Lime Company: Creative Director

Full-time

(New York, NY)

Lime Company is searching for a seasoned, innovative CREATIVE DIRECTOR to join our Product team. This role will work with the Design and Product team to conceptualize and deliver projects that inspire and strengthen our products, our brand, and our partnerships. The successful candidate will have solid client relations skills, proven experience in the development of digital strategies and creative concepts, experience with integrated campaigns, and the ability to advocate for, inspire, and manage a creative team. Enthusiasm for a collaborative process and the ability to communicate vision is also key.  This position reports to the VP, Product Management and will manage a team of ten web, visual, and UX designers.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver innovative proposals and creative solutions to in-house and external partners
• Partner with the Product team to present creative vision for products to Executives and employees
• Ensure the creative product stays ahead of the competition and exceeds expectations
• Lead, guide, and review concept development, strategic development, design solutions and graphic production through project life cycles

Requirements/Skills:

• 8+ years relevant experience
• Command of the creative process and experience seeing a concept through from inception to execution
• Experience managing a team and proven mentorship skills
• Proven ability to understand products and implement design best practices and highly intuitive visual design techniques
• Excellent digital design portfolio. Demonstration of work on a brand evolution a plus.
• Consistent display of interest and involvement in the industry (applicants are encouraged to include links/references to relevant activities that may not necessarily be employment-related but that help to define them: blogs, personal projects, etc)
• Strong organizational skills, including proven experience scoping and delivering on projects with an eye toward business objectives
• Detail oriented and highly organized with a keen eye for consistency
• Good understanding of web usability principles, capabilities of different platforms/browsers, design constraints on software applications and on the web
• Strong written and oral communication skills, the ability to articulate, present, and sell ideas
• Team player – high energy level, willingness to do “whatever it takes”
• Hands-on experience with project deliverables – discovery findings, heuristic evaluations, information architecture, wireframes, interaction specifications, sitemaps, user interface guides, flow diagrams, etc.
• Experience designing and leading user research and/or translating user research into design decisions
• Solid knowledge of social media platforms a plus
• Knowledge of the Agile process a plus

About Lime Company

Lime Company delivers meaningful digital media experiences to consumers through products that make the digital world fun to explore.

In 1999 we created LimeWire, a peer-to-peer file-sharing program, that now more than 50 million people trust to discover new things.  In 2008, we launched LimeWire Store, offering high-quality, DRM-free MP3 downloads for purchase.  LimeWire Store’s digital music catalog includes over 4 million recordings by top independent artists.

Now we’re excited to be developing a new product — a revolutionary service that will offer music fans boundless accessibility, portability, and compatibility.

Apply: www.limecompany.com/jobs

Lime Company: Creative Director

Full-time

(New York, NY)

Lime Company is searching for a seasoned, innovative CREATIVE DIRECTOR to join our Product team. This role will work with the Design and Product team to conceptualize and deliver projects that inspire and strengthen our products, our brand, and our partnerships. The successful candidate will have solid client relations skills, proven experience in the development of digital strategies and creative concepts, experience with integrated campaigns, and the ability to advocate for, inspire, and manage a creative team. Enthusiasm for a collaborative process and the ability to communicate vision is also key.  This position reports to the VP, Product Management and will manage a team of ten web, visual, and UX designers.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver innovative proposals and creative solutions to in-house and external partners
• Partner with the Product team to present creative vision for products to Executives and employees
• Ensure the creative product stays ahead of the competition and exceeds expectations
• Lead, guide, and review concept development, strategic development, design solutions and graphic production through project life cycles

Requirements/Skills:

