Creative Studio, Global Director

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The Juice Plus+ Company is a multi million dollar business player in the health and wellness industry, utilising a unique combination of direct sales and e-commerce to market our carefully curated line of plant-based nutritional products and Tower Garden® aeroponic growing systems in pursuit of our mission to "Inspire Healthy Living Around the World." We operate in more than 25 countries and are in the midst of an ambitious global expansion effort.

Overview

Managing the Creative team, the Director, Global Creative Studio will be responsible for our  in-house world-class Design Studio, taking responsibility for how the brand projects itself as we navigate through the next stage of our exciting and fast- moving growth journey. The incumbent will collaborate with Designers, Content Creators, Marketeers and other Key Stakeholders to plan, craft and deliver world class brand standards.

The successful candidate will be commercially savvy, have a strong creative vision for the company, excellent communication skills and a proven track record of leading and mentoring teams with experience of rolling out and delivering projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

•  Lead and manage the Design Team to ensure world-class global creative output
• Steer key design projects, monitoring brand campaigns and shaping brand standards
• Work with the broader Marketing Team to produce new ideas for branding, promotional campaigns and marketing communications
• Assign design projects across the team, utilising current workload, skill sets and experience.
• Attend our frequent Partner Events and Conventions on a global basis and ensure that video assets and other content are delivered to the highest standard
• Drive team brainstorming meetings and creative sessions
• Initiate and attend assignment input meetings with project stakeholders to review large projects as required.
• Create procedures to ensure all initiatives are brand appropriate and subsequently facilitate  approvals and delegate optimum routing of creative assignments. 
• Monitor workloads and follow up on due dates.
• Expedite emergency tasks to co-exist with the orderly flow of everyday work. 
• Acts as liaison between Creatives and Project Stakeholders from other functions to review due- dates and provide feedback as needed.
• Maintains all design files and manage licencing of images as required.
• Manage 3rd party Agency relationships ensuring that service levels are maintained and performance is reviewed regularly
• Acquire freelance assistance as needed.
• Oversee print solutions; obtaining quotes, print specifications and placing orders.
• Maintain the Creative Studio calendar.
• Identify learning development needs and identify available avenues for such training
• Act as a competent sounding board for issues/improvements, informing Senior Marketing Director accordingly
• Regular international/global travel

Requirements

• BA degree (or equivalent) in Graphic Design, Art, Marketing, Communications or other relevant field
• Significant experience (5-8 years) either in-house or agency at Head of Creative level, managing large scale projects end-to-end
• Creative strategic thinker with significant  experience in a similar level role within a well-known Food Supplement / Food product brand (FMCG or similar)
• Possess an in-depth knowledge of brand development and multi-channel marketing models

• Leading edge thinking on design trends and best practices with excellent design, layout, and typographic skills

• Strong technical proficiency and extensive knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop and Microsoft PowerPoint

• Possess an in-depth knowledge of brand development and multi-channel marketing models
• Experienced people manager with strong collaborative leadership style

• Natural collaborator with the ability to work within multidisciplinary teams to deliver solutions cross-functionally
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment with conflicting priorities and a constantly evolving landscape

• Proficiency in project management software