Senior Digital Creative Lead

Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao is passionate about making a difference in people's lives with our high quality products and services to create a Kirei Life for all - a beautiful life that respects the needs of our consumers and customers as well as the planet. We never compromise on quality and craft our products with care for the consumer and the environment.

As a company driven by purpose and strong corporate values we pride ourselves to be listed among the World's Most Ethical Companies since 19 consecutive years. Our corporate philosophy, the Kao Way, guides us in everything we do - acting with integrity, courageously driving innovation and treating each other with trust and respect.

The role:

The Senior Digital Creative Lead will report to the Creative Director. The Lead will work with the creative, digital, and marketing teams to manage, supervise, and execute all internal and external creative brand expression. This includes all digital concepts and assets.

You will also actually "do" the work and requires a comprehensive mastery of Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, with a focus on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Adobe Express and Adobe Acrobat.

You will ensure that all creative assets meet the highest standards of creativity, aesthetics, and brand consistency. The creative output will engage customers, enhance their experience, and drive sales.

You will partner with different departments, including marketing, digital, social and the creative team, to create a cohesive brand message and visual aesthetic that aligns with goals.

At Oribe, we offer amazing benefits that are available to you on your first day of employment (healthcare, 401(k) plus company match), 36 total days off (vacation + holidays + sick) and a competitive salary range of $110,000 - $125,000. We also offer a hybrid work schedule.

What you will do:

• Lead the ideation, development, and execution of innovative and engaging digital campaigns across social, email, paid media, oribe.com, retailer sites and other digital touchpoints and emerging platforms, helping to evolve and define the visual language of the brand, ensuring a distinctive 'Oribe' personality
• Create and deliver visually engaging concepts and assets that communicate the brand's luxury narrative, transforming ideas and insights into captivating digital experiences and cultural moments
• Lead, collaborate and convey creative feedback with Internal and External Creative Agencies, sharing guidance and direction on creative concepts, casting, photographic intent, production talent, and all things leading up to digital and social campaign photoshoot
• Build conceptual design direction and hands-on execute assets using comprehensive mastery of the following programs: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Adobe Express), Powerpoint, Adobe Acrobat
• Aptly convey design concepts and the rationale behind them to upper management and key stakeholders
• Partner with cross-functional teams to simplify complex messaging and abundant assets into digestible and relatable consumer experience

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in Fine Art, or related discipline such as Advertising, Graphic Design.
• 8+ years of professional design experience and a track record working with fashion, beauty, and luxury brands.
• Comprehensive mastery of Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, with a focus on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Adobe Express and Adobe Acrobat.
• Demonstrate outstanding abilities in digital and social asset development.
• Demonstrate outstanding abilities in conceptual design and visual ideation for digital and social marketing campaigns.

What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with great compensation packages, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward thinking and new ideas.

Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.

Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website (https://www.kao.com/americas/en/).

Kao USA is an equal opportunity employer, including disability/vets.

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