Associate Creative Director

Marketing Communications defines, protects, and disseminates the Drexel University brand while clearly illustrating its unique value proposition.Marketing Communications is seeking an Associate Creative Director to join our team. The Associate Creative Director plays a key role in motivating, guiding, and mentoring design team members by creating a positive work environment and fostering collaboration between internal creative teams and the larger UMAC team. The Associate Creative Director will oversee all design team members, which includes Senior Designers and Designers. This role will be responsible for the design output of University Marketing & Communications.This role will be responsible for developing training materials and guiding all design staff in all print and digital processes, including, but not limited to, pricing, vendor procedures, html and css development, file storage and maintenance, photography guidelines, brand guidelines that influence content for general and enterprise marketing needs, and more.The Associate Creative Director will provide a lead role in the day‑to‑day project management support and delegation for design in partnership with creative team leadership, working directly with University Creative Directors, Strategists, and Project Managers to manage UMAC marketing collateral needs and offer strategic guidance, leading to effective creative team output. This role is designed for an individual who is an active listener, ready to collect feedback and problem solve, and can effectively communicate creative concepts and rationale to cross‑functional UMAC teams, internal clients, and external partners like print vendors, agencies, and other entities necessary for timely execution of successful design that grows recognition for the University and increases enrollment.The Associate Creative Director will have a strong understanding of all the mediums of messaging within UMAC deliverables, including, but not limited to, print, digital, and content related to photography and video, emails and web, social and display, advertising and marketing campaigns, identity and brand, and much more.