Creative Director

Premier Press•Portland, OR

36d•Onsite

About The Position

Premier Press is one of the largest creative production companies on the West Coast, working with some of the most recognizable brands from around the world. If you’re someone who’s a self-starter, detail oriented and motivated to learn, this could be a great opportunity to work at an exciting and growing company. Visit our website to see our great work! http://www.premierpress.com Our Mission: Bring order to the chaos of creative production and distribution, making it easy to bring your brand to life. Our Vision: Create a world free from dull marketing. Our Values: · Go Beyond · Discover New Ways & Ideas · Respect Ourselves, Each Other, and Our Community · Deliver the Best Client Experience. This is a full-time, on-site leadership role where you'll collaborate daily with your Creative team, Sales, Project Management, and Production to bring ideas to life. If you're excited by the opportunity to lead an outstanding team, collaborate with ambitious clients, and create work that moves seamlessly from concept to reality, we'd love to meet you. We're looking for a Creative Director who is hands-on and excited to lead an established, highly talented creative team. This role is about elevating great work, owning the creative process, developing people, strengthening creative operations, and becoming the voice of creativity for our clients as we shape Premier's next chapter of growth.

Requirements

7+ years of creative experience, including leadership responsibilities.
Experience leading creative operations, including resource planning, workflow management, team development, and building scalable creative processes.
Strong portfolio showcasing packaging, branded merchandise, influencer campaigns, brand activations, and structural packaging concepts.
Experience developing and presenting client pitch decks, creative production solutions, and strategic concepts.
Working knowledge of structural packaging, dielines, printing techniques, substrates, materials, and manufacturing processes, with the ability to confidently recommend solutions in client meetings.
Experience collaborating with Project Managers, Production, and Sales to develop production-ready creative solutions.
Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud.
Advanced proficiency with Mac and Windows operating systems.
Excellent communication, collaboration, project leadership, and team management skills.

Nice To Haves

Branded merchandise and promotional products
Motion graphics or digital design
AI-assisted creative workflows
Photography, art direction, or 3D visualization

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and inspire an experienced creative team across packaging, print, and production, including conducting annual performance reviews while ensuring the Creative Studio remains highly utilized, efficient, and profitable.
Own the Creative Studio workflow by helping manage priorities, resources, processes, and team development to ensure creativity moves efficiently from concept through production.
Serve as the creative voice for clients, presenting packaging concepts, material recommendations, and presentation decks with confidence and clarity.
Partner with Sales to develop packaging, print, and branded merchandise concepts, win new business, and build lasting relationships with agencies and client-side stakeholders.
Collaborate with Account Directors, Project Managers, Production, and manufacturing teams to ensure exceptional execution from concept through delivery.
Lead within a highly integrated creative production environment where design decisions, manufacturing expertise, timelines, materials, and execution come together to create exceptional client experiences.
Drive creative strategy across premium packaging, branded merchandise, retail programs, print, and integrated marketing campaigns.
Provide creative leadership on concepts, dielines, substrates, materials, print production, and finishing techniques, while directing the team to develop production-ready solutions.
Foster a culture of collaboration, curiosity, innovation, and continuous growth.
Other duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.