ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Job Field: Environmental Jobs
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $Not stated
JOB SUMMARY:
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<tr><td valign="top" width="450"><b>The ideal candidate will have high-level creative
skills including strategy and art direction. The
ACD must be enthusiastic and have a passion for
social media and excitement about new
technologies. You must have an exceptional
portfolio and a great broadcast reel is a huge
plus.
Responsibilities
Produces intelligent and on strategy creative
solutions that reflect brand personality
Designs and provides concepts for
projects/campaigns to meet approved strategic
marketing objectives
Works closely with the client as a liaison to
the creative department, helping the creative team
sell their best marketing solutions to the client.
Coordinates with production and works
directly to schedule creative/production jobs
according to creative ECDs direction.
Sells creative internally or to clients at
the creative directors request.
Makes recommendations to the creative
director for creative positions
Participates in client planning sessions
regarding campaign strategy and the approach to
any significant project
Leads certain creative projects and team
members with a hands-on supervisory approach while
facilitating a collaborative team environment
Understands and actively seeks solutions to
advance project, client and internal goals
Maintains an effective departmental
structure, and helps to create and maintain a high
energy level throughout the Creative Department
Participates in and contributes to the new
business activities of the company, as required
Ensures budgets, deadlines, etc. are
complete, accurate and followed
Provides clear/objective critiques of
creative work during development
Makes presentations internally and /or with
senior level clients
Attends creative reviews for clients, and
trouble-shoots difficult creative problems for any
client
Remains current and communicates industry
trends and techniques
Participates actively as he/she sees fit or
at the copy/art teams request in the
development of specific program components such as
headlines, graphic approaches, copy slant, etc
Trains and supervises assigned staff of
designers and other creative personnel oversees
their execution of all creative efforts to insure
they are on strategy, on budget, and on schedule
Keeps ECD informed about the creative work
progress for clients, and about the ways in which
those projects are being produced
Has working knowledge of all software
programs needed to fulfill approved creative
concepts.
Ensure that the final creative product meets
the strategic communications objective
Actively trains, mentors and manages mid-
level creatives.
Proactively identifying and resolving issues.
Acts as a Career Manager for managing and
guiding creatives of all levels within
Salesforce.com , including regular one-on-one
check-ins, writing and delivering annual
performance reviews and takes responsibility for
on-boarding new employees and guiding him/her
through a successful tenure at Salesforce.com
Requirements
8 plus years of advertising experience in an
agency setting, working on interactive projects
such as client web sites, online advertising,
social media, video manipulation
Must have at least two years experience in a
senior/managerial position
Must possess a strong command of the digital and
social media space with great concepts, practices,
procedures and technologies
Experience and understanding of user experience
and information architecture principles and
process utilizing site maps, page flows, wire
frames and prototypes to guide design concepts a
huge plus
Knowledge of website development in Flash and
other technologies is a huge plus
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KEY REQUIREMENTS:
None Not stated