Creative Director, Revenue

Creative Director, Revenue

The Role :

This job function will serve as the Beauty, Style and Entertainment Revenue team's creative lead, overseeing design, art direction, and copywriting. This role sits within the company's custom content studio, Studio at People Inc., but oversees creative direction across all revenue-aligned touchpoints to drive client revenue and measurable campaign performance.

In addition, this role will define the visual and written strategy for go-to-market materials, including but not limited to GPs, tentpole materials, event collateral, strategic marketing opportunities, and more supporting PEOPLE, EW, Byrdie, InStyle and Brides. You will work with senior leadership in Marketing, Editorial and Production to define the creative and visual experience of our advertising products and opportunities, ultimately responsible for both artistic and operational leadership of a department of designers, art directors, developers and editors.

The Ideal Candidate :

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of graphic design and art direction experience producing multi-channel content at media company, and / or agency, as well as a knack for creative problem solving, top-notch people management skills, and an ability to work compatibly with a range of working styles. You must be able to seamlessly liaise between sales, tech, marketing, editorial, production, innovation and operations teams. The ideal leader possesses an exceptional portfolio, showcasing an expertise in fashion, luxury and beauty, demonstrating the ability to deliver visually striking and effective work across multiple mediums and touchpoints.

You must bring an expertise in content creation across photography, digital media, print media, written content, events and social, with the ability to manage multiple workflows, timelines and priorities with precision. The model candidate must be comfortable leading the creation of materials for clients and executive leadership, without losing sight of large scale priorities while leaving their ego at the door. You must relate well to all stakeholders and advertisers, building appropriate rapport and effective relationships, diffusing high-tension creative and strategic situations comfortably.

Hybrid 3x a week- (NYC)

In-office Expectations : This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.

II. Essential Job Functions

45% Creative and Strategic Leadership

• Direct, edit and approve art and copy across all revenue-aligned touchpoints, ensuring standards of quality are met and exceeded
• Establish and maintain creative project timelines and ensure deliverables and deadlines are met
• Innovate low cost, high impact visual offerings, including but not limited to collage, animation, illustration, photography and more
• Implement and manage organizational templates and matrixes for effective creative handoff from writers to designers, developers and ad operations
• Build and evolve processes relating to the creation and handoff of deliverables
• Problem solve between and within various internal teams, external vendors, and editorial counterparts
• Effectively communicate creative vision and direction to both internal teams and external partners

30% Creative Accountability and Output

25% People Management

III. Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements

Education : Bachelor's degree is preferred or equivalent training and / or experience.

Experience : Minimum of 8 years experience in media, fashion, beauty, entertainment, editorial, production or similar.

Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Travel Required : 20%