As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON has revolutionized the comics industry for comic fans and creators.

Today, a diverse new generation of international comic artists have found a home on WEBTOON, where the company’s storytelling technology allows anyone to become a creator and build a global audience for their stories.

With a massive catalog of incredible digital comics from rising stars on WEBTOON CANVAS platform, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators, there’s something for every type of comic fan on WEBTOON.

With an average of 89+ million monthly active users, and WEBTOON adaptations on Netflix, HBO Max, and other screens around the world, WEBTOON’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture.

The company has worked with DC Comics, Marvel Entertainment, HYBE, and many more of the world’s biggest entertainment brands.

WEBTOON Entertainment is looking for a Creative Director to lead its North American Design Team. This unique opportunity offers the chance to work in close collaboration with strategic marketing and creative partners at a global and local level, driving visual excellence across our four major brands : WEBTOON, Wattpad, Wattpad-WEBTOON Studios, and YONDER.

This role reports directly to the Executive Creative Director and positions the right candidate at the helm of a passionate team of talented and creative designers driving big change in the media industry.

Our one-true-person for the job knows how to lead with empathy but stay focused on quality and results. They are equally adept at UX, print, experiential, merchandising, and digital mediums with a portfolio demonstrating successful leadership of designers creating data-driven, bar-raising design that truly wows and makes our series and IP shine.

Please note : Only candidates with 10+ years of proven creative leadership experience will be considered. You must provide a working link to an online portfolio.

What you bring and do :

• 10+ years of relevant experience, including 3+ years of design leadership.
• Experience in UX / UI design or working closely with UX / UI designers.
• Portfolio demonstrating scope of multi-channel, multi-brand creative design projects driving results for top-tier entertainment or other brands.
• Establish and tirelessly maintain design excellence.
• Champion and foster big ideas from your team with our creators and fans at heart.
• Strategic, conceptual thinking and ability to translate business goals and KPIs into achievable tactics and creative deliverables to meet those goals.
• Next-level presentation skills; a proven track record of aligning leadership, stakeholders and external partners to your creative strategy and execution.
• Understanding of digital marketing; experience translating results to optimized creative iterations and concepts.
• Respect for, and ability to build upon established global and local brand guidelines and standards.
• Ability to quickly orient, motivate, and excite a team about projects spanning multiple brands.
• Experience delivering design and results for projects of all speeds and volume; from the steady tempo of app / platform content to strategic, multi-month campaigns.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Suite; ability to adapt quickly to creative collaboration and operational tools.
• Excellent management and leadership skills, including specific instances of building strong cross-team relationships internally and with external partners.
• Agility in adapting to and communicating changes in briefs, priorities, and revisions.
• Staying on-top of entertainment and general design trends. Translate them to our work in a manner that’s cohesive with existing brand guidelines.

We’d love it if you also had

• A strong passion for one or more of our brands.
• Passion and deep knowledge of multiple of the following : gaming, anime, manga, comics, TV, cinema, pop culture in general.
• Experience in the digital and / or traditional book publishing industry.
• Experience in creating and / or reviewing merchandise style guides, including IP style guides.
• Experience in video or other commercial advertising production (shoots, photography, etc.)
• Business-level or above Korean is helpful in interfacing with our global brand stakeholders but is not necessary for success in this role.

WEBTOON is owned by South Korea’s internet conglomerate Naver. In 2021, Naver acquired webnovel app Wattpad. The move aligned WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform, with Wattpad, the world’s leading webnovel platform.

Together, these storytelling technology platforms reach a combined audience of 166 million people around the world.Join us and work with some of the biggest artists, IP, and fandoms in comics!

Onward Search needs a Creative Producer for a Technology client. This is a 12 month contract opportunity. To learn more about this Creative Producer opportunity, apply now and chat with a recruiter today! Qualifications : Candidates must have at least 5-8 years experience acting as a producer or creative project manager in an advertising agency or creative / production studioExperience producing photography, art and / or video for multiple mediums and platforms is preferredCandidates must have excellent note-taking and task management skills, and be able to track creative milestones and goals in a timely, organized mannerResponsibilities : Schedule meetings, establish agendas and goals, record meeting notes and identify action items for directly responsible individualsCoordinate key personnel from various teams to ensure alignment and accountabilityMonitor team resourcing sheet and contribute to ensuring assignments and project schedules are up to dateCollaborate with Production leads and operations to track projects against scopes, ensure estimates, POs, SOWs, etc are gathered and processed in a timely mannerTo learn more about this Creative Producer opportunity, apply now and chat with a recruiter today! What’s in our benefits packages : Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Life Insurance 401k Program Commuter Benefit eLearning Education Reimbursement Ongoing Training & Development *To qualify for our benefits package, you must work over 30 hours per week and the length of assignment must be a minimum of 10 weeksAt Onward Search, our job is to find you dream jobs.

We are creatives, marketers and digital wizards who use our talents to connect talented people with the nation’s leading brands.

And our relationship won’t end with your start date. More than recruiters, we are your advocates, advisors, and employers of record.

We pay weekly, make sure your needs are met, and measure our success by yours. Join us. DE&I is not just our promise, it’s our passion.

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Refer them to us and earn $500!Uncover more creative, gaming, marketing and tech opportunities at Onwardsearch.comEmployer Details : Onward Search is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in an employment with regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state and local laws and ordinances.

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Job Description

Square Hardware is looking for an experienced, people-first Group Creative Director to lead our in-house creative team. You will manage our multidisciplinary creative team spanning Art Direction, Design, Copywriting, Studio Production, and Design Technology.

