[4-6 Month Contract]
Mejuri is seeking a talented, hands-on Associate Creative Director to lead our in-house design team for the next 6 months. In this role, you will lead the Art Direction process from conception through design and production to delivery of content for all brand, digital product, campaign and evergreen creative assets. You will have an opportunity to help shape the vision for how Mejuri innovates and elevates the creative voice across customer touchpoints and apply that vision to the design and implementation of creative strategies for high visibility and high impact.
Your work, inspiration, and background is culturally-relevant, fashion oriented and you would be responsible for cultivating a culture of creative excellence for the brand. You will ensure every project under your purview lives up to the Chief Brand Officer’s expectations and the larger creative vision and objectives of the organization.
You will set the bar for creative excellence at the start of every project, think critically about every insight and work with interdepartmental peers to shape the overall direction of projects. You will drive a number of projects simultaneously, making sure none of them backslide over the course of creative development, in collaboration with the Brand Operations team.
What you'll do
- Lead the quality of creative work by inspiring excellence, innovation and brand relevance, providing direction and constructive feedback in collaboration with the ACD Copy, while reporting into the Chief Brand Officer.
- Work closely with the Brand, Growth, Retail, Digital teams to interpret briefs with a clear creative vision. Build powerful presentations to get alignment on creative concepts, design and execution choices.
- Balance innovative creative vision with business objectives + priorities.
- Attend briefings/status meetings, handle cross-team interaction, pitch concepts in a compelling manner; communicate and monitor project progress.
- Lead with passion, guide & coach the team on their work, growth and performance.
- Lead brainstorms as needed.
- Ensure work is of highest quality, reflects brand standards, and is on budget and on time on all touch points.
- Lead the creation, execution, and continual evolution of the brand guidelines.
- With support from the Brand Operations team, identify the best resources from the team based on project needs, ensure processes are efficient.
- Assess creative work to ensure ideas are as powerful in reality as they are in concept.
- Provide creative quality control over concepts and execution.
- Oversee in-house execution and production of creative work.
- Stay up to date with new innovations and industry trends.
- You set the tone for forward-thinking, positive, and an industry-leading creative organization infused with the brand vision; also contributes to thought leadership.
What you'll bring to the team
- 8+ years relevant experience in an agency or in-house agency environment on the brand side.
- A leader with a strong portfolio that demonstrates originality, innovation and multi-disciplinary thinking.
- Solid business sense and experience in balancing creative vision with business priorities/objectives.
- You are someone with an impressive portfolio that demonstrates a high standard and quality of work, delivering on consistency in brand look, feel, and experience.
- Strong understanding and experience with the creative process and how to evaluate creative output in design, art direction.
- Production savviness, knowing how to work within budgetary constraints; experience working with photographers, directors, and vendors is essential.
Along with our central mission and vision, we have guiding values that set the tone for where we’re heading and how we work together. These values are behaviors that form our shared beliefs and approach to how we wish to work together at Mejuri, regardless of role, level, and work location. Our 8 core values help drive our decision making when we are cross collaborating, redefining luxury, and creating a sense of commitment and inclusion to help shape our company culture.
Our values are:
FIND A WAY | We break down problems into manageable steps, explore creative solutions daily, learn from failure, and adapt quickly
RAISE THE BAR | We share constructive feedback openly, continuously improve personal and team performance, collaborate and challenge for better outcomes
CUSTOMER OBSESSED | We actively listen to customer feedback, make decisions that impact customers positively, continuously refine product, service, or customer interactions
EMPOWERED OWNERS | We proactively address cross team challenges, willingly tackle any task big or small, take initiative, and lead by example
JUST DO IT | We make informed decision quickly, encourage experimentation and learning, encourage thoughtful risk taking, embrace change, and stay adaptable
HUMILITY | We acknowledge team contributions before self, acknowledge and learn from mistakes, maintain an open and receptive mindset, and promote a respectful work environment
CURIOSITY | We seek out new challenges daily, ask questions to understand deeply, reimagine and innovate to drive progress
DRIVE RESULTS | set clear goals and prioritize tasks, focus on high impact activities daily, monitor progress through clear metrics, stay persistent and solution orientated
