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Your role at Clorox:
Electro is The Clorox Company’s in-house agency and bespoke creative partner, tailored to our Marketing and Brand agenda across our entire portfolio of iconic brands. Our internal creative team works with our lead agencies of record. It also partners with and often supplements the work of the other external agencies in Clorox’s ecosystem. Agency has approximately 180 Clorox employees and contract employees in two locations: Oakland, CA, Durham, NC.
Electro Creative Workshop is looking for an Associate Creative Director of Print & Packaging. This is a hybrid role based out of our Corporate office in Oakland, CA. Partnering with account management, project management, and strategy, you will lead the day-to-day development and execution of packaging concepts, and bring them to life on the physical and digital shelf.
The ideal candidate is a creative problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a passion for creating breakthrough creative work.
From shaping the Big Idea to perfecting the smallest back panel detail, do you live and breathe CPG design? Are you a big-picture thinker with a keen eye for culture, trends, consumer behavior, and—of course—great design?
At Electro, you’ll work side-by-side with our brand partners to turn business challenges into breakthrough packaging — elevating the consumer experience to drive superiority for our family of iconic brands. Reporting to the Creative Director, you will be partnered with an Associate Creative Director of Digital & Content. Together, you will be a powerful force collaborating and integrating workflows while executing and driving brand consistency across all touchpoints.
This position will be located in our Oakland, CA office, and the individual will be expected to be in the office of 3 days a week
In this role, you will:
CREATIVE DIRECTION AND MARKETING
Create consumer-centric packaging which appeals to a variety of audiences, with a growing focus on younger, multicultural millennial audiences.
Manage print/packaging creative execution for a group of Clorox brands, ensuring a standard of excellence and consistency across all our creative.
Drive the creative vision for our brands, maintaining and elevating brand standards to ensure consistent and compelling brand voice.
Experience partnering with strategy and content creatives to create a consistent brand experience across all touch points, from physical and digital shelf to owned digital and social media.
Create coherent marketing ecosystem across brands, in partnership with Associate Creative Director – Digital & Content.
Work closely with partners in account management, strategy and project management to understand business goals and brainstorm creative solutions.
Serve as primary creative contact for brand partners.
Strong point of view, including an ability to make decisions on creative concepts for presentations, and a willingness to make strong recommendations to brand partners – with compelling rationale – on which option best solves the business challenge.
Meets team speed and quick-turn deliverables, allowing work with low creative lift to move quickly into execution.
Assemble creative presentations, from concept to execution through production with the help of account and project management.
CLIENT MANAGEMENT/EXTERNAL FOCUS
Establish strong, productive relationships with brand partners
Understand our corporate strategy and goals. Ensure all Electro strategies are tied to them, and they are effectively communicated to the team.
Stays abreast of industry and marketing landscape, understanding best practices and new opportunities
What we look for:
8+ years experience of hands-on creative, art direction and design strategy, in service of the world’s best consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands
Portfolio showcasing a broad range of outstanding CPG and omni-channel work
Excellent conceptual, executional and art direction skills
A natural storyteller who can hold the room and sell the right idea
Ability to provide concise direction and constructive feedback
Experience developing brand standards and brand voice
Big brand experience is a must
Creative experience in a medium to large organization
Understanding the print production process and workflow, with experience collaborating with production artists.
Direction of photo shoots and setting consistent and ownable asset libraries that work across entire brand ecosystems
On set creative oversight experience for video and photoshoots
International experience is a plus.
#LI-Hybrid
Workplace type:
This position will be located in our Oakland, CA office, and the individual will be expected to be in the office of 3 days a week
Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive. Learn more.
[U.S.]Additional Information:
At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more.
We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location. The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area.
–Zone A: $131,200 - $258,500
–Zone B: $120,300 - $237,000
–Zone C: $109,400 - $215,500
All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox’s incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.
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