Director, Creative Services

Career Growth, Flexibility and Collaboration!

Entrust is an innovative leader in identity-centric security solutions, providing an integrated platform of scalable, AI-enabled security offerings. Headquartered in Minnesota, we offer our colleagues the ability to work globally, in a flexible and collaborative environment. Our team makes an impact!!

The Company: Entrust relies on curious, dedicated and innovative individuals whom anticipate the future and provide solutions for a more connected, mobile and secure world. Entrust’s technologies and expertise help government agencies, enterprises and financial institutions in more than 150 countries serve and safeguard citizens, employees and consumers.

We Believe: Securing identities is most effective when we value all identities. We are committed to ensuring that, through diversity and inclusion, the many voices that make up our communities are heard. From unconscious bias training for managers to global affinity groups that create connections both within and across our enterprise, Entrust expects and encourages all individuals to accept and respect one another. And, of course, to be themselves.

Position Overview: 

We are looking for a Director of Creative Services to lead our design, video, and copywriting teams. The ideal candidate will bring a mix of marketing expertise and business acumen, and will be a seasoned, experienced manager of people, someone who can inspire others while taking our creative output to a new level as we continue to grow and evolve as an organization.

This person in this role will be a true team leader, detail oriented and organized, have a great understanding of marketing, campaign planning, and will have an eye for creative innovation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead our design, video, and copywriting teams in crafting compelling creative assets for Events, digital, paid media, email and social media campaigns

• Mentor and develop a talented team of creatives, ensuring delivery of high-quality assets

• Champion creative excellence, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration

• Develop creative strategies that enhance brand positioning and communicate value to global audiences

• Drive innovation and ensure alignment with the company’s brand strategy and business priorities

• Activate brand elements and apply brand guidelines and standards consistently across all work to ensure unified market presence

• Partner closely with brand strategy team to identify opportunities to provide deeper brand guidance on the Entrust brand system

• Partner with corporate-wide stakeholders (events, brand marketing, growth marketing, digital marketing, PR, channel, sales, and HR) to define creative strategies and tactics that align with approved program briefs

• Manage workload resources for the team, including external agencies and partners

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Marketing, Communications, Design, or Art Direction

• 10+ years’ experience managing a team of internal and external creative resources

• Strong communication and influence capabilities to manage multiple stakeholders and creative providers in an agile fashion

• Experience in B2B technology businesses with global audience and complex product portfolio

• Excellent interpersonal skills to clearly and effectively communicate the creative vision, concepts, ideas, and solutions to stakeholders and internal teams

• Experience with workflow applications (i.e., Workfront, Asana) and digital asset management systems

• Ability to excel in an ever changing and fast-paced team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Marketing, Communications, Design, or Art Direction

• Experience in cybersecurity or identity and access management industry

• Familiarity with campaign performance metrics/analytics

• Experience managing a budget

Compensation Range:

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $151,031-$221,512 per year (in the primary posting location). Actual compensation will be determined based on geographic location, education, skills and experience. This position is also eligible for the company’s discretionary annual incentive plan. In addition to your pay, Entrust offers eligible colleagues and their dependents comprehensive health and well-being programs which include medical, vision, dental, a generous 401(k) matching contribution, life and disability insurance, ment