Hybrid Creative Media Associate Director – Art-based

at HYPEBEAST

• Job title: Creative Media Associate Director – Art-based
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Shanghai, Asia

About the role

• Lead creative media strategy and artistic direction for Hypebeast content campaigns. Collaborate across various channels in China, engaging with industry key players and media platforms.

Responsibilities

• Invent new ideas for branded media contents and content sponsorships in line with marketing strategies of our brand partners as well as maintaining an authentic POVs of Hypebeast as a media brand.
• Have a strong understanding of Hypebeast brand architecture strategy, solid artistic and design-driven thinking and multichannel marketing concepts.
• Ability to analyse trends and keep up with the ever-evolving marketplace to come up with the latest creative practice.
• Keep creatives on schedule with goals and timelines for execution of creative projects by managing capacity and efficiency of internal and external creative resources.
• Have a strong network of various types of creative talents in the industry ranging from influencers to artist, from designers to musicians, from filmmakers to illustrators, both in the region and worldwide.
• Work closely with other creative members on the team and other business units across the company with strong communication skills and the ability to articulate in an ambiguous situation.
• Have the experience in hiring, coaching and inspiring creative talents, and the experience in establishing a high creative/artistic standard in the company.
• Ability and willingness to travel when required.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in a 360-degree artistic storytelling in a media or in a digital/content advertising agency or other similar experiences in a brand creative studio.
• Solid, on-hand experience in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and other creative tools.
• Bachelor’s degree in art, design, communications, marketing, or other equivalent professional experiences.
• Better have experiences in working in a media setting, familiarising with content creation and storytelling across multimedia with the ability to scale the partnership opportunities.
• Strong experience in creative and media production, including but not limited to photo shooting, video production, animation, etc., with a deep understanding of the process and the ability to give solid comments and feedbacks.
• Ability to work independently to troubleshoot technical and process related issues.
• Illustration, motion graphic, animation, 3D rendering knowledge is a plus.
• Pixel-perfect attention to detail and both local and global perspectives on creative and youth culture and the know-how to leverage Hypebeast as a media brand to create values for our brand partners and vice versa.
• Be the go-to person for artistic accuracy, on-brand tone and manner on all visual presentations.
• Good command of English and the proficiency of other languages within the APAC region is a plus.