Executive Creative Director — Los Angeles, CA

s6P F43KKwC x5FPpF 4dY2F is recruiting for a leading game and entertainment company focused on bringing people together through shared play, hiring for an Executive Creative Director. Our client’s portfolio spans tabletop and digital games. tSC role helps shape and execute the company’s brand identity across games and new product lines, and is responsible for protecting its tone of voice and visual standards while evolving its creative identity. You’ll partner closely with cross-functional teams to develop new products and make sure all art, design and game development output is bold and clearly on-brand. tSC role is based in Los Angeles, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Set the creative vision for each new product, inspiring and guiding a creative team of product designers, illustrators and game designers, and fostering a high-performing, experimental and collaborative team culture.

• Drive ongoing innovation and disruption in the games category by staying ahead of design, humor and entertainment trends.

• Own and evolve the company’s brand voice and identity across all creative work.

• Set up workflows for the creative team and address resource gaps to improve and scale a lean, scrappy process.

• Champion the creative strategy and work cross-functionally with Marketing, Product Management, Production and Sales to ensure brand integrity and commercial viability throughout the process.

Requirements:

• A strong portfolio and proven creative leadership overseeing product development for high-growth, consumer-focused CPG brands.

• Experience refreshing and evolving brands through growth, maturity and category expansion while protecting their core identity.

• Demonstrable ability to turn strategic direction into bold, original creative execution.

• Deep understanding of consumer behavior and cultural trends, with the ability to adapt creative direction to different audiences’ tastes and interests.

• An inspiring leader and exceptional communicator who is comfortable in fast-paced, collaborative and iterative environments.

• 10+ years overseeing creative teams in a leadership and people management role.

• Based in Los Angeles, CA.

This might be a good fit if you:

• Are a hands-on leader with a strong CPG background who can mentor and shape a team to create innovative, commercially viable work, from game design to packaging and product components, that resonates with a wide range of audiences.

• Have a start-up mentality and are comfortable building processes and systems as needed.

• Understand the mass market, respect the brand the company has built and want to take it into its next chapter.

• Bring fresh ideas, decisiveness and proactivity.

• Are humble, hungry and people-smart, and put the team’s success first.

• Have a growth mindset and are committed to continually developing your craft and growing as a leader.