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Manager, IT Systems Administration

RR Donnelley

Manager, IT Systems Administration

Mooresville, NC
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    RRD IS NOW HIRING FOR AN ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR IN MOORESVILLE, NC!

    RR Donnelley is a Fortune 500 company, founded in 1864 with over 10,000 employees worldwide. With clients ranging from retail, hospitality, and beyond. Ours is a culture of respect, diversity, partnership, and results. We believe in supporting clients to the best of our ability and creating onsite teams that support one another while working together towards one common goal. 

     

    POSITION SUMMARY

    This position will lead a team of graphic designers/art directors that will be responsible for developing compelling creative concepts that meet the marketing and business objectives of the organization and that advance our clients brand strategy in a consistent way. You will be a persuasive presenter and possess the ability to recommend preferred creative concepts to executive client management, gaining alignment to direction while acting upon useful feedback.

    The ACD will manage multiple projects from concept through completion within tight timeframes, with the promise to deliver on time and to a high level of quality. ACD must constantly strive to elevate the look of the client’s brand(s) while embracing the opportunity to listen and learn from client leadership and agency leadership.

    Previous staff management experience is a plus but not a must. In this role, you will provide strong leadership, management, and mentoring to the creative team as well as to vendors and client partners.

    With this opportunity, we are looking for a leader who can not only perform creative tasks, but that can also recommend and implement process improvements that streamline the development of creative materials, from creative brief to deployment.

     

    Responsibilities: Creative Direction

    • Ability to lead creative teams & collaborate with varying internal and external clients
    • Possesses a strong developing portfolio of imaginative work
    • Retail, agency or in-house corporate design experience preferred

     

    Client Relationships

    • Experience in partnering with clients to deliver presentations and participate in meetings (lead and listen)
    • Viewed as a trusted advisor; partners with clients in a positive, professional and constructive manner
    • Excellent interpersonal skills and the proven ability to build and maintain strong and effective customer and internal relationships

     

    Communication

    • An energetic and passionate presenter
    • Creates a logical structure, clear storyline, and conclusion in all presentation materials
    • Strong listening skills to digest and process and guide strategy and problem resolution
    • Experience presenting/pitching concepts to internal clients and external customers
    • Organizational skills, adaptability and composure under fire are equally important

     

    RRD IS AN EEO/AA INCLUDING VETS AND DISABLED EMPLOYER

    Required Skills

    REQUIRED: YOU WILL HAVE A DEGREE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE, 5 - 7 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN AN ART DIRECTOR/GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ACD OR SIMILAR ROLE.

    • You must possess excellent design and creative skills, and be a creative thinker with excellent client-facing skills.
    • Advanced knowledge on Macintosh platform (OSX) and industry standard applications: Adobe, InDesign, Illustrator, MS Office and Photoshop. Must be highly proficient in CS3 Design software and other applicable programs.
    • A deep understanding of photography and specifically art direction, on set participation, partnering with production staff and external studios to direct and guide a shoot from conception, presentation to execution and direction of post production outputs.
    • A bonus if you have agency or in-house experience in a retail or e-tail and highly transactional environment. Experience with packaging creative design and direction a plus, and experience with creating content for both print and web a must.

    _PREFERRED: _Previous staff management experience is a plus but not a must. In this role, you will provide strong leadership, management, and mentoring to the creative team as well as to vendors and client partners.

    Required Experience

  • Qualifications

    REQUIRED: YOU WILL HAVE A DEGREE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE, 5 - 7 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN AN ART DIRECTOR/GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ACD OR SIMILAR ROLE.

    • You must possess excellent design and creative skills, and be a creative thinker with excellent client-facing skills.
    • Advanced knowledge on Macintosh platform (OSX) and industry standard applications: Adobe, InDesign, Illustrator, MS Office and Photoshop. Must be highly proficient in CS3 Design software and other applicable programs.
    • A deep understanding of photography and specifically art direction, on set participation, partnering with production staff and external studios to direct and guide a shoot from conception, presentation to execution and direction of post production outputs.
    • A bonus if you have agency or in-house experience in a retail or e-tail and highly transactional environment. Experience with packaging creative design and direction a plus, and experience with creating content for both print and web a must.

    _PREFERRED: _Previous staff management experience is a plus but not a must. In this role, you will provide strong leadership, management, and mentoring to the creative team as well as to vendors and client partners.

  • Industry
    Manufacturing