CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Department: Creative Team

About the role

Seeking an artistic and highly organized person with an affinity for Asian American arts and culture. You’ll lead the creative team—which includes an Art Director, Photo Director, photo editor, and designers—and work closely with the editorial staff to develop and maintain the artistic design of Hyphen's new online iteration. You’ll also be a member of the Hyphen leadership team, a collaborative leadership structure comprised of team leads and longtime staffers.

Requirements

• Strong visual sense
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Enthusiasm for Hyphen subject matter, Hyphen as a magazine, and Hyphen as a part of the Asian American landscape
• Ability to communicate ideas visually and work creatively within limited budgets
• Ability to work as part of a larger team, including supervising editors, director of photography, art director, and designers at all stages of content development
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet both short- and long-term deadlines
• Responsiveness and availability with communication
• Attend once-a-month business/editorial meetings (1.5 hours)
• Attend once-a-month leadership team meetings (1.5 hours)

Responsibilities

• Trains and supervises assigned staff of artists, production, and personnel; oversees their execution of all creative efforts to ensure the team is on strategy, budget, and schedule
• Oversees all creative elements of the online publication, including:
  • Managing multiple deadlines
  • Assigning stories to editorial designers for layout
  • Overseeing workflow
  • Working with Art Director and Director of Photography to assign artwork to illustrators and photographers for layout
• Coordinates marketing communications design
• Oversees and manages the overall brand identity of the organization at large
• Maintains design integrity of the publication
• Envisions and develops new ways to engage readership
• Supervises/oversees the creative design team, including:
  • Scheduling and facilitating creative team meetings
  • Scheduling and facilitating team-building get-togethers and activities
• Liaises between creative/edit and creative/business teams
• Assists in front-end development of the website
• Mentors junior designers

Skills

• Adobe suite with a strong focus on InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
• Google Docs and online file management
• Dropbox
• Nimble with learning new programs Hyphen uses to project-manage stories and projects, such as Drupal, Trello, and Slack