McAfee · 8 hours ago
Creative Director
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$162K/yr - $265K/yr
10+ years expMcAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers, and they are seeking a dynamic and experienced Creative Director to lead their Brand Design and Creative Services team. This role will be critical in driving marketing efforts and redefining McAfee's brand for consumers through the development of creative campaigns and visual identity.
Consumer ElectronicsEnterprise SoftwareInformation TechnologyNetwork Security
Responsibilities
Own McAfee’s visual identity, partnering with Brand Marketing to translate our brand promise to consumers into a powerful core logo and overall design system
Ensure that our design framework and architecture is comprehensive and cohesive to enable activation across all touchpoints both consistently and uniquely based on the audience/platform
Develop award-winning creative campaigns for McAfee with internal teams and agency partners, bringing the brand to life in new and powerful ways to our consumers
Develop 360° upper funnel, mid funnel, and lower funnel video and digital marketing campaigns, considering stakeholder briefs and insights
Tailor team structure and strategy to an understanding of format and functional needs to drive the greatest impact across a variety of marketing channels and audiences, encompassing social, communications, email, campaign and partner needs
Build and nurture a team of diverse designers (graphic, production, motion, etc.) and video producers who can bring the brand and stakeholder vision and strategy to life
Act as a brand steward to ensure our design identity is properly understood and implemented across and outside of the organization- including existing and prospective employee branding, across our partner ecosystem, and throughout our communication channels
Demonstrate thought leadership and early adoption of AI and other efficiency tools to enable greater productivity and more agile and expansive testing and optimization
Balance a design led point of view with the flexibility to deliver against stakeholder needs that may require creative solutions
Prioritize design resourcing and initiatives based on impact to the business, consistently testing and revising as core organization prioritize shift
Qualification
Required
10+ years leading powerful creative campaigns and design teams
Deep experience in creative strategy, creative direction, concept development and execution across upper, mid and lower funnel campaigns
Ability to direct photography and video shoots, with prior onsite and post-production experience
Growth mindset eager to embrace new tools and platforms to enable a strategy vs. production-oriented team culture and operating mode
Experience managing creative agency partners and freelancers to ramp up and down based on seasonality and campaign cycles
Proven impact implementing design and AI tools to drive incremental value and impact
Ability to assess and communicate the impact of operational and structural improvements
Strong collaboration skills, able to work effectively across multiple teams and disciplines
Experience within scaled cross channel, global businesses
Preferred
Experience working on/with digital products and services a plus
Benefits
Bonus Program
401k Retirement Plan
Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Coverage
Paid Parental Leave
Support for Community Involvement
14 Paid Company Holidays
Unlimited Paid Time Off for Exempt Employees
96 Hours of Sick Time and 120 Hours of Vacation for Non-Exempt Employees Accrued Each Year
Company
McAfee
McAfee is an online security company that provides virus alerts and analysis on malware, network security threats, and web vulnerabilities.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2022-03-01Private Equity
2022-03-01Debt Financing
2021-11-08Acquired
Leadership Team
Craig Boundy
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Grobman
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
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