We're looking for a highly creative well-rounded individual who can provide digital video content, generate great ideas and follow them through to completion.

Skills:

• You must possess strong visual storytelling skills and highly developed senses of color, composition, and graphic design, as well as a keen understanding of current design and style trends.
• You must have the ability to inspire and collaborate with a team of producers, creative editors, graphic artists, and clients in the development of content that is engaging, entertaining, on message, and on-brand. Extensive brand and broadcast experience that includes fortune 500 companies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work strategically with VPP’s director and Forge creative leadership to ensure work is delivered with the highest levels of creativity and production value, and that it meets or exceeds industry standards.
• Act as creative lead for all projects, partnering with clients, producers, film crews, editors, graphic artists, and sound designers to achieve the finished product.
• Provide creative targets for all team members on a project.
• Work with clients to develop strategies and generate new ideas around these strategies.
• Develop and pitch creative concepts to franchise teams and other departments to proactively fulfill needs for content.
• Assist in creative problem-solving at the initial request stage, offering creative ways to accomplish the requestor’s needs within their project constraints and budgets.
• Write creative briefs, outlines, scripts, and interview questions.
• Guide and direct film, video, and photo shoots, and conduct filmed interviews.
• Work with and guide editors during projects, provide creative direction, and participate in client reviews.
• Be a “hands-on” creative director with full knowledge of Adobe Master Suite.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Design, Film, Media, Communications, related field or equivalent work experience
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience as Creative Director or Associate Creative Director at a game company, advertising agency, or branded content production company
• Demonstrated history of high-quality, high-impact video content creation for online audiences
• Deep understanding of established and emerging trends in content consumption and audience habits
• Exemplary organizational skills and the ability to direct multiple projects under tight deadlines
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• A passion for, movies, graphic novels, fantasy, science fiction, as well as other genres
• Professional experience as a Creative Art / Design / Illustrator