Creative Director

Single managing director to oversee creative staff and ensure commercial-quality artwork layout design photography and video across Senior Military Engagement Program (SMEP) publications; maintain branding consistency and industry standards while supporting government editorial intent.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of commercial artists graphic/web designers photo editors videographers and creative staff.
• Establish and enforce brand standards style guides and creative workflows for all publication products and dissemination channels.
• Approve final artwork layouts multimedia assets and production-ready files; ensure technical and quality compliance.
• Coordinate with Editor in Chief program leadership and government stakeholders to align creative output with editorial intent and policy constraints.
• Manage creative schedules resource allocation contractor performance and quality assurance processes.
• Oversee image/video sourcing licensing and security-compliant handling of media assets.
• Support foreign-language production workflows as required; coordinate with language SMEs and translation teams.
• Provide metrics and executive-level briefings on creative production quality and brand compliance.

Required Qualifications

• Education and years of experience: Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.
• Clearance: TS with eligibility for SCI at proposal submission and ability to maintain SCI access.
• Experience: Minimum 7 years experience directly managing commercial artists graphic designers web designers photo editors and creative staff for professional publications (print/online) under senior management guidelines.
• Skills: Strong creative leadership art direction branding production processes multimedia workflow management and quality control.

Desired Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years experience with foreign-language publication workflows (translations to/from English).
• Prior DoD/SMEP or government publication experience preferred.
• Experience managing creative teams in classified or security-constrained environments.

This is a Proposal requisition.

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