At YETI, you will have the opportunity to create something extraordinary. You will make a real impact because you are the type of person who thrives on cutting a sustainable path.
The Creative Director drives the overall design and creative content for YETI – both internally and externally – this role partners with leaders to meet creative, marketing, brand, and business objectives. Core areas of responsibility include overall brand creative, which includes everything from directing layout, design, and copy writing.
YETI’s Creative Director must be ready & able to bring the big ideas, provide strategic perspective and vision to creative campaigns, and act as an evangelist for innovative, modern, premium, and on-brand creative working hard to maintain YETI’s brand vision & image. Providing leadership and direction to the internal Creative Studio Team, the Creative Director is ultimately responsible for all creative direction when it comes to all YETI creative channels from retail & wholesale to promotional & seasonal initiatives; curation of website and other digital design assets and content to print marketing; packaging design; and development of the brand guidelines.
A look at your day-to-day
Creative Strategy
- Develop and champion the strategy and vision of YETI’s creative in support of the overall brand and marketing objectives, and channel business needs.
- Drive and direct creative strategy and deliverables of multi-channel campaigns. Guide all creative efforts to deliver premium, modern design and creative solutions.
- Collaborate effectively as a creative partner with internal cross functional business partners, Marketing team, product management, and outside agencies/partners.
- Continuously promote and evolve the Brand Style Guide to drive brand consistency across channels.
- Share best practices and innovative creative solutions from the design/competitive landscape with a continuous pulse on current trends and noteworthy activities.
Leadership
- Represent the creative discipline in overall leadership of the team setting the example for creative excellence always leading by example
- Handle difficult situations with grace while under pressure
- Inspire the creative services team with energy, passion, and thought leadership
- Participate in making difficult decisions for the creative services team
- Guide and promote a strength based, positive culture
- Participate in resourcing for the creative services team which includes planning project teams for upcoming projects, and adjusting resources as necessary on current projects
- Participate in recruiting and hiring efforts for the creative services team which includes proactively identifying and bringing in creative talent, working with the Talent Acquisition team supporting the interview process efficiently and contributing to sound hiring decisions
- Develop and mentor Creative Studio Manager to be best in class via timely, effective feedback
- Inspire and motivate the entire creative team by promoting a high performance fun environment, a strong sense of urgency, quality standards, creative exploration, innovation, and continuous learning
- Focus team efforts to ensure efficiency, prioritize projects, align resources and measure results
Now for a little bit about you….
A successful candidate will possess: in-depth experience with across all mediums including both print and digital design; proven ability to lead and mentor a team, including developing designers and writers; solid business and project management chops; and strong relationship management skills in a highly driven, fast moving cross functional entrepreneurial environment.
- Minimum of 10 years of creative and brand leadership experience, with a focus on high quality design and content in premium consumer and e-commerce environments.
- Proven leadership ability to build a team by identifying the right creative talent, developing designers and writers from a creative aspect – actually improving their skills to become incredible creative talent.
- Demonstrated creative expertise in a broad array of areas including multi-channel campaigns, print and digital advertising, POS, signage, packaging, web design and usability.
- Strong, creative design sense for premium products.
- Good eye for detail with a locked eye on the big picture
- Expertise in managing external partners, agencies, and freelancers.
- Highly organized with good project management skills. Able to juggle multiple, and sometimes, conflicting priorities and needs.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Skilled in Adobe Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, as well as Microsoft Suite.
- Relevant degree/education required
Interpersonal Competencies
- Self-driven leader able to work in a fast moving, ever-changing cross-functional team environment.
- Proactive in nature and driven to act with a sense of urgency; able to work well under pressure and with demanding deadlines
- A global mind-set with a keen interest to help launch the YETI brand globally
- Successful track record leading a creative team; able to delegate, coach, mentor and provide effective direction and feedback
- Strong collaboration and influence skills; able to build effective relationships with stakeholders across organizational levels
- Optimistic, energetic and naturally brings the fun to the office
Perks At YETI? We’ve got ya covered…
- YETI Swag Package
- Employee discounts on YETI products
- Friends and Family discounts on YETI products too!
- Lunch with our cool Ambassadors from the outdoor industry – get a chance to meet & break bread with your favorite fishing guides, BBQ pit masters and hunting pro’s
- Loyalty Leave: 1 extra day of PTO with each year of service (up to 5 additional days after 5 years of service)
- Day of Service – 1 day per year to do community volunteer work
- Benefits coverage (health, dental, vision, etc) and 401K
- Employee Development Opportunities
- Casual work environment – what else would you expect for a cooler company?
- Standing desk options
- Discounts with outdoor vendors / clients (such as Patagonia, Kuhl, Costa, etc)
YETI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.