Creative Director

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  • Merrill combines great people, best practices and advanced technology while empowering the communications of the world’s leading companies and professionals who support them. Whether it’s sales, finance, human resources, information technology and more, consider unleashing your talent at Merrill Corporation.

    Job Description:

    Merrill Corporation is seeking an ambitious, talented and passionate creative lead to help bring our company’s visual identity to life.

     

    This role will lead the strategic direction of Merrill’s brand image, transforming the look and feel of every client touch point – both internal and external – and will cross all mediums and all areas of the business.  Working closely with the marketing team and the sales team, this person will ensure that every customer touch point tells the Merrill story in a visually engaging, innovative way.

     

    Experience is important here, but this is a role also open to young ambitious designers with a determination to make a name for themselves, as well as seasoned professionals with the ability and desire to get their hands dirty.

     

    This person will be a senior member of a dynamic, nimble marketing team and will report directly to the VP of Communications. 

     

    Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

    • Develop creative solutions and overall strategies to bring the company’s visual identify to life
    • Establish creative direction for customer facing marketing and communications assets, with the objective of delivering a delightful customer experience
    • Establish creative direction for internal marketing and communications, with a view to engage the Merrill employee base in new, innovative ways
    • Maintain, support and elevate our brand guidelines through client-facing sales collateral, event branding and printed marketing materials
    • Design and maintain high caliber sales presentations, one-sheets and pitch materials for client meetings and large-scale industry events
    • Craft scalable sales and product marketing materials for online and print distribution that are reflective of Merrill’s visual brand
    • Draft internal awareness communications that engage employees, drive action and build a “global team” feeling
    • Educate internal and external stakeholders on creative aspects of the brand, ensuring global consistency and approach
    • Ensure online awareness channels (i.e. website visuals, digital ad campaigns, social media graphics) reflect current branding & consistent look-and-feel
    • Support custom Marketing requests for client and industry/tentpole event activations from conception to execution
    • Expert knowledge within the creative development, design, copy and production
    • Ability to integrate feedback from various internal and external stakeholders and transform that into beautiful end products

     

    Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

    • You can think big picture and strategy
    • But you also love to execute and get your hands dirty
    • Stay up-to-date on industry trends, best practices and emerging technologies to constantly innovate and reinvigorate Merrill’s visual identity
    • Ability to manage creative projects from conception through implementation
    • Experience managing and mentoring junior creative members of the team
    • The ideal candidate has a discerning eye for design, is highly self-driven and detail-oriented, communicative, proactive and collaborates well with others

     

    Minimum Education:

    •  Undergraduate degree with an emphasis in creative fields

     

    Minimum Experience:

    • Minimum 8 years of professional creative/design experience
    • Experience in financial markets/M&A a plus
    • Portfolio demonstrating finesse in designing for both digital and print mediums
    • Proficiency in Adobe CC programs (Illustrator, Indesign, and Photoshop)
    • Deep knowledge of PowerPoint and using the tool to “tell a story”
    • Exceptional skill in self-managing and in maintaining ownership over several projects at once
    • Ability to meet tight turnarounds and thrive in a fast-paced environment
    • Advertising, agency, or startup experience a plus
    • Keen interest in staying up to date on creative trends and innovating the creative approach
    • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to positively interact with external and internal stakeholders at all levels
    • Portfolio to illustrate prior work is necessary
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