Associate Creative Director
About The Position
Hovercraft is looking for an Associate Creative Director to lead conceptual and design duties for our Experience Team. The ideal candidate has strong creative instinct, refined leadership skills and is as comfortable in front of clients as they are in front of a virtual white board. You can push the boundaries of what’s possible while giving clients the confidence that our vision and recommendations will be successful. ACDs at Hovercraft lead by example and drive projects forward by rolling up their sleeves and actively participating in their development. Days will be spent working closely with, and leading your design team to conceptualize and develop digitally-driven projects ranging from immersive environments, progressive UI, augmented reality, and 3D brand animations. This role requires a deep knowledge of progressive experience design principles, emerging technologies and the production techniques, and implications, of your ideas. As the creative lead, you will advocate for the design team by working closely with production, development, and animation leads in our Experience group to help ensure that projects reach their full potential and are executed on time and on budget.
Requirements
- 8+ Years proven experience with a strong design background in an agency or studio setting, with a well-rounded portfolio of immersive, interactive and animation projects.
- Progressive creative vision, with strengths in concept and narrative.
- Understanding and active engagement with emerging technologies.
- Ability to direct small and large teams in both remote and in-person settings.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Producers and keep creative development on brief.
- Drive and self-actualization to make an impact on the team and projects.
- A collaborative team player that is highly motivated, proactive and positive.
- Excellent organization and time management skills to stay on task & deadline.
- Comfort working on a variety of projects with varying timelines.
Responsibilities
- Provide creative leadership and oversight of projects from inception to delivery, with a focus on those that are highly creative and/or strategic in nature.
- Lead and mentor designers, art directors and specialists while actively engaged in projects.
- Present work and communicate project development in an articulate and efficient manner to internal teams, clients and vendors.
- Work closely with clients to distill their asks and agenda’s into actionable, strategic briefs for Hovercraft creative teams.
- Inter-departmental collaboration with other leads for internal alignment of best practices and knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate with Producers and Executive Producers to determine project staff plans.
- Report to senior creative leads (Creative Director).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
