[Hiring] Creative Director @Pace Communications

Role Description

The Creative Director (Art) is a senior leader responsible for owning the visual direction of content campaigns and programs. This role centers on creative leadership, big ideas, and ideally, financial industry experience.

• Serve as the visual creative leader for a financial brand, with a strong understanding of regulatory considerations, risk sensitivity, and the importance of trust-based storytelling.
• Provide the creative vision and direction for the execution and production of creative work across all platforms and channels – digital, social, video, including mobile, and print.
• Translate complex financial, economic, and regulatory topics into clear, compelling, and authoritative visual storytelling.
• Partner with functional peers including editorial, account, strategy & analytics, and project management.
• Ensure creative integrity and excellence in every asset produced.
• Manage assigned program from the visual perspective – the vision, the direction, and the day-to-day production.
• Manage the creative team and delegate work appropriately without micromanaging execution.
• Mentor and develop the creative team, their skills, and their career paths.
• Manage and direct video/photo shoots, from pre-production through post-production.
• Establish and reinforce creative best practices, workflows, and ways of working.
• Ensure consistency, quality, and clarity across all outputs while allowing flexibility for different audiences and channels.
• Collaborate and share ideas/best practices with Creative Directors across the organization.
• Serve as a senior creative and content authority in client engagements.
• Confidently present creative concepts and strategies to executive audiences.
• Lead conversations that shape direction, manage feedback, and drive alignment across stakeholders.
• Stay current on trends in creative, storytelling, and audience behavior to continually evolve approach and thinking.

Qualifications

• BFA in Graphic Design or related degree.
• 10+ years in a design-related field; 5+ years’ experience in managing a team preferred, as well as agency experience.

Requirements

• Collaborative; ability to bring teams together.
• Able to model strong leadership skills.
• Able to identify and develop talent.
• Conceptual thinking as well as hands-on content creation.
• Experience leading a creative team is a must.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Able to identify opportunities for upselling and growing a business creatively.
• Experience working across all platforms and channels – print, digital (mobile-first), and social.
• Proficient in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, PowerPoint, and Figma.

Benefits

• The salary for this position will range from $130,000-$180,000 ($150,000-$200,000 in NYC and other major metros) depending on experience, education, geographical location, and other factors.
• A full suite of benefits is available following one full month of employment including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with profit sharing, and other ancillary benefits.
• PTO: Vacation, Recharge, Safe & Sick Time, Flexible Holidays + 10 standard paid holidays and a paid Day of Service.
• Free financial wellness and planning and a robust EAP.