Creative Director

Position Summary

The Creative Director leads the visual and conceptual direction of the museum’s branding, marketing campaigns, and products, integrating design with the museum’s mission, vision, and audience engagement strategies. This critical role also serves as the primary branding designer, providing strategic creative direction and overseeing the production of print and electronic materials such as advertising campaigns, fundraising, membership, and marketing collateral, and educational materials. The successful candidate will ensure that all materials adhere to the museum’s brand guidelines; reflect high standards of creativity; and support the museum’s artistic vision and business goals. The position regularly engages with team members, vendors, visitors, volunteers, members, and colleagues in a personable and respectful manner.

Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in graphic design, user interface design, or advertising in an agency or in-house environment, with two (2) years of supervisory experience.
• Previous experience in managing a brand’s visual identity, producing marketing and communications assets, concepting and art-directing photo and video shoots, and arranging for necessary design assets.
• Advanced level design skills with the ability to conceptualize creative solutions that solve project objectives.
• Strong understanding of design principles, techniques, and technologies; a strong visual sense and solid understanding of the creative processes involved in creating high quality online and offline materials.
• Excellent project management, organizational, task prioritization, time management, meeting facilitation, decision making, and analytical skills; strong problem solving, relationship building, and client management skills.
• Ability to prioritize and multitask within a deadline-driven environment.
• Outstanding written and oral communications skills.
• Ability to provide art direction for digital brand materials, including ads, and trailers.
• Knowledge of current graphic design, photo editing, and video editing software.
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented team player with the presence to inspire and coalesce varying points of view, sound judgment, a positive attitude, and the ability to respond well to critical feedback.
• Sensitivity to and appreciation of cultural differences and communicating with culturally diverse audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and reporting skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and professionally with museum team members across all department levels and establish and maintain effective relationships with external contacts including designers, photographers, printers, and vendors.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends as necessary.
• Familiarity with Asian art and culture is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in graphic design, user interface design, or advertising in an agency or in-house environment, with two (2) years of supervisory experience.
• Previous experience in managing a brand’s visual identity, producing marketing and communications assets, concepting and art-directing photo and video shoots, and arranging for necessary design assets.
• Advanced level design skills with the ability to conceptualize creative solutions that solve project objectives.
• Strong understanding of design principles, techniques, and technologies; a strong visual sense and solid understanding of the creative processes involved in creating high quality online and offline materials.
• Excellent project management, organizational, task prioritization, time management, meeting facilitation, decision making, and analytical skills; strong problem solving, relationship building, and client management skills.
• Ability to prioritize and multitask within a deadline-driven environment.
• Outstanding written and oral communications skills.
• Ability to provide art direction for digital brand materials, including ads, and trailers.
• Knowledge of current graphic design, photo editing, and video editing software.
• Self-motivated and goal-oriented team player with the presence to inspire and coalesce varying points of view, sound judgment, a positive attitude, and the ability to respond well to critical feedback.
• Sensitivity to and appreciation of cultural differences and communicating with culturally diverse audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and reporting skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and professionally with museum team members across all department levels and establish and maintain effective relationships with external contacts including designers, photographers, printers, and vendors.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends as necessary.
• Familiarity with Asian art and culture is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans with flexible spending accounts.
• Paid time off (holidays, vacation, and sick leave).
• Immediate eligibility to enroll in a voluntary retirement savings program upon hire.
• Group Retirement Plan available after 1 year of employment with employer match.
• Hybrid schedule for eligible positions.

Pay

The minimum salary for this position is $110,000 and the maximum salary is $120,000. Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. Many factors are taken into consideration when setting starting pay including education, experience, the external labor market, and internal equity.

Schedule and Availability

• Standard full-time schedule, typically Monday–Friday during core business hours.
• Must be available to work on occasional evenings and weekends to support museum events and deadlines.
• Occasional flexibility in the work schedule may be required to accommodate collaboration across different time zones.