Creative Director

Overview

The Creative Director is responsible for the creative direction for The Container Store and leading a team to execute and bring to life the vision.  The ideal candidate will have a deep digital background, a strong eye for design, bring new ideas to connect customers, and tell our story through compelling visuals.  The Creative Director is responsible for leadership, creative direction and inspiring customers for The Container Store Custom Spaces, products, and services. The candidate will lead in digital storytelling across our site, social, and marketing channels to drive greater awareness and customers into our stores and site.  

What We Stand For  

Established in 1978, The Container Store has grown to be the leading specialty retailer of storage and organization products in the United States and the only national retailer solely devoted to the category. We provide creative, multifunctional, customizable storage and organization solutions that help our customers save time, save space and improve the quality of their lives. We foster a culture built around our Foundation Principles, which define how we approach our relationships with our employees, vendors, customers and communities and influence every aspect of our business. 

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute content strategy to tell the story of The Container Store Custom Spaces, merchandise, and organization services in a consistent and compelling manner that resonates with our customers.  
• Collaborate with all marketing and channel partners to achieve short- and long-term targets by translating business objectives into creative strategies.  
• Drive innovation in creative strategies and with business partners to find new ways for creative to assist in building stronger customer connections and insights into our products and services  
• Delivers creative marketing solutions that drive strategy to support merchandising, marketing and our branding goals  

The Benefits of Working Here 

Our benefits exemplify our commitment to ensuring employees and their families are well taken care of, safe and secure.  Some of our benefits include: 

• Competitive Pay 
• Medical/Dental/Vision Plans 

• Discount: 50% on Elfa, 40% on Merchandise and Gift Cards, 25% on Avera  
• Paid Time Off plus Holidays 
• 401(k) plan with Company Match
• Employee First Fund: providing grants to employees experiencing unforeseen emergencies 

Qualifications

• 10 years previous experience with an in-house creative department or agency, multi-channel retailer preferred 
• Bachelor's degree preferred 
• Based in Dallas/Ft. Worth area or willing to commute to be in office 3 days/week  
• Thrives in a fast paced environment and able to balance strategic approach and execution on time and budget.   
• Proficiency in Mac environment, OS X, advanced knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite, specifically InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Comfortable with Agile workflow 
• Dynamic presentation and communication skills  
• Experience using a Creative Workflow Management tool  
• Experience managing others including career development, directing and evaluating work 
• Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and a safe manner 
• Is committed to working scheduled hours and has the flexibility to work additional hours based on changing business needs 
• Knowledge of industry business and passion for following trends in the industry  
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, at all levels within and outside the organization 
• Ability to quickly separate the mission-critical tasks from the lower priority tasks; focuses on the most value-added projects of the day or week 
• Flexible, with a positive attitude and passion for knowledge 
• Strong time management and organizational skills with the ability to successfully manage multiple projects at once 
• Possesses focused attention to detail and solid organizational and prioritization skills while working quickly and accurately under pressure  
• Makes strategic and effective decisions in the best interest of our customers and our company, taking care to objectively process information 
• Ability to work within and exemplify The Container Store brand which we describe as matchless, fun, authentic, team-focused and life-changing 

Company will not pay costs associated with immigration sponsorship.

The Container Store promotes a smoke-free, drug-free environment.   

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act 

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