Creative Media Associate Director (Art-based)

TL;DR

Creative Media Associate Director (Art-based): Guiding creative media strategy and conceptual thinking for media and content campaigns across channels in China with an accent on artistic POV, visual aesthetics, and hirify.global creative visions. Focus on inventing branded content ideas, managing creative projects and resources, analyzing trends, and building relationships with industry players and talents.

Location: Hybrid in Shanghai. Candidate must be eligible to work in China.

Company

Leading global platform for contemporary culture and lifestyle, publicly listed since 2016, with publishing brands, creative agency Hypemaker, and e-commerce platform HBX.

What you will do

• Invent ideas for branded media contents and sponsorships aligned with brand partners and hirify.global's authentic POV.
• Analyze trends and develop latest creative practices across multichannel marketing.
• Manage creative projects, timelines, internal/external resources, and creative talents.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients, agencies, influencers, artists, designers, and global creative community.
• Collaborate with team and business units, hire, coach, and inspire creative talents.
• Travel as required.

Requirements

• 5+ years in 360-degree artistic storytelling in media, digital/content agency, or brand creative studio.
• Solid hands-on experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) and other creative tools.
• Bachelor’s degree in art, design, communications, marketing, or equivalent.
• Experience in creative/media production (photo shooting, video, animation) and content storytelling across multimedia.
• Strong network of creative talents (influencers, artists, designers, musicians, filmmakers, illustrators).
• Pixel-perfect attention to detail, local/global perspectives on youth culture.
• Good command of English; APAC languages a plus.

Nice to have

• Illustration, motion graphics, animation, 3D rendering knowledge.
• Media setting experience scaling partnership opportunities.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a dynamic media environment focused on authentic creative standards.
• Opportunity to leverage global network and hirify.global brand for value creation.