This role uses its extensive background to direct the vision of the project across a creative team to produce content incorporating innovative design along with targeted messaging. This role is a hands-on professional with the ability to apply his/her knowledge of the client’s market, organizational goals and strategies to execute on story and/or design through appropriate technology.
Williams Lea is hiring for a Hybrid Creative Director for our Columbus, OH office to work Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm.
Schedule: Hybrid (2 days onsite, 3 days remote per week)
Pay: $100k - 103k.
Benefits:
Various health insurance options & wellness plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug)
401k Retirement Savings Plan Including Employer Match
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Life Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Short-term & Long-term Disability
Healthcare & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Domestic Partner Coverage
Commuter Benefits
Legal Assistance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Company Provided Parking
Additional Employee Perks and Discounts
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field. A combination of education and/or work experience may be substituted
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience
- Proven mastery driving creative direction by orchestrating creative vision across proper technologies and team members
- Demonstrated experience in project management or ability to identify, organize and self-direct across overlapping tasks
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with others
- Conceptual thinker who can brainstorm to define creative vision, solve problems and identify priorities for execution against strict creative, quality and brand standards
- Excellent communicator at all levels of an organization
- Excellent attention to detail in deadline driven, pressured environment
- Demonstrated success working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
- Able to inspire and motivate peers and team members to achieve results
- Hardware and Software expertise (MS Office, Adobe CS)
SUPERVISION
- Three Designers
JOB RELATIONSHIPS
- Internal: This position works closely with designers, Art Directors, Copywriters, Account and/or Studio Managers, Account Executives
- External: Clients, Agency Creative teams and Directors
JOB DUTIES
(* denotes an “essential function”)
- * Articulates aesthetic requisites by translating client ideas across appropriate teams toward a successful product
- * Creatively and technically manages full lifecycle of in scope projects across appropriate studio or creative team members to successfully meet client needs
- * Partners with the client throughout the lifecycle of each project to ensure an end-result that meets brand integrity and marketing objectives
- * Leverages advanced, specialized experience in creative design (technical and market knowledge) to review work for final quality control and brand adherence, ensuring the client’s creative vision has been appropriately translated to the end product.
- Contributes to client relationship by being keenly aware of client’s business objectives
- Solves problems through proactive involvement with the client against project goals
- Ensures service that maintains and develops client relationships
- Creates best practices through experience, documentation and knowledge sharing
- Maintains a forward thinking approach to industry trends that may impact client needs
- Recommends the commitment of financial and other resources as related to business objectives in line with budgets.
- Mentors colleagues as appropriate
WORKING CONDITIONS
Office environment
Who we are: In a rapidly changing world, the ability to innovate and break new ground drives progress. Williams Lea has harnessed this ability for more than 200 years.
Our 5,200+ talented employees worldwide are experts in delivering efficient business processes in complex and highly regulated environments.
We’re always progressing. Connecting technology with expertise and strong processes to transform support services. As we enter our third century, we continue helping businesses thrive in a future driven by digitization and virtualization.
It is the policy of Williams Lea to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity of expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.
Williams Lea is a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing.
Top Skills
What We Do
Williams Lea is the global provider of tech-enabled skilled business-critical support services to financial, legal and professional services firms, connecting people, processes and technology to streamline key business and administrative functions and helping companies adapt to a more virtual and digital workplace.
Built on a strong heritage, great client relationships and a talented team, Williams Lea is the trusted global outsourcing provider to clients in highly regulated environments.
Williams Lea serves clients in 20 countries across four continents and has 7,000 employees worldwide. Williams Lea is backed by Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors.






