Creative Director Job at Micdee Designs Limited

Micdee Designs Limited strives to shape built environments that serve the dreams and needs of people today with considerations from the past and a focus on the future. Our approach is unique. We believe the most timeless, impactful designs come from an understanding rooted in the processes of our clients, their customers / market and the basic human condition. The creative process starts with collaborative engagements with the client and their teams. The information garnered serves as the springboard from which innovation is born. Our designs are shaped to ensure their needs and objectives are met and the resulting product is rooted in social, ecological and economic sustainability. Considerations are also made for cultural sustainability. It is important that whatever product is realised has a sense of place and context.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Creative Director

Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Job Objectives

• The Creative Director is to create, plan and deliver a strategic vision for internal and external clients. He/She will interpret business requirements and client briefs and translate them into elegant, creative solutions.
• The creative director must be exceptional at pitching creative concepts to clients and company stakeholders, as well as communicating ideas and creating concepts for other team members.
• The goal is to achieve the best possible outcome of our projects both visually and essentially to meet customer expectations and drive our sustainable growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Distill abstract business concepts and client needs into refined, elegant creative solutions.
• Take responsibility for the creative vision and the standard of output for all client projects and pitch ideas confidently.
• Ensure that all of the organization’s or client’s creative output/visuals are consistent with the overall brand.
• Lead multiple projects from conception to completion in accordance with deadlines.
• Assisting clients in resolving issues by responding to questions in a timely and professional manner.
• Shaping brand standards and creating procedures to ensure all design outcomes are brand appropriate.
• Report progress of projects at major stages of their conception, creation, and execution
• Revise content and presentations, approve/reject ideas, provide feedback to the team
• Work with the design team to produce new ideas for company/client branding, promotional campaigns, and marketing communications.
• Evaluating trends, assessing new data, and keeping up-to-date with the latest creative techniques.
• Have strong supervisory, people management, and leadership skills in order to lead and inspire, hire, develop, and oversee their creative team
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Competency Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Art, Graphic Design, Marketing, Communications, Journalism, and other relevant fields.
• Proven 4+ years of experience as a creative direction or in a similar creative role
• Hand-on experience in the creative process, marketing, graphic design and brand development
• Extensive supervisory experience (including leadership, team-building, and delegation) leading and managing a creative team.
• A solid grasp of design history, photography and the visual arts.
• Outstanding leadership and organization skills
• Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and determine a creative vision that matches client briefs.
• Excellent working knowledge of software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign etc.
• Exemplary interpersonal and analytical abilities

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@micdee-designs.com using the Job Position as the subject of the