Creative Director

Hi, we’re Hathway!

Headquartered on California’s beautiful Central Coast in San Luis Obispo, with a fast-growing office in high-tech and bustling Dallas, our company is a unique blend of talent, clients, dreams and the aspiration to connect brands with people.

Job Overview

We’re looking for a design-minded, wave-breaking Creative Director to help bring the magic to our rock solid design team. Become part of an agency that values disruptive thinking, work-life harmony, and building unique customer experiences. We’re looking for a Creative Director to join our team to help build and strengthen the fabric of our creative team while working on clients like Wingstop, Panda Express, PepsiCo and More.

Reporting to the Group Creative Director in California, and working closely with cross-functional leaders across the company, you’ll build, lead and mentor a small but mighty team of creatives and digital storytellers to amplify our brand and our client’ story to the world. You’ll be in a position to take big brands, and refine the narrative and experience to tighten the bond between consumers and brands.

You will be driving all Creative efforts (copy, design, user experience and video) at the highest quality, while aligning creative execution with marketing strategies. Very simply, the CD is accountable for developing and executing strategic and tactical plans in collaboration with your GCD, account, strategy and engineering teams — from the conceptual phase through actual implementation.

Last but not least, we are looking for a CD to develop, mentor and inspire a team of highly motivated creatives, while fostering a fun, energetic and fulfilling work environment with a key focus on our core values: Collaboration, Fun, Imagination, Inclusivity, Excellence and Accountability.

Responsibilities

CREATIVE LEADERSHIP:

• A keen focus on identifying client business challenges and translating them into opportunities that convey Hathway’s strengths in the marketplace:
• Provide direction and inspiration to creative team members in a manner that achieves the project’s strategic business goals and metrics
• Effectively communicate creative and brand direction across all channels
• Champion Design Thinking and promote a culture of innovation

CREATIVE MANAGEMENT:

• The ability to inspire, align and deploy the right mix of talent to develop, implement and optimize campaigns and programs that delight and differentiate:
• Manage team development with effective coaching, while fostering leadership through team spirit and leading by example
• Help promote disruptive ideas, without dictating the direction, but allowing room for creativity and imagination among team members, while clearly communicating the why behind creative concepts
• Drive pixel-perfect execution to create a culture of excellence and commitment to quality
• Ensure team members have clearly defined career paths

COLLABORATION:

• A natural penchant for connecting with, and eliciting and harmonizing the best contributions from others:
• Innate desire and skill for building deep trusted relationships/partnerships and work effectively across teams
• Confidently resolve internal/external challenges that weaken relationships or inhibit collective success
• Audaciousness to foster divergent ideas while maintaining humility and curiosity to achieve measurable impact

GENERAL DUTIES:

• Lead the generation of creative concepts and design, both hands-on and through team leadership
• Create balance between form and function with a solid understanding for executing projects through both UX and UI cycles
• Work effectively with the project/account management teams to develop solutions that clearly meet briefs and client objectives
• Partner with the engineering team to realize the most innovative and well-crafted executions possible
• Participate in new business development cycles with creative leadership and execution
• Stay current on design knowledge and trends, in both marketing and software space
• Act as a true collaborator and mentor both within the creative departments as well as other disciplines

Requirements

• Specific knowledge, vision and track record of innovation in addition to experience/expertise within a software organization or agency
• A portfolio that showcases in-depth Digital Design experience, with multiple examples of Mobile Designs
• A bachelor’s degree or higher in Marketing, Design or other related fields
• A minimum of 10 years of successfully leading Creative teams
• Five plus years experience in creative services with an emphasis on marketing or product development work (client side or agency)
• Demonstrated success in creating, growing and maintaining brands

• A strong understanding of marketing communications and strategy 

• Must have demonstrated experience in working in a multi-project design/production environment
• Ability to laugh loudly without cause right before breaking into a robot dance after 3 cups of coffee

Want to Join Us?

There’s an infectious energy at Hathway. We believe that our passion for our craft and desire to strive for work/life harmony are what set us apart. This is reflected in our 6 core values: Collaboration, Inclusivity, Imagination, Accountability, Excellence, and Fun! Along with our comprehensive benefits package, we provide regular company-wide lunches and happy hours, sponsor epic ping pong and foosball competitions, and encourage connection and personal development through our Lunch + Learns – think passion projects and discussion on new technologies and industry trends. Apply with us by completing the information below. You will have a chance to attach your resume and relevant portfolio work when you submit. Cheers!