Director Creative Amazon Corporate Seattle

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The Amazon Kindle Global Brand and Advertising Team is looking for a Creative Director to raise the bar for Amazon brand communications and advertising.
Are you a Creative Director with the ability to work across channels with big thinking and a passion for craft? Can you lead and inspire a creative team on big ideas and strategic brand development, print, and retail POS? Can you develop a vision, quickly bring concepts to life as prototypes, then iterate and refine them as you gather and factor in customer and business requirements?

The ideal candidate will have a deep portfolio that demonstrates creative excellence in bringing major brands and products to life. This role is for a highly capable creative leader who can direct internal and external creative resources, and has the composure and communication talent to effectively present to senior executives.


Key Responsibilities
· Develop, inspire and build the Global Mass Advertising team within Amazon’s internal agency to deliver creative breakthrough campaigns.
· Establish and foster a culture that enables world-class creative development.
· Effectively develop cross functional relationships with product, consumer research and marketing teams to develop ad strategy and consumer insights that drive compelling creative executions.
· Hands on creative development for key initiatives across channels.
· Deep understanding of digital and new media.
· Lead creative development of innovative advertising, from concept to delivery.
· Develop ideas and that will deploy across Amazon businesses globally.
· Own, develop and evangelize brand personality and purpose globally.
· Quickly develop concept mockups to visualize new ideas in context.
· Present ad concepts effectively to senior executives.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· An online portfolio of your work is required. Please add your online portfolio link at the top of your resume when you apply.
· 7 - 10+ years of relevant professional experience driving compelling print creative strategy and execution.
· Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Experience with a world-class advertising agency or internal corporate agency.
· Unwavering dedication to craft from idea to execution.
· Have strong bias for action in a fast-paced, metric driven environment.
· Curiosity to dig several layers deep into success metrics, have an innate desire to understand key drivers.
· Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results on creative projects, and history of establishing effective creative development processes.
· Demonstrated business acumen, including experience of budgeting and resourcing.
· Self-motivated team player, with refined and assertive leadership skills.
· The ability to influence others to set and achieve goals and deadlines.
· Relentless desire for innovation, balanced with business and user interaction priorities.
· Demonstrated experience managing creative processes through external ad agencies, internal teams and freelancers.
· Exceptional communication, collaboration and presentation skills.

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