Sr. CREATIVE DIRECTOR (San Francisco) Relocation provided for well qualified candidates- Qualified Candidates should have both agency and company experience
Ancestry.com is the world´s largest online resource for family history. We have helped pioneer the market for online family history research, taking a pursuit that was expensive and time-consuming and making it easy, affordable and accessible to anyone with an interest in their family history. The foundation of our service is an extensive collection of billions of historical records that we have digitized, indexed and put online over the past 13 years. These digital records and documents, combined with our proprietary online search technologies, tools and collaboration features, have enabled our more than one million subscribers to create nearly 24 million family trees that contain nearly 2.4 billion profiles, and make meaningful discoveries about the lives of their ancestors.
With employees around the world, we are committed to hiring the very best talent. We are known for our cutting-edge technology, phenomenal innovation, and we offer a compelling and rewarding workplace where you will thrive. We seek out passionate people to join our mission of helping people discover, preserve and share their family history. We invite you to explore and discover the many opportunities that await you at Ancestry.com.
Job Description:
We're looking for a seasoned Creative Director to helm our award-winning, in-house creative team at Ancestry.com. As a team of ad agency veterans, we've taken the best aspects of how an agency creative team works and mixed it with the many benefits of a meaningful client-side gig.
As Creative Director, you'll manage the team, work with the broader Marketing team to evolve and nurture the brand, lead the creative to new places and help drive the success of the business. You'll be responsible for everything from big ideas to execution on projects ranging from online advertising and video to broadcast, print and email (you name it).
In addition to being incredibly talented and collaborative, you must also be able to:
· Develop creative solutions for a wide range of projects, from TV and print to conversion flows, UX design and email marketing to support the Organization's key corporate and marketing objectives.
· Work closely with other members of the Marketing team to effectively leverage insights and develop, test and optimize creative assets based on hard data and analytics.
· Work with senior management to help define the brand essence and evolve its creative voice.
· Partner with colleagues in product, user experience, media and production to ensure our onsite creative supports our strategies and objectives in these areas.
· Hire, train and mentor top creative talent.
· Stay on top of emerging technologies and trends.
· Effectively present ideas to executives and project owners.
· Partner with various external agencies to manage consistency and innovation.
· Partner with key stakeholders from our International markets to ensure consistency of the brand experience and where relevant, support global campaign initiatives through the development of creative assets that can easily be adapted to meet the needs of different markets.
Required skills: Looking for a superb high caliber individual in all aspects of integrated marketing with multi-channel execution including TV, Print, Display, OOH and Mobile.
· A hands-on, passionate and creative leader who can guide his/her team through the challenges of working in a busy, fast paced and diverse environment.
· Good people skills are essential, as is the ability to work effectively with campaign leads to define and drive the process that will deliver their assets on time and to brief.
· 12+ years experience working in either an agency or corporate environment, including 3+ years experience leading creative teams, ideally working for or within pure digital brands. Additionally, working for/within online subscription business would be highly regarded.
· Experience working in a direct response media environment, more specifically, developing DR TV and print assets from concept to delivery.
· A track record for creative high performing email marketing assets that reflect 'best in breed' practices.
· Expertise with creative technologies including Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
· BS/BA, Masters or equivalent experience in design, advertising or a related field.
· Killer portfolio that demonstrates big thinking and results.
Ancestry.com is a profitable, growing company with a positive, high-energy environment. Together, our dedicated teams are harnessing the power of technology and using it to simplify the way people connect with their families and their unique legacies. Our work environment is fast-paced and challenging, but also extremely exciting. You'll work with a team of passionate, engaged individuals. We offer excellent benefits and a competitive compensation package. Please send your information to herbnj@gmail.com
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