Director, Creative Services

Full-time - Senior

Field, KY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Entrust is an innovative leader in identity-centric security solutions, providing an integrated platform of scalable, AI-enabled security offerings. Headquartered in Minnesota, we offer our colleagues the ability to work globally, in a flexible and collaborative environment. Our team makes an impact! We are looking for a Director of Creative Services to lead our design, video, and copywriting teams. The ideal candidate will bring a mix of marketing expertise and business acumen, and will be a seasoned, experienced manager of people, someone who can inspire others while taking our creative output to a new level as we continue to grow and evolve as an organization. This person in this role will be a true team leader, detail oriented and organized, have a great understanding of marketing, campaign planning, and will have an eye for creative innovation.

Responsibilities

• Lead our design, video, and copywriting teams in crafting compelling creative assets for Events, digital, paid media, email and social media campaigns
• Mentor and develop a talented team of creatives, ensuring delivery of high-quality assets
• Champion creative excellence, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration
• Develop creative strategies that enhance brand positioning and communicate value to global audiences
• Drive innovation and ensure alignment with the company's brand strategy and business priorities
• Activate brand elements and apply brand guidelines and standards consistently across all work to ensure unified market presence
• Partner closely with brand strategy team to identify opportunities to provide deeper brand guidance on the Entrust brand system
• Partner with corporate-wide stakeholders (events, brand marketing, growth marketing, digital marketing, PR, channel, sales, and HR) to define creative strategies and tactics that align with approved program briefs
• Manage workload resources for the team, including external agencies and partners

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Marketing, Communications, Design, or Art Direction
• 10+ years' experience managing a team of internal and external creative resources
• Strong communication and influence capabilities to manage multiple stakeholders and creative providers in an agile fashion
• Experience in B2B technology businesses with global audience and complex product portfolio
• Excellent interpersonal skills to clearly and effectively communicate the creative vision, concepts, ideas, and solutions to stakeholders and internal teams
• Experience with workflow applications (i.e., Workfront, Asana) and digital asset management systems
• Ability to excel in an ever changing and fast-paced team environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Masters degree in Marketing, Communications, Design, or Art Direction
• Experience in cybersecurity or identity and access management industry
• Familiarity with campaign performance metrics/analytics
• Experience managing a budget

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and well-being programs including medical, vision, dental
• Generous 401(k) matching contribution
• Life and disability insurance
• Mental health coaching
• Virtual fitness programs
• Paid personal time off plus 12 paid holidays
• Parental leave
• Education reimbursement