Temporary Creative Director

We're looking for talented, Experiential Experience Design Creative Directors with experience in the Museum and Cultural space to join Journey's immersive experience design team in NYC!

Summary 

As our Temporary Creative Director, you are experienced in your craft with great imagination and leadership qualities. Storytelling and good design skills are essential components of creating beautiful and engaging work. Working alongside the Project Director, interfacing with clients and production teams means interpreting and translating briefs into creative visions that fulfil our internal creative ambitions, meet our clients’ objectives and inspire audiences. 

Main Responsibilities 

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Developing creative treatments
• Developing Storyboards 
• Defining and resolving creative ideas before communicating to the production team to ensure efficiency of production resources 
• Ability to translate briefs into high-quality and achievable creative visions within the budget. 
• Ensuring that all the clients’ objectives are met or exceeded       
• Oversee the execution of the approved creative direction throughout the production process, and working with the production teams to bring this vision to life
• Jointly responsible (alongside the Producer) to ensure internal and external deadlines & reviews are met, attending all project reviews.
• Responsible for art directing film and still shoots, where necessary or working with an Art Director
• Attending client meetings and involved in client correspondence during production
• Provide ideas and brief references to our music provider  

Character Traits  

• Demonstrates intellectual and creative rigour, with a passion to develop in the role
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly to clients
• Flexible can-do attitude. Adapts well to changing priorities 
• Ability to have a positive impact on others and communicate openly and directly with individuals or groups at all levels
• Sets standards of behaviour and acts as a leader and role model 
• Takes decisions that have a substantial impact on the achievement of production and quality objectives 
• In-depth knowledge of technical and creative aspects of the work and the ability to reconcile these 
• Ability to understand conflicting viewpoints and resolve issues
• Ability to manage time effectively
• Confident and decisive, a problem solver
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively
• Strong attention to detail, high-quality standards
• Enthusiastic about learning and sharing with teammates 
• Help to foster an atmosphere in which creative innovation can take place

Qualification/ Experience 

[Required] 

• Demonstrable senior experience with a creative agency or production environment. 
• Previous experience of leading teams, both directly and indirectly.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative suite, with a focus on moving image, including editing
• Experience directing creative for experiential immersive experiences within the museum space 
• Adaptable to different creative approaches and styles.
• Experience with film and photography shoots. 
• Knowledge of standard software and workflows to achieve creative goals and express vision to the production team. 

[Desirable] 

• Familiarity with music museum/exhibition design
• Love and knowledge of Hip Hop

Outcomes 

• Creative overview of all projects in charge of ensuring that the S/O creativity is at the heart of every project and true to the ECDs vision
• Communicating the developing creative vision to the client and getting them on board with Squint/Opera’s preferred concept 
• Improved team skills, participating in regular creative team meeting
• Communicating the creative vision clearly to the production team 
• Accurate estimation of time required for projects  

Candidates must be eligible to work in the US without work authorization. Qualified candidates should submit their resume and portfolio with their application. Unfortunately, applications without portfolios will not be considered. 

**Salary Pay Range is the hourly pay rate.**