Job Details

Job Title: Creative Director/Strategist

Reports to: The role will report to the Head of Partnerships & Engagement, and work closely with the Director of Influence & Engagement. Aligning to program-level strategy and the steer of the leadership team, they will own the overall creative direction and strategy for feature engagement streams, editorial content, and product marketing of Marcel and its client offerings.

They will work collaboratively with the creative team, producers, and marketing leads to identify business opportunities, create solutions, and ensure our team delivers consistent and strategic projects and work.

This person should be a creative thinker who can shift from strategy and ideation to creative execution as needed—to bring compelling stories to life and manage full-scale campaigns along multiple touchpoints. They should be a Creative Director who can also do strategy (must have experience in the creative craft).

• Provide creative direction for all content and marketing materials, including graphics, videos, and written copy, ensuring consistency and innovation
• Mentor and encourage creative team members to foster a collaborative and creative work environment

Must-have qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Creative Director or in a similar creative leadership role
• Experienced career path in the creative path (copy, design, etc.) with the ability to also manage strategy
• Strong portfolio showcasing creative campaigns, content, and strategies
• Ability to interpret data and metrics to glean learnings and drive updates, processes, and optimizations to feature and content
• Be a self-starter who can work well independently with minimal direction
• Have strong communication and transparency/collaboration skills
• Be organized, detail-oriented, deadline-driven, and able to prioritize multiple tasks
• Have experience taking projects from concept through activation from a creative and strategic stand point
• Collaborate with our creative teams to ensure the work is resonant and effective

Good-to-have skills:

• Previous experience working on a platform/start-up environment
• Experience working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, team environment
• Willing to learn and grow by partnering with others
• Ability to work in the unknown and collaborate efficiently
• Solution-oriented; self-starter who doesn’t need hand holding
• Can see and understand the big picture

Attributes/behaviours:

• Logical thinking and problem-solving skills as well as a high level of creativity
• Ability to respond quickly to changing priorities
• Take ownership and pride in delivering excellent work products through each step of the process
• Demonstrate admiration, respect, and trust for team members and acknowledges their contribution to the overall work

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit for extended periods of time; perform data entry for a majority of their shift; make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or utilize computer equipment/documents; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The person hired for this role can also expect to talk on the phone regularly while performing data entry. Must have the ability to multi-task and work in a deadline driven environment which may be fast paced at times. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus and ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Travel: None

Other Duties:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

About SPS:

SPS is an award-winning employer of choice offering innovative Enterprise Workplace Solutions and Technology Business Solutions to our clients throughout North America including many Fortune 500 companies. A career with SPS includes a robust onboarding and training program to help you unlock your career path possibilities.

In North America, our services include office services such as reception/lobby concierge, mail center, and conference room management in addition to document processing services utilizing leading edge technologies. Our clients today are companies in sectors such as banking, legal, insurance, technology, higher education, advertising, and other professional services, including many Fortune 500 companies.

At SPS we embrace the uniqueness of our employees and are committed to the fair and equal treatment of all people, applicants, and employees by promoting a culture of access, inclusion, equity, and diversity. SPS provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, age, disability, genetics, military status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation and/or any other status protected by law.

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