Introduction
IBM Blue Studio is responsible for the sophistication and strategic evolution and expression of the IBM brand and sub-brands across every experience and encounter, internally and externally. We represent and support all IBM businesses horizontally and vertically. Our work crosses nearly every category of output: research and strategy, communications and content development, symbology and systems, digital and physical experiences, tools and training. Our goal is to maintain modernity, tangibility and understanding of the IBM brand in the world.
Your role and responsibilities
Role:
A Creative Director within the Studio serves as a creative leader for IBM and IBM Design overall. As part of the Studio, the Creative Director will work in partnership across all creative disciplines and practices, to advance the modern expression of IBM through design across all touch-points. This professional will lead and guide both IBM internal teams and external agencies, collaborators, and partners. He/she will help expand the influence and impact of the Studio in the company, and strengthen our overall executional excellence. While being an ambassador for the advancement of the IBM brand, this professional will be personally responsible for leading multiple strategic design projects (and teams) both practical and progressive in nature. This work will include the design of brand identity, visual and verbal expression, concept creation, environments, exhibitions, communications, experiences, etc.
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Responsibilities:
- Be a strong advocate and expert in the meaning, strategy and expression of the IBM brand
- Collaborate, influence, as well as manage through his/her expertise and knowledge of design
- Distinguish good design from bad, careless from well-conceived and crafted
- Generate new ideas continually, while keeping an eye on establishing and maintaining standards
- Be accountable for the overall success of our projects and experiences measured in specific business outcomes, such as new client acquisition/adoption of a service
- Serve as a thought leader both inside and outside of IBM
- Develop strategies, plans, and set priorities
- Successfully navigating organizational complexities
- Consistently exceeding experiences previously created
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Visual design, identity, storytelling, branding and flawless execution
- Extensive experience leading design, production and agency partner teams
- Communicating and interfacing with stakeholders about design concepts, principles, criteria and guidelines
- Collaborating with other design leaders and practitioners to push the limits and look beyond the day-to-day, while working within constraints
- Taking ownership for teams and work-from conception to production-ensuring innovative work, best practices and standards of quality
- Bachelor's degree
- 10+ years art direction and creative leadership experience
- Applications: Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite (Highly proficient), MS Office, Keynote
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
ABOUT IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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