Senior Manager, Creative Lead Asia Pacific

Job Description

Role: Senior Manager, Creative Lead Asia Pacific Location: Sydney Type: Permanent, Full Time Work Site: Hybrid/Remote We are hiring a Senior Manager, Creative Direction. Does the opportunity to work with an Asia Pacific roster of over 1000’s of the world’s leading photographers, videographers and illustrators of all genres excite you? Then don’t miss this rare opportunity to join our Creative Direction team! As the senior manager of the creative content creation team, you will be responsible for developing and executing a strategic creative vision. Who You Are: You have a strong collaborative creative vision and can convert data-backed insights into compelling visual narratives. You are passionate about visual communication and are comfortable sharing what you know with the creative team, customers, and content creators alike. You will have a good understanding of the visual landscape and knowledge of visual trends in commissioned brand photography, with knowledge of stock photography beneficial. You devise original shoot ideas based on analysis of data and be highly effective at communicating these ideas to your team ensuring the content we are creating is both commercially relevant as well as award winning. You have a proven instinct for identifying and recruiting up-and-coming creators (stills and video) to create commercial content. You are highly organized and meticulous, able to manage many moving parts of multiple work streams operating simultaneously while still meeting deadlines. A creative problem-solver who can quickly identify problems and work independently to find appropriate solutions. This role is ideal for someone who keeps a pulse on what’s new and next in art and culture and is not afraid to share insights and perspectives with a multi-disciplinary creative team. Your Next Challenge: Act as ambassador and proactively build advocacy for Getty Images and iStock amongst creators and the wider commercial photography community to help recruit, engage, and motivate our creators in Asia Pacific. Mentor, strengthen, and develop creative teams remotely across Southeast Asia and Japan through effective performance management. Take a leading role in inspiring creative teams and finding new methods of brainstorming new shoot ideas with support from the insights team. You will work on a range of initiatives and projects that help promote and showcase our work, strengthening Getty Images and iStock’s creative offering. Offer support and growth of our Asia Pacific creators by providing your team advice on their roster’s portfolio, give reviews, and guidance. Strong collaborator to build and strengthen relationships internally with Creative Insights, Sales, Product, PR and Marketing. The role is as much about people as it is about creativity; you will build relationships across the business, our network of creators, and our customers. Collaborate with the insights team and the curation and promotion team to create visual narratives for key research and thought leadership projects in the region. Significantly grow the quality and quantity of creative content for Asia Pacific on all sites. Work closely with the Director of Creative for content metrics and performance against the creative strategy. What You'll Need: 5 plus years of demonstrated ability within visual communications or advertising industries. 3 plus years of proven experience in a people management role. Experience in video production. Experienced in art directing, managing, and producing shoots on a global scale. Proven track record in mentoring and development of creative managers and assistants. Ability to prepare and present your ideas through excellent visual, written, and verbal communication skills. Proven ability to effectively communicate strategy and the performance of your team. Must be self-motivated and can work with minimum supervision to accomplish goals and manage tasks with frequent interruptions. The ability to work well under pressure, work independently and multi-task a variety of projects is vital. #J-18808-Ljbffr