Creative Director – 6-Month Contract, Potential for Extension

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Develop, enhance, and oversee Geotab’s global visual brand identity system, which encompasses style guides, asset libraries, and creative standards.

• Lead the creative strategy and execution for worldwide campaigns, product introductions, and growth initiatives.

• Oversee visual design and production for assets related to key company and global industry events.

• Act as the primary creative consultant and brand systems authority for internal stakeholders.

• Streamline creative production workflows and processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and quality delivery.

• Manage and refine the annual budget for Creative Solutions.

• Supervise and assess relationships with external creative agencies and freelancers, including contracts, budgets, and project quality.

• Create and implement a measurement and value framework for Creative Solutions.

• Direct, mentor, and coach the Creative Services team, which includes Art Directors, Graphic Designers, and Production Managers.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, Global Marketing, external agencies, and freelance partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 15 years of experience in graphic design, comprehensive brand identity creation, and brand management across agency and in-house creative settings.

• More than 8 years of leadership experience in managing, mentoring, and coaching multi-disciplinary creative teams, including Art Direction and Production.

• Proficient in developing and sustaining intricate, scalable brand identity systems for global organizations.

• Previous experience in a B2B or B2C SaaS company with a complex global marketing presence.

• Advanced skills in the Adobe Creative Suite.

• Familiarity with enterprise-level project management and Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems.

• Proven capability to lead, mentor, and coach a centralized, multi-disciplinary in-house creative team.

• Ability to cultivate a high-performance, innovative, and collaborative creative culture.

• Exceptional aptitude in identifying, analyzing, and addressing complex creative and strategic issues.

• Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication abilities.

• Excellent conflict resolution skills.

• Capacity to operate with considerable autonomy in creative decision-making.

• Reliable internet connection with a minimum of 50mb download and 10mb upload speed when working from home.

• Proof of eligibility to work and capability to pass a background check.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Home office reimbursement program.

• Baby bonus and parental leave top-up program.

• Opportunities for online learning and networking.

• Electric vehicle purchase incentive program.

• Competitive medical and dental benefits.

• Retirement savings program.

• Online social events, chat rooms, and gatherings.

• Flexible hybrid working model.

• Support for work-life balance.