Total 3 Director/C-Level Art / Design / Entertainment job vacancies in USA CA Pasadena (100 W. Walnut Street)

The Opportunity:

As a solution architect on our team, you'll translate your customer’s IT needs and future goals into a plan by crafting architecture products, design specifications, leading prototyping efforts, and working directly with the customer to help transform the way the customer's organization uses technology to enable the delivery of new mission capabilities.

You'll develop solution architecture (SA) and resolves complex issues in a variety of projects through the implementation of requirements analysis, expertise support and project supervision. You'll apply leading-edge principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. In this role, you'll work on unusually complex problems and provides highly innovative solutions, operate with substantial latitude for unreviewed action or decision, and mentor or supervise employees in both firm and technical competencies.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 8+ years of experience with designing, developing, operationalizing, and maintaining complex cloud applications or platforms at enterprise scale

• Knowledge of System Engineering practices and ITSM

• Ability to supervise others and lead projects and deliverables within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment

• Ability to work directly with government client and help translate their goals into technical solutions

• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

• Bachelor's degree

• Ability to obtain Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of hire 

Nice If You Have:

• 5+ years of experience with UNIX and Linux, including basic commands and Shell scripting 

• 5+ years of experience with Agile engineering practices

• Experience with implementing ITSM or IT Operations practices

• Experience with Space systems in the Intelligence community

• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Developer, or SysOps Associate Certification

Clearance:  
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

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A Place Where You Belong
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Our comprehensive benefits package includes wellness programs with HSA contributions, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a generous 401(k) match, and more. With these benefits, plus the option for flexible schedules and remote and hybrid locations, we’ll support you as you pursue a balanced, fulfilling life—at work and at home. 

Your Candidate Journey
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Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

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We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

 At Deckers Brands, Together, Every Step is a promise kept that every employee can bring their authentic self, is valued and supported, as a whole person, at work and beyond. Together, Every Step is how we continue to deliver exceptional business results, experience an amazing place to work, and have a positive impact on the communities and world around us. 

Job Title: Sr. Director, Global Creative - UGG

Reports to:  VP, Marketing - UGG

Location:  Goleta, CA or Remote

Interested applicants must reside in one of the following approved states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington

The Role

Reporting to the VP Marketing for the UGG brand, the Senior Director, Global Creative is responsible for Brand visual expression, voice, and its execution across all consumer touchpoints. They are also responsible for  the creative for all campaigns and creative assets across retail, eCommerce, social and media required to support the seasonal marketing calendar. The expectation is to drive innovation, bold creative work, a cohesivive Brand Visual Center and an UGG universe that represents the brand globally. The media assets should drive customer acquisition, conversion, and frequency across channels and within each region.

We celebrate diversity--of your background, your experiences and your unique identity. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and equitable workplace where all of our employees can Come as They Are. We believe that when we bring our different perspectives to work, we are truly Better Together.

Your Impact

Creative Brand Expression

• Define, evolve, own and implement the UGG Brand creative expression and ’ensure that it is executed through all touch points and placements
• Position our brand as a Global Fashion Lifestyle brand for the culture creators and culture changemakers
• Partner with insights to understand how our consumer segments and their content needs are evolving
• Engage key stakeholders on the content strategy and ensure delivery of the UGG visual center, styling ethos and brand visual guidelines
• Elevate the creative expression of the brand to a new level of bold, innovative and distinct expression of the brand and product
• Collaborate with regions, provide guard rails and partner with them on creative work and approvals
• Develop brand standards and visual language that includes logo, brand colors, photography and motion direction and other elements that influence the visual identity and brand voice for UGG.
• Provide guidance to internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance. Ensure that brand guidelines and campaign guidelines are updated regularly
• Enhance storytelling for the brand and products that shares the UGG purpose, principles, values and origin story

Global Campaign Development, Content & Communications Strategy

• Lead the development of the solve process – directly leading and concepting campaign briefs and partnering with agencies to lead the seasonal and evergreen campaign work
• Partner with product marketing and cross functional teams to receive briefs and lead the creative response to the briefs
• Ensure global asset creation in partnership with North America, APAP and EMEA
• Ensure casting is in line with the UGG brand visual direction
• Partner with Brand coms on the solve process – response to creative brief
• Engage cross functional stakeholders in the vision, agree the business case and plan
• Lead all seasonal directives for creative assets
• Lead a close working relationship with the Omni, product marketing, Brand comms and ops teams for Toolkit production.

Digital and social transformation

• Lead the development of an updated creative strategy for the UGG eCommerce 3.0 – to focus on our culture creators and culture changemakers and
• Help reimaging and create online experiences
• Collaborate with social and PR to help align social and PR content within the brand universe

Retail Brand Expression and UGG Universe

• Conceptualize, design, produce and deploy all creative content for retai
• Conceptualize and design the retail Universe details – instore every green assets that should show up in wholesale, DTC retail and pop-up environments
• Create and lead the seasonal retail visual centers  
• Work with cross functional peers to ensure Brand events and retail execution are on Brand
• Create trade marketing materials in support of US Wholesale accounts as well as seasonal dealer catalogs and selling materials

Innovation & Best Practice

• Drive a culture of tech innovation by bringing in new ways to be digital, and educate team and partners on emerging trends and best practices
• Contribute to ongoing development, evaluation and improvement of content creation, communication planning, and digital channel management.
• Drive collaboration across functions, fostering a trusting culture where people listen openly to the ideas of others, look for possibilities, ask for help when needed, and assume accountability for their contributions.
• Keep abreast of best practices in branding, marketing, content and digital communication.

