Creative Director Analog Research Lab Facebook Menlo Park

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A major instigator and leader in Facebook’s internal culture has been The Analog Research Lab, a print-based design studio serving the internal community at facebook. Over the last 6 years the ARL has produced countless silkscreened posters, internal signage and environmental design standards, zines and books, art craft and design workshops, and the Artist in Residence program which has been responsible for producing site specific art installations throughout our global offices.
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Our formal mission within this team is 'to promote creativity, innovation, openness, and connectivity within our community through art and design' but within the team our aim is simply to uplift consciousness here at Facebook. This is a beautiful and somewhat radical task that we take very seriously and with our audience growing at a rapid rate, we are looking for a Creative Director to work with our team to help us scale our programing to this ever growing community both at headquarters in Menlo Park and our global offices, across our global offices. We see this personal as leader with experience managing partnerships with other creative and community organizations and event production. We need a problem solver who is passionate about building community through art and design. A fluency in brand voice, design, and creative direction is a must. Strong contemporary art knowledge is a plus.
Responsibilities

Develop strategic partnerships for The Analog Research Laboratory
Work collaboratively with the Program Director, internal PMs and designers, creative partners, and independent artists and designers
With our audience size there is a new scale of creative/cultural projects we can take on but need someone to lead this charge.
Can build and manage systems to document and broadcast the content of our programs
Develop Process:
Find and build process with appropriate creative partners
Manage projects and provide creative direction working closely to guide the work of external creative and individual partners
Forms:
Event, print, still and film documentation and storytelling
Being attune with Factory and broader Facebook learnings and conversations
Make work that meets high Facebook standards
Tone:
Communicate complicated technology topics in clear, concise ways to a non-technical audience

Requirements

5+ years designing for brand and product
Pixel-perfect attention to detail
Can clearly articulate design decisions
History of self-initiated projects
Understands basic content strategy

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