Director of Creative
Rockway Exhibits + Events is looking for a leader to join our Director level management team to lead our creative dept and lead our company into the future via design, conceptual thinking and experiential ideas. This requires creative expertise and experience in environment design, event design, tradeshow exhibit design, and architectural design.
This candidate will be coordinating with teams across the organization to understand teams' design needs and building out their creative strategy accordingly. In each of these projects, you will ensure that outcomes are on budget, within brand, and incorporating current design trends.
Responsibilities
- Set the overall creative vision and drive concepts to create stellar, innovative work.
- Concept, develop, manage and inspire top-level creative strategy to produce exceptional experiences and content.
- Has design, drawing, and rendering skills in both 2D and 3D.
- Has a clear understanding and knowledge of fabrication methods and costs.
- Is an expert in bringing conceptual designs through the fabrication process within budget.
- Is a key driver in the development of creative briefs to ensure that strategy and creative output are aligned.
- Is a central player and driver in RFP responses.
- Translates marketing objectives into creative tactics while managing the creative challenges from ideation, drawing and execution.
- Work with account, design, production, and other teams to execute and optimize the creative process.
- Manages the creative team which includes performance reviews and check-ins.
- Assign and manage tasks to ensure that the creative is on-brand and achieves set goals.
- Provide guidance on presentation and communication skills.
- Present dynamic, engaging, and clear plans internally and with clients.
- Anticipate changes and prepare the team to roll with them, whether timelines, budget, and/or availabilities change to adapt to client or team needs.
- Remain current and communicate industry trends and techniques.
- Mentor, manage, and build creative talent so that the company is continually attracting and retaining top-level talent.
- Remain current on emerging trends in digital technology to incorporate new technologies into your strategy
- Manage production timelines, vendor relationships, and quality or cost controls
- Communicate cross-functionally to understand creative needs
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 5+ years' in a design role
- Current portfolio to be submitted with your application
Industry
- Events Services
Employment Type
Full-time