Creative Director

Thank you for your interest in becoming part of the team at Legrand!

GENERAL PURPOSE
The Creative Director is responsible for leading Legrands creative vision and ensuring brand consistency across all marketing channels. This role oversees the development of compelling innovative and on-brand creative assets that support business objectives and enhance customer engagement. The Creative Director will manage a team of designers writers and multimedia specialists while collaborating with cross-functional teams and external agencies.

DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILTIES
Lead Creative Strategy: Define and execute creative direction for integrated marketing campaigns product launches and brand initiatives ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Brand Stewardship: Partner with Central Marketing to maintain evolve and enforce Legrands visual identity and brand guidelines across all platforms internally and with external vendors.
Team Leadership & Development: Provide direct supervision coaching and career development for the internal creative team including writers graphic designers and multimedia designers. Foster a culture of collaboration innovation and continuous improvement through effective feedback and leadership.
Performance Management: Oversee all aspects of performance management including interviewing hiring onboarding training performance evaluations and employee recognition.
Project Oversight: Ensure the timely delivery of high-quality creative assets across digital print video and experiential marketing channels.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Marketing Sales Product Management Channel Marketing and Project Managers to align creative output with strategic goals project scope and timelines.
Vendor & Agency Management: Direct and manage external agencies and freelancers providing services such as photography image rendering motion graphics animation video production and writing.
Quality Assurance: Review and approve creative work to ensure accuracy consistency and adherence to brand standards and messaging.
Innovation & Best Practices: Stay current with design trends tools technologies and best practices. Apply innovative strategies throughout the creative processfrom concept and execution to final deliverablesto continuously elevate the quality of marketing materials.
Process Improvement: Initiate develop and support the implementation of processes and procedures that improve workflow efficiency and effectiveness.
Budget Accountability: Maintain accountability for accurate budgeting cost estimates and multiple bids related to creative and marketing spend.
Digital & Multi-Channel Strategy: Contribute to and support online strategies that drive successful multi-channel marketing campaigns.
Compliance & Ethics: Uphold compliance by maintaining confidentiality protecting company assets acting with integrity reporting non-compliance and adhering to all applicable federal state and local laws as well as company policies and procedures.
Safety: Promote workplace safety by proactively identifying preventing and reporting hazards or injuries and by participating in safety programs and initiatives.
Core Values: Demonstrate and model Legrands core values of Customer People Integrity Teamwork Continuous Learning & Improvement and Empowerment & Accountability.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required:
Strong understanding of marketing tools media methodologies and the creative workflow with hands-on experience using Adobe Creative Suite digital design tools marketing automation platforms project management systems and web analytics.
Deep knowledge of branding storytelling and integrated marketing with the ability to translate core business needs into strategic creative solutions that align with Legrands brand voice and differentiating principles.
Proven people leadership and interpersonal skills including the ability to lead mentor train motivate and effectively delegate within high-performing teams. Comfortable providing and receiving creative direction and constructive feedback.
Excellent written verbal non-verbal presentation and design communication skills with a high attention to detail and the ability to clearly and consistently articulate brand messaging.
Highly organized with strong project management planning and prioritization skills capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines and multiple approvals.
Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions and resolve issues using judgment consistent with company standards policies procedures and applicable laws and regulations.
Positive highly creative and technically savvy professional with a strong sense of accountability discretion and the ability to handle confidential information with integrity.
Preferred experience with marketing automation platforms and project management tools

Minimum Education and Experience Required:
Bachelors degree in graphic design marketing communications or related field with 8 years of related professional experience (graphic design communications brand management creative process/workflows) or a combination of relevant education and experience
Direct management/supervisory experience

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required (for the majority of the working day) to sit and make coordinated movements of the fingers for using a keyboard
General office environment
May require regular ground travel to other company facilities within local metropolitan area
Long-distance or air travel as needed not to exceed 20% travel

Note: Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Legrand is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. You will be considered for this position based upon your experience and education without regard to race color religion age sex national origin sexual orientation ancestry; marital disabled or veteran status. We are committed to creating and maintaining a workforce environment that is free from any form of discrimination or harassment.

If youd like to work in a fun creative business-casual environment that offers a comprehensive benefit package we encourage you to apply!

Legrand is an equal employment opportunity employer.

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