Description:

Position Title: Creative Services Manager
Department: Marketing
Reports to: Director of Marketing and Communications
Type of Position: Full-time, salaried/exempt

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Director of Marketing and Communications, the Creative Services Manager is a hands-on-role responsible for all operations associated with the creative needs of the marketing department across all mediums.

Responsibilities:

• Develop schedules, track and manage workflow for all projects developed within the Marketing Department including collateral, advertising, direct mail and email.
• Develop and manage a stable of creative resources to include designers, writers, photographers, illustrators
• Maintain, monitor and enforce brand standards museum wide
• Serve as the primary editor of publications
• Provide photo research and manage digital assets for department
• Manage relationships and negotiations with printers to include best practices
• Review and approve final proofs prior to printing
• Maintain records of finished work for reference and archival purposes
• Execute fast turn temporary signage/needs for various museum functions and activities
• Serve as liaison with internal departments to ensure accuracy and image quality
• Work with marketing managers, web team and media relations team to ensure consistency in quality, tone and messaging
• Responsible for quality of design across all mediums

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in English, communications, design, art history or arts preferred
• 5-7 years experience in creative workflow process
• Great eye for design – actual design experience a major plus
• Web and computer-savvy; proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite
• Demonstrated project management, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize and organize workload
• Demonstrated ability to work under tight deadlines and shifting priorities
• Love art and love the process of creating communications materials
• Sense of humor

How To Apply:

Join our dedicated, talented team of employees, interns and volunteers, who are passionate about the work they do to support the Museum’s mission. To apply for this position, please use our online application, this is our preferred application method: https://isgm.applicantpro.com/jobs/179966.html. Both a cover letter and resume are required.

The Gardner Museum is committed to affording equal opportunities to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disabilities, marital status or sexual orientation. Candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply. The Museum is proud to embrace the goals of Commonwealth Compact (http://www.umb.edu/commonwealth_compact/about) and pledges to measure its progress toward those goals over time, using the Commonwealth Compact benchmarks.

We receive many resumes and kindly request that you do not call to inquire about the status of your application. Those candidates chosen for interviews will be contacted

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Apply by:
March 10, 2015