Creative Director: Online/Digital

The Creative Director for Stremor Corp. will initially collaborate with the company founders and inventors as a hands-on Director of Product Design and should be experienced in creating new brand identities for Internet start-ups and highly-engaging user experiences on mobile devices and web pages. The Creative Director’s role is to ensure the successful execution of the design, user experience, and deployment of a new product platform representing a framework for digital content and sharing. This requires envisioning the specifications described in the company’s patents, product descriptions, and feature sets to lead the implementation of the all aspects of visual design, and user interface on web and mobile that comprise the company’s publication service product (Stremor).

Ideal candidates will be either VP-level leaders of teams developing stunning design solutions and user interfaces for organic systems with a high degree online content, or an existing Creative Director in a similar situation looking for a new and compelling challenge.

This position is on-site in our Phoenix, AZ offices. Relocation expenses and signing bonuses offered to highly-qualified individuals.

Apply online at Stremor.com

Responsibilities: Strategy & Planning

• In partnership with the company’s founders and CTO, identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company’s invention as a publication service for web, mobile, and future user platforms and oversee a small aggressive team of artists, designers, and copy writers.
• Participate as a member of the senior management team in establishing governance processes of direction and control to ensure that creative objectives are achieved, risks are managed appropriately and the organization’s resources are used responsibly to deploy the publication service product and supporting art, design, and copy staff.
• Collaborate with the appropriate departments to ensure the creative designs and user-facing technologies meets or exceeds the requirements of the content, technology, and marketing teams.

Responsibilities: Implementation & Deployment

• As a member of the senior management team, participate in the selection and review of potential candidates for key positions in the creative and technology departments, as well as identify appropriate short-term and long-term creative contractors.
• Define the company’s brand identity in all media, and ensure the product design supports the brand in all ways.
• Work in collaboration with the software development process, defining short-term objectives and assessing progress of required creative deliverables as defined by the selected software development methodology.
• Oversee deployment which will include managing employees developing user-facing technologies that support the UI/UX on all user platforms.

Position Requirements: Formal Education & Certification

• University degree in the field of fine arts or design, or demonstrate significant equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum six years hands-on experience designing user experiences for online and mobile delivery.

Position Requirements: Knowledge & Experience

• Demonstrated ability to envision design concepts that utilized next-generation technologies and services that meet user needs, solve business problems, and deploy a superior publication service product.
• Significant experience with Photoshop and all other tools necessary to conceive, develop, and deploy required elements for marketing materials and product design.
• Familiarity CSS, HTML, JavaScript, HTML5, Flash and AJAX technologies as they apply to advanced and compelling user experiences.
• Familiar with video production and editing for delivery via both HD and online streaming.
• Ability to direct experts in programming user interface code (CSS, HTML, JavaScript, HTML5, Flash and AJAX) to ensure the complete user experience vision is executed.
• Ability to direct copy writers, public relations firms, and advertising agencies to ensure brand messaging is properly consistent across all communications.
• Knowledge of performance metrics and audience measurement architectures for web and mobile content services.
• Experience with cloud-based deployment frameworks and high-demand infrastructure as it applies to the demands of deploying creative assets for web and mobile applications.
• Familiarity with asset management versioning systems to ensure the correct creative assets are deployed, which iterative design concepts are retained for future consideration.
• Ability to perform all job requirements within a fast-moving and nimble organization where serendipitous brain-storming may contribute to sudden or even significant alterations to the core deliverables of the publication service product.
• Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to convert abstract concepts into creative designs and deployable technologies.

Compensation and Incentives

• Compensation will be commensurate with experience and other attributes that contribute to the potential success of the company.
• Position is full-time on payroll.
• Incentives in the form of cash bonuses are offered for the completion of the publication service product on time to agreed specifications.

Apply online at Stremor.com