Team and Cross Functional Leadership

• Instill and reinforce the highest standards for collaboration and teamwork within UGG and across the Deckers’ brand portfolio, with the goals of identifying synergies, fostering idea sharing and establishing common goals for profitable growth and continuous innovation
• Foster an environment of inclusion and belonging where all employees feel valued, where differences are embraced, and everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. Champion best practices to improve representation and diversity at Deckers.
• Develop, motivate, mentor and retain top talent; engage the UGG team in ways that will facilitate the achievement of UGG’s strategic objectives
• Champion and ensure progressive employee development practices that provide UGG employees with clear roles, clear goals, clear development plans, and visible career paths within Deckers
• Identify and communicate key responsibilities and practices across functions to promote a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork across departments to achieve business results
• Infuse a mindset and practice of accountability, humility, exceptional service, and cooperation

Who You Are

• Thinks creatively and strategically as well as is able to manage execution
• Strong ability in brand campaign development
• Expertise in digital creative disciplines with a strong understanding of social, UX needs and how to optimize creative across channels.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) and presentation software (Keynote, PowerPoint) and competent in MS Office applications. Familiarity with project and asset management tools a plus.
• Experienced in retail marketing/creative
• Excellent communication and presentation skills that can be adapted for audiences across regions and at all levels of the organization
• Ability to anticipate project workload demands and scale resources by hiring freelancers as needed
• Ability to succeed in a matrix organization through influence, partnership and respect for shared and differing objectives.
• Highly motivated self-starter and team player
• Exhibits a high level of personal integrity, empathy, and respect for others

We’d love to hear from people with

• BA Graphic Design or relevant related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 16+ years’ experience in design and creative direction, including managing the photography art direction and cross channel expression for leading consumer brands
• Experience at the most senior creative leadership level in an in-house creative team or agency
• 8+ years practical experience leading a team of multidisciplinary creatives at varying levels of experience
• Fashion footwear and apparel industry preferred

What We'll Give You

• Competitive Pay and Bonuses - We’ve created a variety of competitive compensation programs to foster career development, reward success and to show our employees just how much they’re valued.
• Financial Planning and wellbeing - No matter what financial goals our employees have set, we want to help them get there. Our plans provide powerful ways to protect income, pay for expenses and invest in the future.
• Time away from work - Sometimes we need time away to be with family, focus on our health or just simply recharge. Our plans support our employees’ needs to get out, get healthy and come back stronger than ever.
• Extras, discounts and perks - Being a valued member of the Deckers Brands team means more than just a paycheck. From generous discounts to community-based programs, we offer a variety of cool extras
• Growth and Development - Deckers Brands was built on the idea of pursuing passion. That’s why we offer extensive opportunities and support for personal and professional development.
• Health and Wellness - There’s nothing basic about our comprehensive health and wellness programs and offerings. While at work and at play, we aim to support a healthy lifestyle.
   

$240,000-$250,000

The salary range posted reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this role in our Goleta, CA location. Individual pay will be determined by location and additional factors, including job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for our brands. We welcome qualified applicants regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition and all of the other beautiful parts of your identity.

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Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of application architectures for complex systems, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external and internal customers
• Take full responsibility for the balance between functional, service quality and systems management requirements within a significant area of the organization
• Support the establishment of policy and strategy for the selection of systems architecture components, and co-ordinates design activities, promoting the discipline to ensure consistency. Ensures that appropriate standards (corporate, industry, national and international) are adhered to
• Contribute to the creation and review of a systems capability strategy for responsible area to meet the strategic requirements of the business
• Develop models and plans to drive forward the strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance
• Take responsibility for investigative work to determine requirements and specify effective business processes, through improvements in information systems, data management, practices, procedures, organization and equipment
• Provide leadership and guidelines for responsible area to promote the development and exploitation of IT technologies for next generation practices in the complex capital equipment manufacturing business
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architect, Digital and Data architect, Infrastructure architect and IT Security architect to identify synergies and dependencies in IT roadmap to avoid unnecessary reworks
• Drives the development and recruitment of application architecture and solution design competency and capability set that meets the company needs
• Analyse business processes; identifies alternative solutions, assesses feasibility, and recommends new approaches, typically seeking to exploit technology components.
• Evaluates the financial, cultural, technological, organizational and environmental factors which must be addressed in the change programme
• Establishes client requirements for the implementation of significant changes in organizational mission, business functions and process, organizational roles and responsibilities, and scope or nature of service delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Over 15 years of relevant experience including experience in leading fully cycle project roll-out with finance system
• Experience in implementing SAP S/4HANA and Anaplan
• Strong understanding of financial processes, regulations, and compliance requirements
• Excellent communication skills to interact with stakeholders at all levels and convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Problem-solving and analytical mindset, capable of identifying and resolving complex technical challenges