Job Opening: Creative Director
Creative Director
Proposed Start Date: Oct. 22, 2006
3000k, Inc., a leading interaction agency in Worcester, MA, is seeking a brand-focused interactive designer with agency experience for a full-time Creative Director position, available immediately. We need someone who lives by high-style, highly effective design. Your work will directly impact our efforts with a rapdily growing client list, our Web 2.0 projects, and the long-term success of our company. Read: you’re going to matter here and make a difference.
If that sounds like you, submit a copy of your resume and portfolio to employment@3000k.com.
The Creative Director sets our creative direction and executes on that vision by creating all design work.
The Creative Director works closely with clients, senior staff, and web developers to create, extend, and maintain sites, brands, and marketing campaigns for 3000k clients and works on 3000k properties. The Creative Director is a member of the core project team which includes HTML developers, programmers, and site producers.
This position is an onsite job. We will not consider telecommuters or outsourcers.
Responsibilities:
- Design of websites and supporing collateral, including banner ads, email marketing, some print pieces, etc
- Light web production, using hand-coded HTML, Dreamweaver, or comparable applications.
- Hitting project deadlines and budgets in your sleep.
- Maintain a high volume of work under tight deadlines.
- Work with senior staff to develop proposals for clients based on project specifications and goals, and to effectively plan out the implementation of those projects.
- Handle a wide range of projects and duties.
- Resolve problems in a timely and diplomatic fashion, with a focus on customer service and meeting the needs of clients.
- Interact daily with staff and work collaboratively on projects.
Requirements:
- A portfolio that shows your interactive work on major brands and campaigns.
- Agency experience.
- 5+ years designing websites.
- Backwards and forwards knowledge of your tools (we prefer Photoshop/Flash/Fireworks, but are open to other Mac apps).
- Excellent client relations skills.
- Knowledge of how to design for web standards and ability to explain why they’re important.
- A commitment to excellent customer service and satisfaction.
- A commitment to build great brands.
- A design philosophy driven by the client’s goals, not your ego.
- In addition to this we want someone who’s self-motivated, proud of the work they produce, and has excellent communication skills. Written and verbal.
You’ll also need:
- Strong attention to detail.
- An interest in cutting edge web technology, design, and culture.
- Working knowledge of Mac OS X.
Pay:
This position pays $50,000 - $70,000/year, based on experience.
Benefits:
3000k is committed to providing an excellent working environment with competitive benefits and a salary commensurate with experience. Our standard offering for full-time employees includes:
- 100% health insurance.
- 100% dental insurance.
- Flexible working hours.
- Sane working hours. (Forget the 12-hour agency workday and say hello to your weekends again. Remember them?)
- Personal use of a company computer.
- Opportunity for advancement in a fast-growing, energetic company.
- Paid vacation, starting at 2 weeks a year. (Vacations have missed you, too.)
- Friendly, relaxed working environment.
Who We Are:
3000k is a fast-growing interaction agency that uses the web to establish and expand our clients’ brands and businesses. Our work focuses on helping clients acquire prospects, convert them to customers with strong creative, and maintain those relationships with sophisticated web technologies.
In addition to our client-facing work, 3000k is in the midst of developing a suite of web-based applications. This work will ensure staff are involved in bleeding edge projects that raise their visibility in the web community.
We’re going big places. Wanna come with us?
