Creative Director

The Creative Director leads the visual and conceptual direction of the museum’s branding, marketing campaigns, and products, integrating design with the museum’s mission, vision, and audience engagement strategies. This critical role also serves as the primary branding designer, providing strategic creative direction and overseeing the production of print and electronic materials such as advertising campaigns, fundraising, membership, and marketing collateral, and educational materials. The successful candidate will ensure that all materials adhere to the museum’s brand guidelines; reflect high standards of creativity; and support the museum’s artistic vision and business goals.

Requirements

• Serves as the chief steward of the museum’s brand and directs branding, marketing campaigns, and product design.
• Collaborates with management and the executive team to provide input into the overall creative direction of the museum’s brand.
• Conceives, designs, and produces a wide range of impactful visuals and effective campaigns across platforms.
• Establishes and maintains standards of creative excellence and timeliness, working collaboratively with all stakeholders to achieve goals.
• Leads and manages the team and workflow of the Creative Department.
• Supervises the writing, editing, and accuracy of copy.
• Establishes and nurtures strong working relationships with museum team members, colleagues from other institutions, consultants, and vendors.
• Ability to prioritize and multitask within a deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to provide art direction for digital brand materials, including ads, and trailers.
• Ability to understand and internalize a brand and translate it into materials; develop creative approaches and partnerships; optimize projects to budgets, constraints, and resources; see the big picture while paying impeccable attention to detail.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans with flexible spending accounts
• Paid time off (holidays, vacation, and sick leave)
• Immediate eligibility to enroll in a voluntary retirement savings program upon hire
• Group Retirement Plan available after 1 year of employment with employer match
• Hybrid schedule for eligible positions