Creative Director

Summary

• Location: Austin, TX
• Experience: 7+ years
• Commitment: Full Time

Welcome to ROKA, an independent performance eyewear brand born in Austin, Texas. We’ve redefined what everyday eyewear can be by infusing cutting-edge sport performance technology into prescription glasses and sunglasses built for real life. Whether you’re training, running, cycling, or tackling your daily grind, if you move, we’ve built eyewear that moves with you. 

ROKA is seeking a Creative Director to help bring our products, stories, and campaigns to life. This is a player/coach role for someone who is equally comfortable developing big ideas, providing creative direction, and rolling up their sleeves to bring those ideas to life.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the creative vision and execution of the ROKA brand across digital, social, email, web, retail, print, packaging, and campaign initiatives
• Design, deliver and collaborate on tactical and strategic creative work
• Stay close to the execution, contributing hands-on when needed
• Lead creative development from concept through production, ensuring work is delivered with speed, quality, and attention to detail
• Partner with marketing and cross-functional teams to translate business objectives into compelling creative campaigns and experiences
• Maintain a consistent and elevated brand experience across all channels and customer touchpoints
• Evolve and grow brand standards as needed for ROKA to remain cutting edge and relevant with its customers, while remaining consistent across platforms

Must-haves:

• Experience building and leading creative work. For a premium consumer brand a major plus
• Strong ability level in Figma + Adobe CC (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat)
• HTML, web knowledge, Prismic CMS and WebFlow experience is a strong plus
• Proven ability to build and manage content production, including partnerships with videographers, photographers, creators, agencies, and freelance talent
• Demonstrated success leading photo and video shoots from concept through final delivery
• Proven ability to operate as a player/coach, leading teams while remaining an active contributor
• Experience developing integrated campaigns across digital, social, email, web, video,  and, photography
• Impeccable eye for design aesthetics and great attention to detail
• Track record of finishing long-term, complex projects from inception to delivery
• Ability to prioritize tasks based on and deliver quality work on tight deadlines
• Exceptional teamwork, leadership, and communication skills
• Ability to present work, and manage feedback from various stakeholders
• Ability to judge creative concepts and copy, and clearly communicate creative direction
• Strong knowledge of key marketing best practices.
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment within a small team
• Strong portfolio of recent design work required 

Work Location:

ROKA is located in Austin, TX, USA. The Company is on a hybrid work schedule.  Candidates must be prepared to work on-site as often as needed per the Department’s business needs.  Remote candidates will not be considered for this position.

Benefits Include

• Competitive compensation
• Employee and industry discounts
• Fun and casual but high-performance atmosphere
• Onsite corporate gym
• Health, dental, vision & FSA, employer paid life insurance
• Vacation and sick leave
• 401(k) with match
• Gym membership stipend
• Paid maternity (16 weeks) and paternity (8 weeks) leave