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Creative Director

Singapore

Creative Director

OceanX

About OceanX:

OceanX is a mission to explore the ocean and to bring it back to the world through captivating media. Uniting leading media, science, and philanthropy partners, OceanX utilizes next-gen technology, cutting edge science, compelling storytelling, and immersive experiences to educate, inspire, and connect the world with the ocean and build a global community deeply engaged with understanding, and protecting our oceans. OceanX is an initiative of Dalio Philanthropies, which furthers the diverse philanthropic interests of Dalio family members.  For more information, visit www.oceanx.org and follow OceanX on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,  and LinkedIn. 

Position Summary:​​

The OceanX Marketing and Communications team is hiring a Creative Director to oversee all aspects of the organization’s brand identity, including strategic planning and creative content. Reporting to the Vice President of Marketing & Communication, the CD builds internal and external brand standards, ensuring strategic and high-quality audience experiences in various digital and physical environments and successfully bringing to fruition the systems needed to help build key audiences over time.  

Directly sourcing and supervising a team of creative consultants and working across multiple stakeholders, the CD will serve as the organization's senior creative leader and drive the organization's visual output across all platforms, including print, digital, social, interior spaces, and multimedia.   

A competitive candidate will have a deep understanding of brand strategy, contemporary visual culture, and a drive to do mission-aligned work. In addition, they will possess strong leadership and strategic communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and an interest in contributing to the growth and needs of a growing, high-performing team marketing and communication team. They will nimbly direct and translate abstract ideas into world-class campaigns, stories, and digital experiences. 

 Position Location:

​​This position will be based in Singapore and will require flexible working hours (for meetings with stakeholders in the United States).​ 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • ​​Work with the VP of Marketing & Communication and senior colleagues to formulate brand and creative strategies and to improve brand consistency across platforms.
  • Manage, motivate, inspire a group of creatives, communications colleagues, and freelancers with diverse backgrounds. 
  • Set priorities and oversees the execution and development of creative assets supporting various teams and programming. Strong art direction skills and the ability to translate organizational goals into concrete projects and products.
  • Ensure timely and seamless execution of cross-functional projects; design flexible and iterative frameworks to foster collaboration, leading creative work both within the marketing and communications function and other organizational departments.
  • Demonstrate deep experience developing digital-first brands and content; ability to support ongoing growth and development of flagship digital properties and conceive and execute new digital products as appropriate. Explain complex cultural, digital, and industry trends that may affect how OceanX’s communication work is perceived by executive leadership.  
  • Hire and manage key relationships and deliverables with creative and production vendors and freelancers. 
  • Contribute to the development, planning, implementation of creative team budgets, ensuring creative resources are effectively leveraged; Support tracking and reporting of web, brand, and campaign-related metrics and benchmarks, including potentially supporting brand health benchmarking efforts.
  • Demonstrate interest in and deep knowledge of contemporary design practice and a passion for the design industry, with an outstanding print, digital, and environmental portfolio.
  • Work with internal stakeholders and partner organizations to develop smart strategies, goals, and content for creative communication.
  • Work directly with the co-CEOs and department leads on events and public engagements in which they are involved and profiled.

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Qualifications:

  • ​​Professional Experience:​ 
    • Bachelor's degree in design or related field, plus 10+ years of experience in design, agency, or in-house environment, or equivalent combination of experience and education
      • Ideal candidates would have Director or Manager roles in the past given scope of responsibility
    • Demonstrated interest in brand strategy and design in a mission-driven context
    • A minimum of five years of successfully managing or leading self-directed creative teams
    • Experience managing projects, consultancies, and budgets across multiple stakeholders with multiple deadlines
    • A track record of making sound judgments about competing priorities and managing time and resources well
    • Ability to provide strategic counsel to colleagues and senior leaders
    • Strong working knowledge of user-centered design, brand development, and creative processes
    • Ability to quickly cultivate strong relationships internal and external to the organization
    • Excellent oral and written presentation skills
    • Strong project management ability, coordinating creative project completion with a well-prioritized approach that ensure deadlines are met
    • Reliable, trustworthy, and operates consistently with the utmost integrity. Can foster commitment, trust, and teamwork within the department and division
    • Proficiency in all appropriate creative software (full suite of Adobe Creative Cloud), competency working in Microsoft Office Suite and G Suite products
    • Knowledge of video editing or animation software is a plus 
    • Knowledge and experience in producing ADA-compliant designs is a plus
  • Personal Attributes:
    • Highly independent, self-starter
    • Ability to think strategically and conceptually  
    • Comfortable with ambiguity, and the ability to shape partnerships in a variety of ways, navigating that ambiguity
    • Machine-like approach to design and planning
    • Determined, resourceful and practical
    • Strong work ethic  
    • Low ego and team-player
    • Maintains high standards and is results oriented
    • Operates with high level of discretion and ethics 


Compensation and Benefits:

Compensation for the role includes a competitive salary, and an excellent benefits package, including a comprehensive employer paid medical plan and CPF.

Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

 

At OceanX, we believe our biggest asset is our people. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. OceanX treats all candidates and employees with respect and does not discriminate in our recruiting, hiring, and promoting processes and general treatment during employment, including on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

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