Creative Director 3D Retail Design

Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

The Creative Director (CD) provides design leadership for all 3D Retail Design within the in-house design team. Working in collaboration with counterpart creatives (3D Displays and 2D Creative Communications), this position sets the tone for all Verizon Retail.

This is an execution focused position for someone with demonstrated achievements in retail, who can successfully manage the balance between business, technology and design. We are looking for a creative leader who will help Verizon become the leader in store design and retail experience. The CD inspires and leads a team of designers and external consultants, and has the needed skills to translate business requirements into clear design direction in a physical environment.

What you'll be doing:

• Embracing our new store retail concept and taking it to the next level with demonstrated experience and ability to iterate new retail concepts/formats.

• Developing retail design strategy for all Verizon channels (Direct /Indirect stores).

• Strategically deploying store designs into all Verizon physical spaces.

• Developing designs for interior retail fixtures using past ability, knowledge and experience.

• Recommending, researching, and developing the latest retail trends/experiences to support creative strategy and execution.

• Collaborating with other Creative Directors to artfully build creative solutions to address specific project objectives.

• Being accountable for the final development and production of creative assets and ensures accuracy, attention to details and overall meets or exceeds the design objectives.

• Ensuring brand guidelines and directives are implemented, embraced and adhered to in all executions.

• Playing an active role in contributing conceptual ideas in brainstorms or offline creative development.

• Working to improve the integrated team’s overall performance and embraces a collaborative approach.

You'll need to have:

• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• A portfolio of relevant work.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• In House retail design experience, preferably in a corporate environment.

• Experience with large iconic brands translating concept designs into scalable programs for our large fleet of retail locations and customer touch points.

• Demonstrated creative conceptualization skills.

• Demonstrates proficient expertise in Architectural CAD 2D & 3D programs, including Sketch-Up.

• Understands design applications in traditional and emerging channels.

• Contributes in developing initial creative strategies to address core marketing and business objectives.

• Actively participates in the ideation process leveraging research, analytics, and brand insights

• States opinions clearly and can verbally describe visual concepts.

• Produces work that adheres to brand standards, but also able to explore new interpretations of the brand and develops out-of-the-box approaches to grow the retail experience.

• Can take direction well from creative directors.

• Understands that all projects require attention to detail so that work is on-time, on-budget and on-strategy.

Where you’ll be working

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees’ differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefits, short term incentives, 401(k) Savings Plan, stock incentive programs, paid time off, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

If you are hired into a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, Washington or Washington, D.C. work location, the compensation range for this position is between $149,000.00 and $277,000.00 annually based on a full-time schedule. The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part time roles, your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.