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What you'll do...
Creative Director, Enterprise Brand Design
Locations: Los Angeles, CA | Bentonville, AR
About us: Walmart Creative Studio (WCS) is the in-house creative agency for Walmart. Our team develops breakthrough and distinctive omnichannel brand design systems that meet customer needs and drive business objectives while keeping our Fortune #1 brand relevant in culture. We use creativity and design to make Walmart an obvious choice for all.
We are positioned as an internal creative agency hyper-focused on the customer experience across all channels, categories, campaigns, and touchpoints. We are ruthlessly focused on our customers, insight-driven creative strategies, and integrated solutions that build the brand and grow the business.
We value talent, diversity, innovation, curiosity, collaboration, culture, insights, and results, and we are committed to helping all people save money and live better.
Overview:
We are seeking a Creative Director to spearhead design efforts across the Walmart Enterprise. This role is crucial in shaping, governing, and executing our brand’s visual identity on a global scale, ensuring a cohesive and impactful presence across all touchpoints. This Director will be responsible for leading external agency partners and building an internal team of senior designers and designers creating experiences for annual events, maintaining Enterprise brand guidelines, making swag for associates, and building identities across a wide variety of platforms. The ideal candidate has in-house, and agency experience bringing a blend of strong leadership skills and hands-on creative expertise.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership: Define and drive the creative vision for enterprise brand design, aligning with overall brand strategy and business objectives.Team management: Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team of designers providing guidance, feedback and support to foster creative excellence.Mentor, guide, and grow the team with optimism and enthusiasm, pursuing an award-winning in-house agency model.Conduct semi-annual or annual performance evaluations with the goal to up-level our creative output; consider skillsets such as: benchmarking, presentation design, creative/strategic alignment, workshopping, public speaking, and critical thinking.Identify new, competitive talent to add to the growing team. Collaboration: Work closely with senior leadership, marketing, production, and other key stakeholders to implement design systems that achieve broader business goals.Pursue ways that we can work better, faster.Manage team and projects that are on-brief and polished, mitigating feedback, ultimately keeping workstreams on track.Partner with Creative Account Management and Operations (CAMO) and Production to manage timelines and executions to concept breakthrough creative on schedule and on budget.Enterprise Brand Cohesion: Ensure a unified and consistent brand identity across all channels and touchpoints. Work towards the shared goal of greater brand attribution and recall.Project Oversight: Manage high-profile design projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with strategic objectives.Trend Awareness: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging design technologies including artificial intelligence, incorporating relevant trends into brand design strategies.Qualifications
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in graphic design, brand strategy, or a related field.10+ years of experience in brand design, with a proven track record of leadership and successful project management at a high-level.Demonstrated experience in developing and executing design systems for large-scale enterprises.Exceptional portfolio showcasing design solutions across channels.Proficiency in industry-standard design tools and software including the Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Google Slides, and Figma. Bonus if the candidate has experience leading teams proficient in Cinema 4D, After Effects, and other 3D modeling and motion design software.Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a creative team.Experience working in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment leading brand design work in-house or agency sideReporting:
Reports to Senior Director, Brand DesignManages Associate Creative Directors, Senior Designers, and DesignersWhy Join Us:
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package.Opportunities for professional growth and development within a global industry leader.A dynamic and collaborative work environment with a thrilling job to be done: make Walmart relevant to every American consumer via world-class creativity and execution.You are a creative leader with a passion for omnichannel brand design systems and a track record of delivering exceptional results, we invite you to apply and be part of our journey to redefine the retail landscape.At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
Los Angeles, California US-10988:The annual salary range for this position is $132,000.00-$264,000.00
Bentonville, Arkansas US-09401:The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
Minimum Qualifications...Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Creative Writing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field and 7 years' experience leading creative teams OR 9 years' experience leading creative teams.Preferred Qualifications...Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Managing Brand Initiatives for Product Launches, Managing Budgets, Including Budget Forecasting and Reporting Financials, Managing cross-functional teams in a retail creative environment, Managing large scale interactive campaigns in an online creative or related digital field, Managing Vendor Contracts and Relationships, Working for or with creative agenciesPrimary Location...5404 Jandy Plc, Los Angeles, CA 90066-7006, United States of America