Benevity
SaaS
CreativeDirector
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“Creative Director at Benevity. Skills: brand design strategy, visual identity leadership, creative execution, operational leadership, mentorship, team and agency management. Develop and implement a comprehensive brand design strategy. Lead the evolution of Benevity’s visual identity system”
What You'll Achieve.
improve brand equity and visual consistency across all touchpoints; drive social impact; elevate our profile as a category leader and the world's enterprise impact platform; ensure the right work gets done at the right time; ensure appropriate input and creative briefs that lend themselves to a unified brand experience across the entire customer and employee journey; deliver a high-performing, on-brand web experience; drive improvements in performance, accessibility, and creative consistency; ensure timely project execution that meets Benevity’s high standards for quality brand alignment; empowering internal teams to create on-brand content efficiently
Industry & Context.
translate product and social impact data into emotional, thumb-stopping creative concepts; resolve conflicts among stakeholders; understand the business intent behind requests and can translate that to your team
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience in brand design, at least 3 years of creative leadership experience with B2B brands, Expert-level proficiency in traditional, video and evolving digital design tools, A challenger mentality, a "can-do" attitude with the flexibility to adapt to evolving priorities in a fast-paced environment, You are as comfortable in a project management tool, like Asana, as you are in a design tool, tracking deliverables, managing timelines, and protecting the team's capacity
Nice to Have
experience with SaaS brands a plus
What You'll Do.
Develop and implement a comprehensive brand design strategy
Lead the evolution of Benevity’s visual identity system
Lead day to day execution and output of creative team
Brainstorming for major marketing programs
Develop a creative base for “big Ideas”
design and produce high-quality creative assets
Own the creative team's intake process
project prioritization
and capacity planning
Build and maintain systems that give the team clarity on priorities
Provide creative direction and mentorship to the design team
Oversee budget and external creative agencies and vendors
Evolve and maintain our brand design system and guidelines
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with Product, Marketing, Sales and People teams; Work with and influence stakeholders at all levels, including executives; Partner with the Digital Marketing team; Manage internal team resources; Oversee external creative agencies and vendors
Communication Scope
Excellent verbal and visual storytelling skills; ability to articulate design decisions and their impact on business goals; interpersonal and listening skills; ability to negotiate priorities and resolve conflicts among stakeholders; understand not just what people say, but the business intent behind their requests and can translate that to your team
Process & Methodology
project prioritization, capacity planning, managing timelines, tracking deliverables, building and maintaining systems for clarity on priorities, deadlines, and bandwidth
Full Job Description
Meet Benevity Benevity is the way the world does good, providing companies (and their employees) with technology to take social action on the issues they care about. Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups and micro-actions, we help most of the Fortune 100 brands build better cultures and use their power for good. We’re also one of the first B Corporations in Canada, meaning we’re as committed to purpose as we are to profits. We have people working all over the world, including Canada, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and more! High-Level Overview Are you a visionary creative ready to help shape the visual identity of a global brand? As our Creative Director, you will be the guardian of the Benevity brand, responsible for defining and evolving our brand’s visual and digital language to inspire action and drive social impact. You are equally at home concepting a campaign as you are building a project plan — a rare blend of creative and operational leader who thrives on both the big idea and the details that bring it to life. You will work at the intersection of strategy and execution, leading high-stakes creative projects and mentoring designers to elevate our profile as a category leader and the world's enterprise impact platform. This role is ideal for a leader who "grew up digital” and knows how to run a tight creative operation. Managing the processes, contributing to the work and mentoring designers to push their craft, leading high-stakes creative projects, and evolving our brand’s visual language to inspire action and drive global social impact. If you’re ready to take your creative career to the next level, we would love to hear from you! What you'll do Creative Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive brand design strategy aligned with Benevity's business objectives to improve brand equity and visual consistency across all touchpoints. Visual Identity Leadership: Lead the evolution of Benevity’s vis
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