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Creative Director

Employer
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce
Location
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Closing date
Feb 26, 2022

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Focus Areas
Philanthropy / Social Responsibility
Job Function
Marketing / Communications
Position Type
Full Time
Degree Level
Bachelors
Willingness to Travel
up to 25%
Experience Level
Professional

Job Details

The Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce is seeking a creative, articulate and organized project and people manager to be our Creative Director. The position requires an impeccable eye for creative content and exceptional ability to manage a project from concept to completion. You will have an opportunity to work collaboratively with Chattanooga Chamber staff, volunteers and partners to achieve remarkable work that impacts our community.

The successful candidate must also have excellent attention to detail, be highly organized, disciplined in managing their time and project lists, demonstrate a strong understanding of project management software and concepts, and effective approaches in developing the talents of others as they accomplish their own goals. The ability to write in a creative and engaging way is highly desirable, and experience in social media, videography, podcasts, photography, marketing and graphic design are a plus.

The Creative Director position works closely with the VP of Marketing and Communications in coordinating strategic creative content that advances the goals of Chattanooga Chamber management in a cross-disciplinary manner. The Creative Director is primarily an internally focused position but also interacts with clients, stakeholders, and program managers, requiring a focus on customer service and a friendly, approachable and helpful demeanor.

A sampling of the job duties includes, but is not limited to:

  • Manage the creative process from concept to completion, translating marketing, branding and communication objectives into clear creative strategies, and problem-solving to address challenges as they arise.
  • Work closely with multidisciplinary project teams, including team leaders, program directors, marketing coordinators, finance and IT to ensure budgets, deliverables, timelines and network security best practices and protocols are met.
  • Ensure verbal and visual communication and brand standards are met on all internal and public-facing communication and marketing products.
  • Meet with upper management to suggest strategies, available resources and timeline constraints of projects under consideration.
  • Review work, troubleshoot and provide critical feedback to creative and cross-disciplinary project team members.
  • Manage the need for contract assistance to meet creative team needs, preparing comprehensive RPFs to meet company financial policies, and exercise independent, neutral judgment on recommendation to management.
  • Support and advise from a creative standpoint on the implementation of databases, communication media and other content management systems that facilitate internal and external organizational communication goals.
  • Work with Marketing Communications team to plan and implement content creation across various platforms, including video, website and podcasts.
  • Maintain and update an extensive library of marketing pieces, photos, collateral materials, publication, samples, etc.

The position requires a 4-year degree in marketing, communications, graphic design or related fine arts, plus three years of applicable experience. Commensurate education and experience acceptable.  

We invite applicants to submit a persuasive cover letter, resume, and if applicable, a link to a portfolio of sample work to: jobs@chattanoogachamber.com by 2 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2022.

Company

The Chattanooga Chamber is a five-star accredited chamber of commerce recognized nationally as Chamber of the Year in 2017. Our mission is to champion our member businesses and promote regional economic growth. The Chattanooga Chamber takes an entrepreneurial approach to serving its members with value-based programs and initiatives and is recognized for its lead role in Chattanooga’s job creation successes. We offer flexibility to work from home several days a week, while living in the Greater Chattanooga area, a 16-county, three-state region with a population of more than 1 million. Chattanooga offers a high quality of life and is located within easy driving range of Atlanta, Georgia; Huntsville, Alabama; and Nashville and Knoxville in Tennessee.

Company info
Website
Telephone
4236530937
Location
811 Broad St., Ste 100
Chattanooga
TN
37402
US

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