You will lead and oversee the creative marketing vision across channels and markets, including product launches, in-market awareness campaigns, landing pages, promotions, packaging, and retail displays.

In this leadership role, you will partner with Product Marketing, Product Management, Hardware Channel Marketing and senior leadership to influence our go-to-market roadmap and determine creative strategies that resonates with our audiences.

You will guide the Hardware Creative team through turning marketing challenges into remarkable creative solutions, and find ways to connect dots and bring stories and ideas to life.

You will report to the Hardware Creative Studio Lead,

You will :

• Establish a creative vision that the team can align around and move toward
• Lead a team of creatives, while creating an inclusive, collaborative, and productive team culture and have a healthy mentality about work-life balance
• Partner with teams to define and prioritize creative projects, balancing strategic investments across creative programs
• Scale the team and its processes to support a growing list of markets and programs
• Oversee creative work and campaigns from strategy to execution across channels to ensure creative excellence and cohesion
• Provide clear feedback and direction to level up the quality and effectiveness of the work being delivered
• Represent hardware as an important member of the global Square Creative Director working group
• Advocate for impactful creative work and the needs of the team with senior leadership and other parts of the organization

Qualifications

You have :

12+ years experience in creative role including 5 or more years leading a creative team and organization focused on consumer or business facing marketing.

Preferably with consumer electronics or hardware devices industry.

• Experience in in-house creative teams; ideally you will have a mix of agency and in-house experience
• A people first, user-centered mindset, and a sensibility for copywriting and design
• Experience defining and differentiating products and brands
• Experience influencing roadmaps and navigating large organizations.
• Experience leading development of integrated marketing campaigns and understand performance-based marketing strategies
• Working knowledge of production and asset creation in print, digital and video workflows
• Experience recruiting, motivating, and managing a team of accomplished creatives
• Curiosity for technology and the ongoing evolution of content creation and distribution

Block, Inc. (NYSE : SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy.

Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services.

With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects.

Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.

Job Description

Square Hardware is looking for an experienced, people-first Group Creative Director to lead our in-house creative team. You will manage our multidisciplinary creative team spanning Art Direction, Design, Copywriting, Studio Production, and Design Technology.

You will lead and oversee the creative marketing vision across channels and markets, including product launches, in-market awareness campaigns, landing pages, promotions, packaging, and retail displays.

In this leadership role, you will partner with Product Marketing, Product Management, Hardware Channel Marketing and senior leadership to influence our go-to-market roadmap and determine creative strategies that resonates with our audiences.

You will guide the Hardware Creative team through turning marketing challenges into remarkable creative solutions, and find ways to connect dots and bring stories and ideas to life.

You will report to the Hardware Creative Studio Lead,

You will :

• Establish a creative vision that the team can align around and move toward
• Lead a team of creatives, while creating an inclusive, collaborative, and productive team culture and have a healthy mentality about work-life balance
• Partner with teams to define and prioritize creative projects, balancing strategic investments across creative programs
• Scale the team and its processes to support a growing list of markets and programs
• Oversee creative work and campaigns from strategy to execution across channels to ensure creative excellence and cohesion
• Provide clear feedback and direction to level up the quality and effectiveness of the work being delivered
• Represent hardware as an important member of the global Square Creative Director working group
• Advocate for impactful creative work and the needs of the team with senior leadership and other parts of the organization

Qualifications

You have :

12+ years experience in creative role including 5 or more years leading a creative team and organization focused on consumer or business facing marketing.

Preferably with consumer electronics or hardware devices industry.

• Experience in in-house creative teams; ideally you will have a mix of agency and in-house experience
• A people first, user-centered mindset, and a sensibility for copywriting and design
• Experience defining and differentiating products and brands
• Experience influencing roadmaps and navigating large organizations.
• Experience leading development of integrated marketing campaigns and understand performance-based marketing strategies
• Working knowledge of production and asset creation in print, digital and video workflows
• Experience recruiting, motivating, and managing a team of accomplished creatives
• Curiosity for technology and the ongoing evolution of content creation and distribution

Additional Information

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area.

The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.

These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A : USD $245,100 - USD $299,500

Zone B : USD $245,100 - USD $299,500

Zone C : USD $245,100 - USD $299,500

Zone D : USD $245,100 - USD $299,500

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.

Full-time employee benefits include the following :

• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Plans including company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1 : 1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
• Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
• Additional Perks such as WFH reimbursements and free access to caregiving, legal, and discounted resources

These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus.

Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.

Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.

Executive Director, Creative Services

Job Summary :

The Executive Director, Creative Services is responsible providing strategic oversight and tactical precision to the development of compelling storytelling across a diversity of platforms, audiences, and objectives, and deploying communications collateral to motivate audiences to action.

Leads the in-house creative team and is responsible for managing creative output, from concept to production, overseeing the graphic design, project management, writing, visual and video and photo work created.

Responsible for presenting design concepts and creative content to internal clients and then subsequently managing a team of creative professionals to meet project goals.

Creates, directs and implements strategic planning in alignment with Cedars-Sinai's strategy as well as each area's strategic priorities, to ensure deliverables meet customer needs.

Educational Requirements :

Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism or a related field minimum

Master's Degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism or a related field preferred

Licenses : N / A

Experience :

Minimum 12 years direct experience in marketing, communications, graphic design, writing, project management, video production or related field required.

5 years progressive experience in a complex organization, academic medicine or university setting preferred.

5 years experience in leading and participating in collaborative teams preferred.

Physical Demands :

Office environment, see JD for details