• 8+ years relevant experience
• Command of the creative process and experience seeing a concept through from inception to execution
• Experience managing a team and proven mentorship skills
• Proven ability to understand products and implement design best practices and highly intuitive visual design techniques
• Excellent digital design portfolio. Demonstration of work on a brand evolution a plus.
• Consistent display of interest and involvement in the industry (applicants are encouraged to include links/references to relevant activities that may not necessarily be employment-related but that help to define them: blogs, personal projects, etc)
• Strong organizational skills, including proven experience scoping and delivering on projects with an eye toward business objectives
• Detail oriented and highly organized with a keen eye for consistency
• Good understanding of web usability principles, capabilities of different platforms/browsers, design constraints on software applications and on the web
• Strong written and oral communication skills, the ability to articulate, present, and sell ideas
• Team player – high energy level, willingness to do “whatever it takes”
• Hands-on experience with project deliverables – discovery findings, heuristic evaluations, information architecture, wireframes, interaction specifications, sitemaps, user interface guides, flow diagrams, etc.
• Experience designing and leading user research and/or translating user research into design decisions
• Solid knowledge of social media platforms a plus
• Knowledge of the Agile process a plus

About Lime Company

Lime Company delivers meaningful digital media experiences to consumers through products that make the digital world fun to explore.

In 1999 we created LimeWire, a peer-to-peer file-sharing program, that now more than 50 million people trust to discover new things.  In 2008, we launched LimeWire Store, offering high-quality, DRM-free MP3 downloads for purchase.  LimeWire Store’s digital music catalog includes over 4 million recordings by top independent artists.

Now we’re excited to be developing a new product — a revolutionary service that will offer music fans boundless accessibility, portability, and compatibility.

Apply: www.limecompany.com/jobs

Lime Company: Creative Director

Full-time

(New York, NY)

Lime Company is searching for a seasoned, innovative CREATIVE DIRECTOR to join our Product team. This role will work with the Design and Product team to conceptualize and deliver projects that inspire and strengthen our products, our brand, and our partnerships. The successful candidate will have solid client relations skills, proven experience in the development of digital strategies and creative concepts, experience with integrated campaigns, and the ability to advocate for, inspire, and manage a creative team. Enthusiasm for a collaborative process and the ability to communicate vision is also key.  This position reports to the VP, Product Management and will manage a team of ten web, visual, and UX designers.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver innovative proposals and creative solutions to in-house and external partners
• Partner with the Product team to present creative vision for products to Executives and employees
• Ensure the creative product stays ahead of the competition and exceeds expectations
• Lead, guide, and review concept development, strategic development, design solutions and graphic production through project life cycles

Requirements/Skills:

• 8+ years relevant experience
• Command of the creative process and experience seeing a concept through from inception to execution
• Experience managing a team and proven mentorship skills
• Proven ability to understand products and implement design best practices and highly intuitive visual design techniques
• Excellent digital design portfolio. Demonstration of work on a brand evolution a plus.
• Consistent display of interest and involvement in the industry (applicants are encouraged to include links/references to relevant activities that may not necessarily be employment-related but that help to define them: blogs, personal projects, etc)
• Strong organizational skills, including proven experience scoping and delivering on projects with an eye toward business objectives
• Detail oriented and highly organized with a keen eye for consistency
• Good understanding of web usability principles, capabilities of different platforms/browsers, design constraints on software applications and on the web
• Strong written and oral communication skills, the ability to articulate, present, and sell ideas
• Team player – high energy level, willingness to do “whatever it takes”
• Hands-on experience with project deliverables – discovery findings, heuristic evaluations, information architecture, wireframes, interaction specifications, sitemaps, user interface guides, flow diagrams, etc.
• Experience designing and leading user research and/or translating user research into design decisions
• Solid knowledge of social media platforms a plus
• Knowledge of the Agile process a plus

About Lime Company

Lime Company delivers meaningful digital media experiences to consumers through products that make the digital world fun to explore.

In 1999 we created LimeWire, a peer-to-peer file-sharing program, that now more than 50 million people trust to discover new things.  In 2008, we launched LimeWire Store, offering high-quality, DRM-free MP3 downloads for purchase.  LimeWire Store’s digital music catalog includes over 4 million recordings by top independent artists.

Now we’re excited to be developing a new product — a revolutionary service that will offer music fans boundless accessibility, portability, and compatibility.

Apply: www.limecompany.com/jobs