Senior Specialist, Marketing Creative

Wherever you are in the amazing world of Disney, you are contributing to the stories of our iconic brands, recognised by audiences everywhere for entertainment, information and inspiration. Innovation, imagination and inclusion are at the core of Disney, defining the experience that we deliver as well as providing the foundation of our success. The scope of our business, combined with global growth and collaboration result in an inclusive employee experience characterised by continuous learning, development and achievement.

This creative role has been developed to support the regional CPGP Marketing team for APAC. This involves working collaboratively with multiple markets -Japan, Greater China, Korea, Australia, South East Asia, Middle East and North Africa, and other lines of business when required plus external partners.

A key member of the team, the **Senior Specialist, Marketing Creative** will be responsible for creative developments for multi-market initiatives on a regional level for APAC and occasionally for the global and local teams. He/she will be in charge of the entire retail/product marketing campaign from concept, pitching and execution. He/She will be responsible for supporting day-to-day responsibilities to ensure creative deliverables are on brand, consistent and of high-quality across all aspects of branding and marketing. He/she should also when necessary be able to work on creative output by themselves. This includes idea generation, illustrate concept by designing rough layout of art and copy when required. It is critical that this person uses their keen eye for detail, strong time-keeping and project management to deliver professional, creative and high-quality work for the APAC Marketing team. He/She will be part of the team to pioneer uniquely branded Disney + Pixar + Marvel + Star Wars + 20th Century Studios + National Geographic marketing initiatives, and retail experiences.

Projects will range from short term, quick turnaround tasks, to much larger projects which may take many months and have many revisions and may require marketing investment. Projects may cover sell-in/pitch decks, design direction deck, toolkits, including power point/key note presentations, merchandise mock ups, event layout, online content/media, marketing collaterals. This person will be experienced in working on multiple projects, and will be a self-starter, ideally with background in a busy media creative role.

**Responsibilities**:

- Set over-all design direction and flow of sell-in pitches and presentations to retailers with his/her Manager
- Support marketing teams with creative ideas, materials and mood boards such as thought starters, design direction for marketing pitch/presentations.
- Attend meetings to present creative ideas/pitch to key stakeholders
- Create, localize, and execute brand-centric marketing visuals and supporting assets for retailers (such as: in-store concepts, promotional communication, flyers, POS material, social media, and online visuals)
- Ideate and develop designs for offline and online retail experiences and on-ground activation; using innovation to redefine a design brief within the constraints of cost and time, when needed.
- Demonstrate illustrative skills from rough sketches, mock-up rendering, to production and implementation
- Work alongside key stakeholders to ensure we are strategically driving key deliverables which are on brief and delivering best in class campaigns - Product Development, Marketing Creative, Consumer Products, Publishing, Parks and Games.
- Prepare final graphic, retail and digital asset toolkits
- Creative asset management
- Set creative agency briefings and on-boarding for external partners and creative agencies
- Review creative materials submitted by stakeholders, external partners and creative agencies
- Work closely with internal stakeholders or key business partners and update progress
- Communicate and manage creative standards and guidelines with internal stakeholders
- Guide and mentor freelancers/interns/subordinates to the point of professionalism
- Stay abreast of changes in the international marketing environment to best serve the company’s objective and adjust plans/designs accordingly

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Industrial/ Product/ Environmental or Visual/Graphic design or a related field
- Must have an extensive design, graphic and/or media experience - 3+ years
- Ideally with a creative background in advertising agency or home entertainment company
- Strong portfolio showcasing creative experience
- Proficiency in industry-standard programs and software Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and other graphic editing/design software
- Able to conceptualize, visualise, design, and render in 3D
- (Knowledge/exposure to SketchUp, KeyShot or any 3D design software is an advantage)
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Keynote for Mac
- Excellent command of written and spoken Eng