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Founded in 2012, Civitas is an award-winning marketing agency that works with a multitude of brands across tech, retail and sports.

From our headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, we design and produce brand activations, sports marketing programs and digital media campaigns. Our team of creatives, producers and account managers are unified by a desire to deliver outstanding work and client service, along with a unique ability to produce never-done-before projects with speed and efficiency.

We’re a lean and mighty group that is focused on agency growth – which includes both expanding the client roster AND providing professional development opportunities for our team. We believe in a strong work-life balance and have created a flexible work environment, which is one of several people-first benefits that come with working at Civitas.

Creative Director

The Creative Director’s primary role is to lead the Agency’s creative projects across multiple mediums, including digital, out-of-home / large format print, and experiential. You’ll work to deliver big ideas for brand campaigns – from concept to execution, and you’ll be counted on to lead and manage the creative department (designers, strategists and content producers) on a day-to-day basis. The Creative Director should have a design-heavy background and strong history of winning creative assignments through conceptual work / pitch decks.

This is a full-time, in-office role located in Columbus, Ohio. This role reports to the Managing Director.

Creative responsibilities include:

• Team management and organizational efficiency, ability to delegate and deliver projects on deadline
• Creator of original designs in product work (design systems, brand implementation, campaign visuals)
• Ability to make design and art direction decisions across all platforms
• Accountable for agency creative product
• Lead creative ideation and concept development
• Ability to refine layouts, images and fonts
• Ability to deliver concepts and mock-ups for new business and pitch concepts

Necessary Qualifications / Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in a Design-heavy role in an agency setting
• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Visual Communications or Graphic Design programs
• Thorough understanding of Adobe Creative Suite – specifically Photoshop and Illustrator
• Must demonstrate strong conceptual abilities and possess a deep passion and understanding of design
• Must be a diverse, agile and open-minded designer

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