Hybrid Creative Director

at Warner Bros. Discovery

• Job title: Creative Director
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $136,988 - $254,406 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Culver City, United States

About the role

• Creative Director executing innovative video campaigns across platforms at Warner Bros. Discovery. Collaborating with teams and managing multiple campaign budgets for original programming.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and creative direction on multiple AV marketing campaigns at a time, assuring these campaigns are on strategy, on brand, and are executed at the highest level.
• Act as the strategic lead for creative conceptualizing, development and execution of launch and continuity.
• Partner and collaborate closely with marketing colleagues and cross-functional peers to ensure projects meet goals and achieve desired results.
• Push the creative boundaries of traditional promotion and establish new creative standards.
• Build strong relationships with internal business partners, as well as with executives, showrunners, talent, and external agencies.
• Manage senior stakeholders and efficiently navigate approvals through a complex hierarchy.
• Track campaigns and allocate resources to ensure that projects stay on schedule and within budget.

Requirements

• Must be a strategic thinker and a creative problem solver, with an ability to influence, ideate, and execute groundbreaking ideas and build strong teams focused on creative innovation and marketing objectives.
• Expert knowledge of creative marketing concepts, development, and production, with a proven ability to manage creative projects from conception through implementation.
• Ability to drive progress, and to think strategically and creatively in a fast-paced environment.
• Solid judgment and ability to make sound decisions quickly under tight deadlines, with the ability to create new and innovative solutions when needed.
• Strong managerial/leadership competencies and experience, and proven ability to inspire and nurture individual talent within a collaborative environment, with an emphasis on fostering an inclusive and supportive culture.
• Expertise in long-form trailer development for premium, single-title original programming.
• Experience developing content campaigns including oversight of behind-the-scenes capture and interviews of A-list talent.
• Ability to work hands-on with both junior and senior editors to elevate creative work to the highest level.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, and relationship development skills. Ability to collaborate in a close team atmosphere, and with executives, filmmakers and talent.
• Ability to multi-task and delegate work while remaining accountable in a high-demand and ambitious work environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Must be able to deliver clear and concise direction and communicate effectively and tactfully with people at all levels.
• Expert knowledge of production management, post-production, video editing, writing, and producing.
• 7-10+ years relevant work experience in creative production at a streaming service, television or cable network, film studio, marketing agency, or other related enterprise, or equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience.
• Prior experience launching campaigns with premium content, including films, original scripted series, and documentaries is a plus.

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• employee wellness program
• life and disability insurance
• retirement savings plan
• paid holidays and sick time
• vacation