Senior Creative Director for Design Services
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Creative Arts/Media
Digital Media / Production, Creative Design / Digital Art, Graphic Designer, Creative Advertising / Marketing
Senior Creative Director for Design Services University Communications & Marketing
Adelphi University is seeking an energetic and seasoned Senior Creative Director to strategically lead and execute our brand identity. This is a high-impact role for a visionary leader with higher education experience who is ready to drive Adelphi's creative future, building a nationally recognized visual identity that is as dynamic and forward-thinking as our mission.
If you thrive on leading creative change, have a comprehensive portfolio spanning branding, redesigns, creative marketing campaigns, video and multimedia direction, and end-to-end digital and print design and production, we want you to lead our team.
What You’ll Do:Drive the Vision:
Proactively lead and evolve Adelphi University's visual brand, ensuring all creative execution—from a new admissions publication to a major marketing campaign—aligns with strategic institutional goals for recruitment, retention, and engagement. You will be responsible for:
Leading the research, conceptualization and creative design of all visual assets and marketing materials including but not limited to publications, advertising, video, photography, web/digital and facility interiors and signage ensuring that they are held to the highest visual and brand standards.
Monitoring and assessing emerging design trends and adopting as appropriate.
Providing leadership and inspiring internal and external creative team members to deliver inspired, creative, brand-aligned visual communication.
Serving as the primary designer for all confidential and sensitive communications, ensuring confidentiality and discretion.
Serve as the chief creative strategist, providing visual direction and strategic oversight across all platforms: digital, print, and multimedia. This includes high-level conceptualization and execution of all branded assets. As such, you will:
Work collaboratively with content team, design team, web team and facilities to develop creative communication solutions, leading visual direction and related decisions.
Work with colleagues and outside vendors to ensure that projects stay on schedule, on budget, adhere to brand standards, are consistent across channels and meet University and client priorities.
Work with the UComm production staff and print vendors to ensure production of quality materials in the most timely and cost‑efficient manner.
Lead, motivate and mentor an internal design and content team, as well as manage a network of external creative partners (photographers, videographers, and vendors) to develop their individual design skills, decision making strategies and art direction skills to deliver inspired, brand‑aligned visual communications with exceptional creative standards.
Champion Brand Integrity:Lead the ongoing management of a comprehensive brand center and visual guidelines, ensuring consistency and adherence to our visual brand standards, including:
Ensuring that all projects developed by UComm, the web team and facilities meet the visual brand standards established by the University, and providing ongoing guidance to internal and external University partners on brand standards.
Proactively leading the development, implementation and ongoing management of a comprehensive brand center and visual guidelines to assist the University community to integrate the Adelphi visual brand into their materials.
Overseeing the University visual assets (photo, video, graphics) library, ensuring that the collection is up to date, relevant and meets brand standards.
Skills and Abilities
) Creative & Technical Expertise
Exceptional design and creative execution skills with experience interpreting and executing brand standards.
Command of modern creative technology stacks and workflows, with deep expertise in the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem and emerging AI‑driven tools.
Experience producing videos and multimedia projects from concept to completion.
Working knowledge of web design and digital platforms including Word Press and social media.
Strong management and mentorship skills, with…
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