Location: Philadelphia,PA, USA
Job Description
About The Position
The Manager of Creative Marketing will manage the creative process and delivery of high-quality traditional and digital collateral and campaigns for KIPP Foundation to support in maintaining brand consistency, increase credibility, and improve effectiveness of our teacher and student recruitment and retention campaigns.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with all KIPP Foundation teams to design and produce exceptional digital and print marketing collateral, including ad suites, social graphics, one- and two-sheets, presentations, email templates, and white papers/reports.
Design materials and support installation of branded experiences for key network events throughout the year; materials range from print and online invitations, attendee activation, social campaigns, event signage, and digital programs.
Drive internal creative workflow including a creative brief and background process, managing stakeholders, building project plans, reporting on and measuring progress, and overseeing execution of final deliveries.
Provide advertising campaign creative support and thought partnership to regional stakeholders with the aim of increasing brand alignment and campaign performance.
Maintain a set of national brand standards and digital asset management platforms
Stay current on visual brand trends within education and broader social impact spaces
Skills
Mission & Student Focus: Demonstrated commitment to education equity; a passion for KIPP's mission; desire and ability to uphold KIPP's values (Focus on Excellent Results, Courageous Action, and Resilient Solutions Focus)
Achievement Orientation : Ensure clarity in goals and accountabilities while working with agility and creativity to drive toward deadlines and outcomes-focused metrics
Cultural Competence & Commitment to Equity: A proactive cultural leader and team player who thrives on collaboration and learning; can effectively collaborate with teammates across lines of difference.
Creativity & Design: Ability to generate original ideas and concepts; strong sense of visual style and aesthetic judgment–with a focus on typography and photo pairing; ability to create visually appealing and functional designs
Planning & Execution: Detail oriented, execution focused, and an ability to see the big picture while managing projects
Stakeholder Management : a team player who is able to influence others to get their work done; Demonstrated successful experiences managing a project and/or managing stakeholders
Qualifications: Qualifications
Experience and Qualifications
Degree or formal certification in Graphic Design preferred. We will consider any candidates who have a strong portfolio of relevant work.
Minimum 5 years relevant experience in print/digital design and brand management
A passion for KIPP's mission and values
Fluency in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign; working knowledge of Premiere Pro, After Affects, and Audition. Presentation work is done in PowerPoint.
Exceptional ability to see projects through all phases of implementation including concept generation, design development and materials execution, while maintaining timelines and staying on budget
Ability to partner with teammates, build relationships, and establish new processes to ensure collaboration delivers best possible end products
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to function autonomously as well as in a cooperative, diverse group
Experience in managing photoshoots
Additional Information
Work Conditions
Travel requirements: 15%
Full time, Exempt role
Location
It is preferred, but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office. This role also has the option of working from a remote office full-time. KIPP Foundation offices are in NYC and Chicago.
Compensation and Benefits
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, and relevant experience. The salary range for this position is $80,000-$95,500. In addition, KIPP Foundation provides a variety of benefits to employees, including:
26 holidays for + 18 days additional flexible PTO days (flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and to 28 days for years 5+).
100% paid parental leave
100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee + family's medical/dental/vision plans.
Wellness benefits such as fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions, backup care support for children and adults/elders, and our employee assistance program
Finance Security benefits include such as a 401K retirement plan with 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
KIPP Foundation embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the students and communities with whom we work and the world that around them. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.