Creative Director-25 Online Fashion Properties (Washington Dc Or Nyc Markets)

Dec. 24, 2011

Washington DC, VA

Confidential

Skye Associates is running 28 fashion based websites on its current platform. Actively looking for someone to manage our art team of 4 and be involved in team management as well as art execution.

Working with all fashion brands that include well known entities such as House of Harlow, Siwy Denim, Earnest Sewn, etc.

Summary

The creative director is charged with determining the best ways for us to visually represent our company's identity online. It's very much a people-oriented job, involving development of high-level concepts for design projects. It also involves working with internal and external clients, pitching designs, and understanding client needs. At times, we require you to develop visual designs, and at other times, the Creative Director will be responsible for recruiting and managing third party design firms as well as internal design resources.

Responsibilities

Lead creative sessions for project kick-offs

Manage multiple projects from concept through completion

Develop creative programs and design concepts that meet the business objectives of the organization and that advance our brand strategy

Establish creative direction for the entire line of online services and programs

Supervise and inspire the creative team of vendor partners; generate multiple concepts for a campaign or project

Manage team members

Provide quality control over concepts and projects

Required Skills

Undergraduate degree in Fine Arts or related field or equivalent visual design and management experience required; graduate degree preferred

At least 4 years management experience working with large-scale web sites, e-marketing, and advertising

Must possess a thorough understanding of interactive communications and delivery systems, processes, and user interface design as well as industry best practices

Knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography & limitations of the web; must understand Flash and have the ability to storyboard or translate ideas to designers and develop innovative motion graphics solutions

A strong working knowledge of experience design, brand development, interactive commerce and creative process

Print and web design capabilities: must know how to work in both media for integrated campaigns

Ability to lead projects from concept to completion. Apply best practices in user interface and interactive design, including image optimization and site mapping

Experience with software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & Flash

Experience with Adobe AfterEffects & video editing (a plus) needed for this position

Knowledge of HTML, DHTML CSS, Actionscript & Drupal

Ability to make evaluative judgments

Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

This is a big job with a ton of upside. Our company has tripled in sales this year.