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Job ID: 14046973
 
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Job Title:Creative Director
Work Type:Work Days: Weekdays, Work Vary: No , Shift: First (Day), Hours Per Week: 40, Work Type: Regular
 
Salary Offered:Unspecified
Benefits:401(k) or other retirement, Dental Insurance, Health Insurance, Holidays, Sick Leave or PTO, Vacation or PTO, Vision Plan
 
Physical Required:Unspecified
Drug Testing Required:Unspecified
Education Required:
Experience Required:Unspecified
 
Required Skills:
Competencies and Skills

Outstanding leadership capabilities with the ability to inspire and motive
Highly collaborative individual to work cohesively across departments
Experience developing strategically grounded, brilliant creative
A consummate storyteller who can effectively develop and communicate a vision through design-driven proposals, pitch decks and client-facing presentations
Expertise in managing the creative development and production process across a variety of communication vehicles
Ability to support, understand, and enhance the strategy development process; able to fuse creativity with strong business acumen
Ability to synthesize and effectively communicate insights, ideas and recommendations and to clearly explain, sell-in and defend your work and your ideas with impeccable written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills
Comfortable with ambiguity and working in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, handling multiple projects with competing priorities
Experience with a variety of software including InDesign, 3D Max, Illustrator and Photoshop and (near-wizardry level) Keynote, Power point, etc.
A strong understanding of brand development, multichannel marketing concepts and the world of retail
Resourceful, adaptable, creative, results-oriented, with high energy and passion for great retail design
Flexibilityto travel between multiple PD locations (All in Minneapolis)
Demonstrated commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working environment
Preferred Skills:
 
Job Description:
OUR MISSION

PD Instore is a future-forward creator of brand solutions that enlightens, inspires, and transforms the consumers experience.

OUR VISION

We foster stronger personal connections
by creating environments that inspire people to realize what is possible.

OUR PURPOSE

We believe we can create opportunities
to enrich peoples lives by helping one another achieve something greater than what we thought was possible.

OUR VALUES

FAMILY We believe in the importance of creating lasting relationship where everyone is accepted and supported without judgement.
INNOVATION We believe that growth comes from embracing change; by introducing new ideas and fostering original and creative thinking.
EMPOWERMENT We believe in equipping our people with the best possible knowledge, tools and resources they need to be stronger, confident and self-determined.
COLLABORATION We believe in the power of working and evolving together, through an unwavering desire to support and partner with one another to succeed
Summary

The Creative Director will work to plan, direct, and deliver project-winning creative for clients and prospective clients, across a broad range of initiatives. As a thought leader and the definitive start and end point for groundbreaking, game-changing and project-winning creative, this person defines and directs the process, the people, and the work, from creative brief to sell-in.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Develop, package and present original creative solutions, leveraging full range of storytelling abilities to effectively sell-in ideas and solutions to our clients and prospective clients
Identify trends, insights and revenue-generating opportunities that benefit our clients and keep us ahead of the game.
Develop strategic, thoughtful and creative-led proposals and pitch-based presentations, on-brand case studies and the PD and client stories worth telling
Collaborate with account/sales and management teams to transform client briefs into strong creative to powerfully operate from; defining project objectives, set key win/performance metrics, and establish project approach
Spearhead ideation sessions and creative consultations with account teams to assure appropriate creative strategies, adequacy/accuracy of input, schedules, budgets, necessary reviews, and client presentations
Regularly review creative work as it is developed to ensure it is on brief and on track
Writing concept statements; brand positioning and copy for designs to explain POV and sell work in the simplest and most compelling way possible
Maintain a standard of creativity in reality, working collaboratively with Proto, Drafting/Engineering and Production to ensure we can build those ideas into reality
Provide leadership and convey the vision and values of the company to creative team while holding them to account
Work closely with leadership to identify/research new markets and generate strategic work to feed into new business strategy, generating regular insight & trend-based opportunities to elevate and connect brands w/consumers
Find unique, unexpected insights and results (as a direct result of our creative responses, solutions and innovations) worth sharing and develop as well-crafted stories
Fosters a culture that values family, innovation, collaboration and empowerment
Follows all safety and workplace policies

Education/Certification

Bachelor’s degree in a design field, preferably three-dimensional designer or a Bachelor’s degree in an advertising/marketing field
Experience

10-15 years of experience in a creative leadership position, preferably in project-based agency or world-class retail brand

Refer to ID Creative when applying