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Job Information
Job title

Manager of Creative Design

Company Disney
Wage Not specified
Location United States, California, Glendale
Employment type Full Time
Education Not Specified
Year Experience 4 - 5 Years of Practical Experience
Travel None
Published on 9/23/2007
Description
This position reports to the Director of Creative Services and manages a team of talented Web Designers, Flash Designers and Media Designers. He/she serves as a senior interactive art director for projects and leads the team in interactive storytelling to deliver world-class user experiences for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts web sites including Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland, Disney Vacation Club and Adventures by Disney. This individual is a conceptual problem-solver with high-end design skills mixed with exceptional people and presentation skills to inspire and drive cutting-edge, award-winning web sites and new media initiatives that bring the ?magic? of the Disney theme park experience online.

This position has authority over all areas of Visual Design (i.e. Visual Design, Flash Design, Media). He/she partners with a Manager of User Experience (who oversees Information Architecture, Content Strategy, Copywriting and User Research) and works closely with the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Online (WDPRO) Creative Director.

The Manager of Creative Design:

  • Manages a team of up to 15 Web Designers, from Production Artists to Senior Visual Designers to Flash Designers.
  • Drives creative excellence for large-scale interactive web projects.
  • Fosters and maintains relationships/communications with other Disciplines (Technical/Project Management/Internet Strategy Managers).
  • Drives continuous improvements in the Web Design Process by documenting standards to maximize efficiency, leverage reusability and create consistency in creative deliverables.
  • Represents WDPRO to many of our partner/clients in the Parks and Resorts Segment, up to and including Senior Management of the Parks and Resorts Segment.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Degree in Fine Arts, Design, Art, Architecture or related field.
  • Minimum 7 years' relevant experience.
  • Experience managing a team of Web Designers.
  • Sophisticated sense of typography, composition and color.
  • Extensive understanding of interactive and moving media.
  • Extensive understanding of best practices in all aspects of web development including visual design, interface design, media design and production, and search engine optimization.
  • Extensive understanding of Flash (including familiarity with ActionScript) to create solutions that are visually stunning and deliver against business and user goals.
  • Broad knowledge of and advanced skills in visual design, information architecture, usability evaluation and appropriate technologies.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, proactively manage multiple competing priorities and creatively solve difficult problems by evaluating trade-offs.
  • Ability to cast talent and allocate resources across multiple projects and oversee work-in-progress to ensure creative solutions are on target to meet business objectives as well as deliver a Disney-quality Guest experience.
  • Ability to lead creative brainstorming, concept development, comp creation, prototyping and production of visual and Flash design.
  • Ability to provide estimates for web design work across a variety of projects.
  • Ability to pitch creative concepts and present creative solutions to Senior Management and Senior-level business partners.
  • Flexibility to travel to Orlando, FL up to once per month during peak project phases.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master of Arts or Master of Science Degree.

Deadline Date for this Application is: 7/28/07.df-tc

Experience/Skills
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Manager of Creative Design
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