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Arch Capital Group Ltd. · 1 week ago

Director, Branding & Creative Services

North Carolina, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $160K/yr

5+ years exp

Arch Capital Group Ltd. is a company rooted in collaboration, expertise, and innovation, seeking a Director of Branding & Creative Services. This role involves managing the corporate creative services department, ensuring brand consistency, and leading a team of creative professionals to deliver high-quality design and visual storytelling.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the corporate creative services department while remaining actively involved in hands-on design work as needed to support high-priority projects and ensure creative excellence across all deliverables

Provide creative direction to graphic designers and video editors

Define and implement the creative vision that aligns with corporate branding and business unit objectives

Assist in developing and maintaining branding department’s 'best practice' processes, guidelines and documentation

Ultimately responsible for defining the look and tone of all marketing materials and adherence to brand standards. Maintain and evolve corporate brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all media

Partner with senior executives, marketing, and communications teams to ensure consistent brand messaging across all media. Translate business needs into clear creative strategies and deliverables

Identify industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to keep the creative output innovative and competitive

Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of graphic designers, video editors, and other creative professionals. Work closely with the rest of the department to set expectations and deadlines in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment

Responsible for managing workload of department and individuals within the department. Ensure schedules are provided to stakeholders and that budgets are met. Track the workload and report monthly. Identify inefficiencies and optimize

Oversee hiring, training, and professional development of team members

Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and career growth paths within the creative team

Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance culture

Oversee visual strategy and design of all digital properties including Access (corporate intranet), websites, social media, advertising, collateral and employee communications deliverables

Manage the creative development process from concept to execution for visual and video projects

Review, critique, and approve creative deliverables to ensure quality, consistency, and brand adherence

Balance creativity with business needs, ensuring deliverables meet strategic goals, timelines, and budgets

Maintain creative and production oversight of large-scale corporate initiatives including key regulatory reports including the annual report, proxy and sustainability report

Qualification

Brand managementAdobe Creative SuiteGraphic designCreative directionVideo productionTypographyColor theoryLayout designProject managementAnalytical skillsInterpersonal skillsProblem-solvingOrganizational skillsTime managementTeam collaborationAttention to detail

Required

5+ years' experience in a similar position providing communications support to a business unit or organization

Bachelor's degree, preferably with a marketing or graphic design concentration, is required

Experience developing and managing global brand & visual identity systems

Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to articulate clearly and effectively over the phone, video, through email, and in writing with employees in other geographies

Experience working successfully and collaboratively globally to ensure success through best practice sharing

Ability to work in a high-energy, collaborative, team-oriented environment. Must be a team player

Exceptional problem-solving and strong organizational skills and a good eye for detail, with a focus on consistency and technical accuracy

The ability to lead, prioritize, manage time, plan well and organize work to meet conflicting deadlines

Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, XD), WordPress and Microsoft Office suite – particularly PowerPoint and Word

A strong design aesthetic and understanding with a solid grasp on typography, color, layout and print production/prepress work

Self-motivated individual with strong analytical aptitude and the ability to juggle and prioritize multiple responsibilities

Creative and critical thinker who can contribute and function well whether working independently or in a collaborative team setting

Detail-orientated with consistent and accurate follow-through on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

Prior experience managing and directing a creative team