Creative Director

Hello Blue Hour

Blue Hour Studios is a social-first agency that makes brands magnetic through work that gets shared remixed and talked about. We create at the intersection of culture content creators and commerce to help brands turn distinct cultural relevance into demand.

Headquartered in New York and Los Angeles and backed by Horizon Media we connect creativity and media to drive real business impact.

Job Summary

The Creative teamis responsible forthe output of content we create for our brand partners. Combining creator/influencer practices and creative practices allows us to imprint community-driven creativity into every post partnershipcampaignor video we create.

The role of theCreative Directorwithin Blue Hour Studios is to power its creative competency from idea to execution. TheCreative Directoris an avant-garde leader and robust creative thinker. They will conceive and pitchoriginal brandedconceptsacross formats (social event partnerships community OOH and occasionally more legacy channels). They willpresent polished strategic creative in collaboration with their Creative team members andthewider Blue Hour team (Account Strategy Influencer). They will lead client workshopsbrainstormsand tissue sessions. They will ensure that Blue Hour Studios creative is premium and frontline andwill provide input acrossa wide variety ofcreative projectsand clients. This person will provide input onproductionsand designprojects andensure the premium quality of all creative output.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing junior members of the creative team

• Provides actionable constructive and palatable written and verbal feedback as necessary

• Keeps team up to date with new processes tools ideas and innovative executions

• Conducts performance reviews and manages expectations of their staff

• Sets expectations for growth potential for junior creatives

Who You Are

Yourehands on culturally switched on andinsatiablycurious.Yourea tastemakeran identifiableleader. You live on the bleeding edge ofrealworld and online culture and know how tobring others inonit.Yourepassionate about social media branded social content influencers/creatorsandtherein foropportunities for brands. You care about how the algorithms work and think deeply about what makesgood content.

You can express ideas throughpowerful conciseverbaland written storytelling paired withwell-curated visualsthat sell it.You know about the next hypedadvertising / social media marketing thing beforeit hits tradesand you know what makes a consumer headline that reallyhits onculture and gets people talking about a brand or a product.

You have a realistic understanding of culture outside the four walls ofadvertising andunderstand how toleveragemarket and industry research to inform netnew ideas.

Youvedone design workor more general art direction across mediums.You might have helped toproduce shootsor art direct on sets most likelyyoucame up withthe idea itself.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• 10years of experience in a creative role

• At least4 in a leadership role

• Portfolio featuring examplesfromprojects onTikTok Reels Xand/or YouTube Shorts for brands

• Exceptional storyteller mastery of presentation skills with the goal of selling exciting work

• Strong conceptual skills anddemonstratedpassion for social media

• Culture-first thinker who can extrapolate insights that drive creative work

• High design aesthetic and experienced in design thinking

• Strong observational skillscandistill complex creative nuances and explain them

• Experience managing designproductionand experiential teams to execute brand content and experiences (this includes on-set experience with and without clients on-site)

• Innate curiosity and compassion

• Fluency in presentation and slide design in Google SlidesPowerPointand Keynote

• Proficiencyin Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop Illustrator Premiere After Effects)

Certificates Licenses and Registrations

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Physical Activity and Work Environment

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