Aquent is hiring : Creative Director in Virginia Beach

Overview

Placement Type : Temporary

Salary :

$ 60.00 - $70.00 hourly

Start Date : 03.03.2025

We are seeking a talented Creative Director on a temporary engagement to lead the implementation of comprehensive brand strategies for four online public schools. This role will allow you to bring your hands-on creative expertise and project management skills to the forefront. Reporting to the Senior Director of Marketing, you will collaborate with internal and cross-functional teams to execute various branding initiatives. This is a 6-month engagement, fully remote

You will play a critical role in translating each school's unique identity into cohesive and impactful brand experiences while ensuring alignment with the overarching K12 brand and vision. You will be pivotal in bringing the school's new brand visions to life across digital, print, and multimedia platforms, ensuring a consistent and impactful presence for each school. Your ability to balance creativity and project oversight will empower families to connect with our schools and clearly see their unique value.

Responsibilities :

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.
• Provide strategic creative direction to ensure messaging and visual elements resonate with target audiences while maintaining coherence between the school brands and K12's brand identity.
• Manage project timelines, resources, and budgets to deliver high-quality results on time while maintaining a balance between school-specific needs and the K12 brand vision.
• Implement a cohesive brand experience for each school that highlights their unique identities while ensuring alignment with the overarching K12 brand.
• Integrate new logos, color palettes, style guides, and mascots into communications that reflect both the individual school's character and their connection to the K12 network.
• Oversee the redesign of each schools' website. Ensure the design and copy caters to the regional needs of each school while integrating seamlessly with K12's broader web presence and branding goals.
• Plan and execute photo and video shoots to capture content that authentically represents each school's unique story.
• Produce social proof materials, such as testimonials and success stories, that highlight each school's unique attributes.
• Update templated assets in Canva, such as social media graphics, print collateral, PowerPoint slides, video elements, and webinar materials.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure creative initiatives effectively bridge the identities of individual schools and K12's network-wide branding strategy.
• Act as a brand steward, ensuring that all creative outputs enhance both the distinctiveness of each school and their alignment with K12's overarching identity.
• This position will manage 2 creatives

Qualifications

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $ 60.00 - $70.00 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

Client Description

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium . More information on our awesome benefits !

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.