Overview

Sojo, Inc. (Sojo) is an award-winning leader and single-source provider of brand strategy, marketing, creative design and web services and solutions that uses its experience and knowledge to solve challenges and establish opportunities for businesses, organizations, and government agencies. We are equally intuitive and inquisitive in always implementing the best solutions for our clients with a focus on digital marketing and technology. Sojo has opportunities for people who want to invent the digital future.

We're seeking an Assistant Creative Director to join a very talented team. The Assistant Creative Director (ACD) elevates the brand, executes project deliverables, establishes & defends the brand vision, and harbors a passion for interaction design. The ACD is expected to grow new business, develop solid client relationships, contribute to the development of digital and marketing strategies, articulate and defend conceptual and directional choices, drive the collaborative efforts of the project's creative, user experience and technology teams, actively contribute to an environment of professional growth, and inspire teammates at all levels to exceed expectations. A strong working knowledge of interaction design, user-centered experience design, brand development, digital marketing and the creative process is required.

Core Duties/Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver thought leadership and creative solutions that strengthen clients market distinction and leadership position.
• Develop and deliver innovative proposals to capture both account growth and new business opportunities.
• Promote continual creative improvement and a culture of innovation, excellence and accountability.
• Conceive and create experience design solutions that fulfill strategic business objectives.
• Effectively communicate creative ideas and strategies to client and project team alike.
• Provide team leadership in business development.
• Work with Strategy and other disciplines to draft all Creative Briefs, and become the primary owner and executor of the Brief throughout an engagement.
• Contribute to office development through management participation, mentoring of junior talent on project and team level.
• Foster an environment that is on-brand: Collaborative, Trusted, Insightful, Tolerant, Innovative, Ingenious, Memorable, Pioneering, Agile, Driven, Passionate, Diverse, Analytical.
• Uphold quality standards of all creative deliverables.
• Understand, embrace, and exemplify company's mission and values.
• Actively engaged in increasing Sojo, Inc.'s industry profile through public speaking, judging, teaching, or other industry activities.

Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

• Strong portfolio with degree in visual communication or related field.
• Provide a minimum of one web development and one online advertising case study.
• 5+ years interaction design/communications interactive work experience.
• 3+ years art direction experience.
• Solid understanding and appreciation for the distinction between creative expression and business objectives.
• Expert at developing concepts for a broad range of digital experiences, specifically: Interaction/Application design, eCommerce/transactional, marketing microsites, and immersive entertainment, with demonstrated results
• Expert at leading large- and small-scale strategic brainstorming sessions, and concept development.
• Expert at Creative Brief development
• Expert at directing creative execution
• Leadership experience in user-centered design, including user personas and user research/study methodologies
• Proven success in ideating creatively challenging concepts and effectively selling them to clients
• Ability to think creatively against demanding deadlines with acute attention to detail
• Comprehensive awareness and interest in new platforms and technologies for the digital channel (e.g. Flash, Flex, Ajax, etc.) and related mediums
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Effective and creative problem-solving skills
• Proven leadership skills with experience guiding large teams (10+)
• Strong organizational abilities, including project scoping, time and resource management.
• Leadership abilities that foster learning and excellence among team members.
• Clear, compelling, and charismatic presenter in business development and public speaking settings.

Full-time opportunity.

Contact us at careers@sojoinc.com/