Creative Director
Marvel Entertainment
New York, NYThis was removed by the employer on 1/3/2017 4:49:00 PM PST
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Full Time Job
Marvel's digital group is seeking an experienced Creative Director to lead our Design and UX team. You will lead the team to envision and design innovative, intuitive experiences across Marvel's digital businesses, including websites and apps. In this role, you will collaborate with stakeholders across the company as you shape and define our visual and UX identity in the digital space while wowing Marvel fans with experiences that live up to the high-caliber brand.
The Creative Director should be a motivated self-starter with a passion for clean design that keeps pushing forward. You must have a strong communication skills and an excellent attention to detail.
Responsibilities
• Work closely with product managers, business leads, marketing and other stakeholders to understand business goals and translate them into jaw-dropping experiences
• Partner with business intelligence and product mangers to deeply understand audience's needs and ensure experiences are easy to use and constantly improved upon
• Produce presentations, prototypes and mocks necessary to guide the development of beautiful, original, and creative experiences from concept to implementation
• Create visual designs that address business, brand, market and user requirements, including the design and production of site layouts, marketing elements, content treatment and user interface elements
• Continually provide insight into industry best practices, design trends and content generation ideas
• Manage and mentor a team of designers while continually improving processes
Basic Qualifications
• 5-7 years of experience
• Good strategic, conceptual skills and a solid knowledge of the digital landscape
• Self starter - Ability to work independently as well as in cross-functional groups
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Fluency in the fundamentals of design
• Strong eye for layout, design and typography
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Strong project/time management and multitasking abilities
• 1-2 years leading a design team
• Strong portfolio showing previous visual and interaction design work
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience creating wireframes, sketches, UI and final visual design for desktop, mobile and tablet (and all production methods associated with each)
• Motion Graphics ability a plus
• Staying up to date with the evolving technology and design landscape, including the emergence of new standards and devices
• Experience working in a fast-paced agency is a plus
Required Education
• BA/BFA in Graphic Design / Digital Media / HCI
Additional Information:
This position is with the legal entity Marvel Digital Media Group LLC