary
Own the brand and campaign creative engine, turning strategy into assets with cross-functional ownership across branding, advertising, and client-facing delivery.
- Creative leadership: steer vision, teams, and timelines from concept through delivery across digital and print assets.
- Cross-functional ownership: align with Strategy, Media, and Research to shape platforms, testing, and performance.
Job Description
- Establish the creative vision for branding, marketing, and campaign engagements — leading teams of designers, writers, and producers from concept through final delivery.
- Collaborate with Account and Strategy teams to develop brand and messaging platforms, creative concepts, and integrated marketing campaigns.
- Direct the development of digital and traditional deliverables including advertising, style guides, print collateral, and websites.
- Lead client meetings and presentations — in person and remotely — and serve as a thoughtful, responsive partner to clients throughout the engagement.
- Collaborate with the Video Studio and external partners on concept development, scripts, storyboards, photography direction, and post-production review.
- Work with the Media Strategy team to design and deliver high-performing campaigns across channels.
- Partner with the Research team to provide input on creative testing instruments that generate substantive, actionable direction.
- Manage resource allocation, determining team composition based on project needs and parameters.
- Develop or approve creative project timelines and hold the team accountable to delivering high-quality work on time and on budget.
- Contribute to business development through proposals, sales presentations, case studies, and thought leadership content.
- 8+ years of experience developing and leading creative work at an advertising, design, digital, or in-house agency — with higher education client experience strongly preferred.
- A track record of leading both people and creative engagements at scale, with the vision to inspire and the rigor to deliver.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills — confident in client-facing and executive-level conversations.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines without losing creative quality.
- Sharp analytical and problem-solving instincts; able to prioritize, delegate, and make sound decisions independently.
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, InDesign, Microsoft Office Suite, or comparable tools.
- Bachelor's degree and/or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
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