Creative Director, Meta Wearables Product Creative

Meta Wearables is looking for a Creative Director to join the Product Creative team. Product Creative uses artistic and technical skills to create the vision and experiences that make Meta Wearables trend-setting, distinct, and loved by customers.The Creative Director will be responsible for driving high-level creative strategy, direction, and goals across several workstreams and methods, such as illustration, 3D graphics, motion graphics, interactive experiences, and more. The ideal candidate has a refined aesthetic taste, is detail-oriented, has a concept-driven approach, and has hands-on product experience. An ideal candidate is also a strategic partner, a collaborative peer, and can influence executives and other functional leaders.

• Drive creative direction in collaboration with various design groups, from product designers, art directors, illustrators, and external partners.
• Collaborate cross-functionally. Balance the needs of stakeholders, and break down complex requirements into simple, compelling solutions.
• Synthesize feedback quickly incorporating it into the work strengthening outcomes.
• Create compelling design proposals that demonstrate the impact of artistic and interactive solutions applied in product.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to identify opportunities for product enhancements that would bring greater brand expression and elevate the quality of our work.
• Create and uphold craft and quality standards for the work influencing the team and partners.
• Alongside design operations, align on key priorities with cross-functional teams to build shared goals, milestones, and objectives.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, with 8+ years of experience as a Creative Director leading design direction across various multidisciplinary teams and identifying opportunities to enhance the overall product experience.
• Experience building and shipping applications or software across a variety of platforms.
• Effective presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the experience communicating complex, sometimes abstract, concepts clearly and persuasively - Can explain the "whys" behind decisions and direction, is open to being wrong, and has a point of view and can represent it with conviction.
• Experience working across various styles and mediums including illustration, iconography, animation, and 3D graphics, and weaving them together into holistic solutions.
• Experience developing design principles related to branding, marketing, and creative directions for product work
• Track record of being self-directed, demonstrating leadership, being detail-oriented, and delivering results in a highly organized manner.
• Experience in deadline driven environments that requires managing many dependencies including self directed time management, task prioritization, and flexibility.
• Experience bringing clarity to complex, sometimes ambiguous projects and processes, proactively working towards solutions.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience, with 8+ years of experience encompassing interaction design, UX, and visual design with proficiency designing across platforms
• Experience coordinating, directing, providing direction to contractors, agencies, and in-house designers.
• Experience clearly conveying concepts with cross-functional teams and vendors driving shared milestones.

• You are a detail-oriented hands on practitioner with an interest in creative direction and holistic thinking and is experienced collaborating with peers.