CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Single managing director to oversee creative staff and ensure commercial-quality artwork, layout, design, photography, and video across Senior Military Engagement Program (SMEP) publications; maintain branding consistency and industry standards while supporting government editorial intent.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of commercial artists, graphic/web designers, photo editors, videographers, and creative staff.
• Establish and enforce brand standards, style guides, and creative workflows for all publication products and dissemination channels.
• Approve final artwork, layouts, multimedia assets, and production-ready files; ensure technical and quality compliance.
• Coordinate with Editor in Chief, program leadership, and government stakeholders to align creative output with editorial intent and policy constraints.
• Manage creative schedules, resource allocation, contractor performance, and quality assurance processes.
• Oversee image/video sourcing, licensing, and security-compliant handling of media assets.
• Support foreign-language production workflows as required; coordinate with language SMEs and translation teams.
• Provide metrics and executive-level briefings on creative production, quality, and brand compliance.

Required Qualifications

• Education and years of experience: Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.
• Clearance: TS with eligibility for SCI at proposal submission and ability to maintain SCI access.
• Experience: Minimum 7 years’ experience directly managing commercial artists, graphic designers, web designers, photo editors, and creative staff for professional publications (print/online) under senior management guidelines.
• Skills: Strong creative leadership, art direction, branding, production processes, multimedia workflow management, and quality control.

Desired Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience with foreign-language publication workflows (translations to/from English).
• Prior DoD/SMEP or government publication experience preferred.
• Experience managing creative teams in classified or security-constrained environments.

This is a Proposal requisition.