About the position
This is your chance to be part of Marketing team that attracts customers to Hilton through strong storytelling, top-rated rewards, and unique customer experiences and partnerships. As a Creative Director, Social you will support the team in increasing customer acquisition and retention, generate engagement through multi-channel marketing campaigns, and foster recognition of loyalty benefits. On the Global Creative Marketing & Design team reporting to VP, Global Creative Director, you will have the exciting responsibility of defining and creating Hilton's visual social media footprint across our brands. If you love pop culture, can wax poetic about your favorite viral moments, and have a distinct visual point of view, then this might be the role for you.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with the VP of Global Creative and Head of Social to strategically push the creative vision of all brand campaigns and deliverables to completion, while meeting the business objectives with innovative social creative.
- Work on projects including social media campaign activations, social experiential moments, social creative strategy, content capture among other inspiring moments in culture.
- Be a leader and a positive team member, work cross-functionally with our teams across our global platforms, and oversee and direct a team of designers on our global creative team.
- Work cross-functionally with Brand, Creative, Editorial, and Marketing teams, as well as agency partners.
Requirements
- Ten (10) years of professional experience
- Eight (8) years of art direction experience with an emphasis on social content
- A compelling portfolio of distinctive work that elevates a brand's creative and social experience
- Operate at executive level - both mentoring, managing, and inspiring
- Extensive knowledge of channel best practices
- Exceptional presentation skills
- Experience leading successful photo and video production
- Travel, as needed (on average up to 20%)
Nice-to-haves
- Global brand creative and social direction experience -both agency and in-house experience
- Experience creating social media activations for entertainment, consumer packaged goods, or hospitality industries
Benefits
- Go Hilton travel program: 100 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
- Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
- Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
- Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
