Creative Director at Ascentech Services Limited

Industry: Advertising

Responsibilities:

• Lead and set the company-wide creative direction for the company’s visual brand.
• Conceive and implement concepts, guidelines and strategies in various creative projects and oversee them to completion
• Present a storyboarding or translate ideas to the creative team for clarity of expectations.
• Collaborate with account executives to obtain knowledge of the clients’ requirements
• Direct and motivate teams of art directors, illustrators, copywriters etc. to help them use their talents effectively
• Ensure the creative team understands and follows the production process end to end to avoid work repetition and wastage for prints, supplies, and other creative designs.
• Implement creative projects and oversee them to completion; mock-ups, and other creative projects, including animations as necessary.
• Lead brainstorming/creative sessions to generate ideas
• Write and design unique and well-crafted copy that meet clients’ needs as well as our own
• Revise content and presentations, approve/reject ideas, provide feedback to the team
• Train and guide subordinates into accomplished professionals
• Monitor results of team efforts and propose actions for the future
• Develop and manage a creative business direction for the company, by liaising with the platform unit to get creative projects from clients, and supply projects.
• Collaborate with account executives and other stakeholders to obtain knowledge and deliver creative briefs according to clients’ requirements.
• Allocate, monitor and deliver exceptional clients’ campaigns according to set processes and timelines.
• Develop remarkable roadmaps, processes, policies, and direction for the team to build a strong department.
• Lead the team to creatively explore, set trends, and push boundaries
• Help onboard and guide the work of the department’s vendors according to budgets, timelines, and scope.
• Ensure team bonding and capacity building through coaching, mentoring and training.
• Plan for hiring and resourcing needs to grow the creative team.
• Ensuring all the organization’s or client’s visuals are consistent with the overall brand.
• Report progress of projects during project meetings.
• Safeguarding and proper documentation of creative assets.
• Drive revenue generation for the creative department.

Requirements:

• B.Sc. degree in Graphic Design, Visual Design, advertising, fine art, design or relevant field.
• 5+ years cognate experience as a Creative leader at a top brand or agency, with experience in managing high-volume, motivated creative teams (in-house or creative agency).
•  Hand-on experience in creative process, marketing, graphic design and brand development
• Excellent working knowledge of software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign etc.
• Outstanding leadership and organization skills
• Exemplary interpersonal and analytical abilities
• Technical aptitude, curiosity, and a keen understanding of the creative categories in advertising (animation, graphics, copywriting, illustration, etcetera).
• Prior excellent experience in managing and leading a creative team to successful deployments.
• Ability to effectively influence both internal and external stakeholders across all levels of the organization.
• Experience developing and evolving brand & marketing design systems, visual languages, and brand identities.
• Knowledge of how to develop brand identities through multi-channel marketing
• Expertise in applying best practices for growth marketing and digital ads to our brand goals, and vision.
• Experience performing and managing a range of creative positions, such as graphics designer, art director, illustration, animation, copywriting, etc.
• Understanding of the business side of design.