Senior Creative Director

Description

Overview (Why This Role)

Do you live and breathe video storytelling with a platform-first mindset HearstMade is looking for a visionary Senior Creative Director to elevate our video content to new heights. This is your opportunity to lead cross-functional creative across branded content campaigns that break through the scroll inspire action and drive measurable results.

About Hearst Magazines (Why Us)

Hearst Magazines portfolio of more than 30 iconic brands in the Cosmopolitan ELLE Esquire Good Housekeeping Harpers BAZAAR and Popular Mechanics inspires entertains and builds new and bold experiences for an engaged and growing audience across digital video social and print reaching nearly 130 million readers and site visitors each month. With sophisticated content creation cutting-edge technology and industry-leading data capabilities we make media and products that move people across all platforms. We are a global media company that publishes nearly 200 magazine editions and 175 websites around the worldand together we are shaping whats next.

Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)

• Translate briefs into compelling platform-native concepts with clear messaging and scroll-stopping hooks
• Build creative frameworks including treatments narrative beats and deliverables maps across multiple platforms
• Define and communicate the visual and editorial approach including look and feel graphics systems audio and motion design
• Plan storytelling tailored for specific platforms (Meta TikTok YouTube Snapchat Pinterest X) both organic and paid
• Direct select shoots ensuring a cohesive throughline from pre-production through post
• Lead creative alignment across directors producers and post teams to ensure clarity and consistency
• Guide editorial structure pacing and motion design in post-production with clear efficient feedback
• Scale content efficiently creating optimized versions by channel and objective without diluting creative integrity
• Leverage emerging technology including AI tools to enhance speed and craft
• Maintain quality control across specs file hygiene exports and timely delivery
• Partner with strategy and analytics to test learn and integrate insights into future creative
• Systematize creative processes with documented templates libraries and style guides

Qualifications (What Were Looking For)

What We Offer

The base salary for this role is between $149000 - $168000. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors such as : transferable skills work experience business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Hearst is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Marketing,Logo Design,Trello,Adobe Creative Suite,Martech,Adobe Photoshop,Social Media Management,Adobe Illustrator,Copywriting,Customer relationship management,Experience Design,Adobe Indesign

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 149000 - 168000