Creative Services Director

The Creative Services Director oversees and provides hands-on support to a creative team charged with the brand management of a market-leading local News multiplatform enterprise. The team creates Image and Topical promotional spots for web and broadcast, oversees local client short and long-form commercial production, and various contesting and community affairs projects.
Job Details:

• Championing Creativity: Lead and inspire our promotions team, nurturing their talents and igniting their creative sparks.
• HR Decision-Maker: You'll play a pivotal role in hiring, evaluating, promoting, and, when necessary, parting ways with team members to ensure we have the best talent on board.
• Strategic Architect: Develop and execute promotions strategies that give our station a competitive edge, all while managing and leading the team to create innovative and revenue-generating events.
• Talent Magnet: Attract and develop the brightest stars in the promotions universe to fortify your team.
• Budget Virtuoso: Prepare budgets and manage expenditures, ensuring we stay on financial track.
• Customer Whisperer: Be the go-to person for resolving customer complaints related to production/promotion.
• Performance Maestro: Plan and oversee staffing, training, and performance evaluations.
• Event Extraordinaire: Craft, execute, and monitor revenue-generating marketing and promotional events on and off-site.
• Team Synergy: Collaborate with all departments.
• Plus More: And of course, there's always room for other exciting duties that come your way!

• Educational Prowess: A Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Advertising, Mass Communications, or a related field, or a blend of education and relevant work experience that gets the job done.
• Language Mastery: A firm command of the English language, both spoken and written.
• Promotions Passion: A minimum of five years' experience in the world of media promotions.
• Road-Ready: A valid driver's license with a commendable driving history.
• Leadership skills: Proven expertise in guiding, motivating, and setting performance standards for your team, along with a knack for defining and achieving long-range objectives.
• Coaching Wizardry: An ability to identify the developmental needs of your team and support them in improving their skills and knowledge.
• Tech Savvy: Enough proficiency/experience to oversee and/or use Wide Orbit traffic, ENPS Newsroom, Filezilla, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Suite, Ross Xpression, Bitcentral Core Media, Newsticker Prime and Axis Maps (others too).
• Qualified to provide hands on support of several, if not all of the various areas of expertise (writing, line and field producing, graphics, editing, shooting, still photography, directing, and other production related tech skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment that requires calm and steady leadership.
• Administrative skills including budget development and adherence, interdepartmental written communication, approving and generating purchase orders, media buying and trade.