Creative Director, Prime Video Shopping

Prime Video Shopping is hiring a Creative Director to set creative direction for franchise consumer products and scale creative operations for Amazon MGM Studios.

Responsibilities

• Own and protect the creative bar for assigned intellectual properties
• Develop consumer products style guides and asset systems including compositions, icons, patterns, packaging, color palettes, fonts, and layouts
• Convert early franchise materials (scripts, set photography, key art) into assets that pitch to prospective licensees and inspire final consumer products
• Own product development for an assigned base of licensee partners as the single point of contact from concept through approval
• Review and approve product development submissions against style guides and brand standards
• Onboard new partners into the approval workflow
• Lead partner presentations and kick-off meetings
• Partner with the creative team to move from manual creative to a more scaled operation
• Provide art direction for main style guides and art packs produced in collaboration with internal designers
• Contribute to processes that transition routine production to the scaled team
• Develop a path to produce direct designs through AI tooling
• Present creative solutions and franchise direction to senior leadership and licensee partners
• Anticipate design challenges and defend design decisions with clear rationale
• Resolve conflicting feedback across internal and external stakeholders and move decisions forward
• Mentor and develop team members
• Document institutional knowledge
• Deliver solutions that improve group effectiveness, including championing AI technology use in creative contexts

Requirements

• 8+ years driving compelling creative strategy and execution in an agency or in-house creative team environment
• Bachelor's degree
• Knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Keynote
• Experience building cross-functional relationships with product, consumer research, and marketing teams to develop strategy and consumer insights that inform creative execution
• Experience leading creative development from concept through delivery
• Experience managing creative work across internal designers, copywriters, and external agencies and freelancers
• Experience presenting creative concepts to senior executives
• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
• In-depth understanding of AI tools plus Photoshop, Illustrator, PowerPoint, and Figma

Technologies

• AI tools
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• PowerPoint
• Figma
• InDesign
• Keynote

Benefits

• Health insurance: medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Job Details

• Location: Culver City, CA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 141,000 - 190,700 per year
• Minimum Experience: 8 years

Los Angeles County Applicants

• Work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff
• Adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service
• Follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies
• Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some material job duties of this position
• Adhere to company policies
• Exercise sound judgment
• Effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others
• Exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism
• Safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation
• Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered

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