ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR : The VIA Group, Inc. ("VIA") seeks a full-time
Associate Creative Director in Portland, ME, responsible for generating creative
concepts and strategies for advertising campaigns and executions, managing creative
teams, and ensuring the achievement of client objectives. More specifically, this position
is responsible for : Overseeing client projects, providing creative guidance and project
management; Collaborating with the creative team, including overseeing junior creative
team members and working closely with agency Executive Creative Directors to enact
their vision; Providing feedback to collaborators on current projects and productions,
including junior / senior creatives in the agency, other agency team members, client
internal teams and external vendors; Delegating projects to in-house designers and
overseeing deliverables such as storyboards, websites or product packaging;
Overseeing and delivering the presentation of final creative concepts to day-to-day and
senior clients; Ensuring all projects meet budgets, timelines, brand guidelines, and other
requirements including the agency's standard of creative excellence. The position also
involves working closely with clients and client organizations - from pitch and contract
engagement through to final execution - to manage goals, expectations, and outcome.
Position involves possible / occasional travel to client sites, including various / multiple
unanticipated locations throughout the U.S. and internationally, in order to visit and meet
with clients regarding advertising and marketing projects. Time spent traveling is
estimated to consume up to approximately 5-10% of work time per year.
Minimum requirements : Bachelor of Arts in Design, Fine Art, Advertising, or related
field involving visual design; and five (5) years of professional design experience
involving visual communication and / or visual media, including : Research and analytical
skills, project management, problem solving, client interactions and design presentations
to clients, and project cost estimation and budgeting; and at least one year of ad agency
experience involving visual design and creation of digital assets and visual media,
ensuring consistency of visual concepts with product / service branding and other
elements, advertising project management with team collaboration and the handling of
on multiple deadline projects simultaneously, and experience navigating multi-layered
networks of stakeholders and decision-makers within large client organizations. Please
note that this position is eligible for hybrid work in which employee may work remotely
one day per week but must reside within a reasonable daily commuting distance of the
Portland, ME office.