Associate Creative Director

Summary

Join Great Minds as an Associate Creative Director and lead a team of designers, collaborating with senior math leadership to shape the vision for new product initiatives. You will determine the look and feel of new products, oversee the work of independent creatives, and collaborate with marketing to ensure brand consistency. Responsibilities include defining the student and teacher experience, ensuring design consistency across products, and integrating ideas across different components. You will lead design reviews, manage team projects, and implement a design thinking process. This remote, full-time position requires 8+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent.

Requirements

• 8+ years designing products for a wide audience working in partnership with business unit leaders
• Strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite (primarily Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat)
• Understanding or awareness of Adobe Illustrator, InCopy, Powerpoint
• Experience in developing production design best practices
• Experience developing principles of design
• Ability to give and take criticism and feedback on design work
• Experience in developing new processes and collaborating with colleagues company-wide
• Excellent communication skills (speaking, listening, inquiry, exploration)
• Ability to create a team atmosphere in an entirely virtual environment
• A demonstrated (in portfolio) interest in design for students, teachers, or kids
• A demonstrated (in portfolio) interest in design relating to math
• A clear understanding of design thinking and how it differs from design-on-demand or a vendor-client design relationship
• Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Determine the look and feel of new products as part of the existing Great Minds product line
• Oversee the work of independent illustrators, photographers, writers, and designers
• Collaborate with the marketing team to ensure branding expectations are met and will be durable for various use-cases of the product
• Define the student and teacher experience with the program components
• Ensure that all designers are aware of the look and feel of all Great Minds Math products, as well as have familiarity with science and humanities products
• Look for opportunities to integrate ideas from one product into another (using art for more than one component, ensuring type styles and conventions build on each other)
• Have a strong understanding of the existing products and their content (or be interested to learn)
• Lead reviews of designs with senior leadership, gathering feedback and distilling it for the design team
• Evaluate and assign projects to team members according to their skillset and bandwidth
• Establish team goals, meeting structures, and team accountability processes
• Attend meetings to learn about upcoming and in-progress projects to assess how design can be an asset, learn about leadership objectives/constraints, and offer feedback
• Lead the Math Team in implementing a design thinking process in development of products

Benefits

• Remote work
• The expected base salary range for this position is $104,000-$117,000