Creative Manager - Located in New York in Washington, District of Columbia at The Watergate Hotel

New York City, NY

Strategic Intent

This position is responsible designing a wide variety of things across digital and offline media. This role will be required to work closely with SVP and Director of Marketing and Communications, to determine and execute strategy in each department and to make sure they fully support all initiatives related to these areas.

Organizational Structure

REPORTS TO: Head of Marketing and Communications

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning concepts by studying relevant information and materials.
• Illustrating concepts by designing examples of art arrangement, size, type size and style and submitting them for approval.
• Preparing finished art by operating necessary equipment and software.
• Coordinating with outside agencies, art services, web designer, marketing, printers, and colleagues as necessary.
• Contributing to team efforts by accomplishing tasks as needed.
• Communicating with clients about layout and design.
• Creating a wide range of graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and websites with software such as photoshop.
• Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements when necessary.
• Ensure full compliance with departmental Internal Controls, policies, procedures and regulations.

• Perform other job related duties as assigned.

Experience and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field.
• Experience as a graphic designer or in related field.
• Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio.
• Proficiency with required desktop publishing tools, including Photoshop, InDesign Quark, and Illustrator.
• A strong eye for visual composition.
• Effective time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Understanding of marketing, production, website design, corporate identity, product packaging, advertisements, and multimedia design.
• Experience with computer-aided design.
• Excellent consulting, writing, editing (photo/video/text), presentation and communication skills
• Adequate knowledge of web design, web development, CRO and SEO
• Positive attitude, detail and customer oriented with good multitasking and organizational ability
• Fluency in English

Each of the items listed is considered an essential function of the position. However, the duties, responsibilities and requirements presented in this job description are intended to be broad based and high level and should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all roles or responsibilities for the position. The Company reserves the right to alter the duties and responsibilities of the position.