Advanced creative skills and experience, a strategic mindset along with a hands-on approach, and solid leadership abilities. If this sounds like you, this position offers you some great opportunities. You will:

• Take point on refreshing our brand using a square-one approach, in support of strong projected growth.
• Develop and execute strategies in support of award-winning medical devices that help patients improve their quality of life.
• Showcase your potential to take on additional responsibilities -- we expect the creative team to grow right along with the company. Quick question for you - click here
• Leverage our reputation for delivering the best products in the business. With a 99.8% success rate, competitors don't come close to our reliability.
• Become part of a great family-oriented culture in a "Best Places to Work" environment, with leaders who truly care about employees and place an emphasis on quality of life, fun events and more.

At Aspen Medical Products we pride ourselves on making the best products in the industry, products that change people's lives. We have won many industry awards for our medical devices, which are sold through hospitals, medical practices, chiropractors, and pain management clinics. We believe that enjoying your work and making valuable contributions to business are equally vital. To that end, Aspen has been designated one of the Best Places to Work in Orange County by the Orange County Register and the Orange County Business Journal eight years in a row.

To be a good fit for the Creative Director opportunity, you will have:

• A bachelor's degree, preferably in Graphic Design.
• 8+ years of experience and/or a portfolio of proven abilities in a similar role.
• Advanced skills demonstrated by a comprehensive creative portfolio.
• Strong creative and strategy direction.
• Captivating presentation skills.
• Web and mobile design experience 
• Social media & content creation knowledge.
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite (Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver). Quick question for you - click here
• The ability to:
  • Multi-task and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Work from both written and verbal directions.
  • Well within a team environment.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience relaunching or developing brands is strongly preferred.
• Experience supervising or managing others is a plus.

You will work virtually for the time being. Once it is safe to return to the office we expect to offer a hybrid arrangement. You also will need to be willing and able to travel for sales meetings, trade shows and other reasons, once it is safe. You'll travel as needed, up to 30% of the time, but probably less.

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Reporting to the Vice President of Marketing, you will be an integral part of the marketing team and responsible for leading and managing the brand creative at Aspen as well as managing the creative team. The team includes Graphic Designers and Design Interns. Key responsibilities will include:

• Building and evolving the Aspen brand and leading the creative requirements for the company, including the management of the graphic design workload. Working with marketing to ensure all materials are produced in line with the strategic direction of the organization. Creating brand and product campaigns, marketing materials, packaging, leading website UX/UI, and all customer-facing content.

More specifically, you will:

• Lead creative strategy for multiple businesses and regions across the organization.
• Develop and maintain brand and style guidelines for the global brand. Partner with marketing leadership on brand strategy and architecture.
• Develop compressive integrated creative campaigns and manage the creative process from start to finish.
• Design and manage projects from the creation of initial concepts through design/layout to release of production-ready files. Ability to identify design errors and adjust accordingly. Quick question for you - click here
• Partner with existing team members on copywriting, art direction, design and strategy.
• Knowledge of social media platforms, how to design for each platform and understanding of the best layout/design for each.
• Collaborates with digital teams to develop UX/UI for web optimization and customer experience.
• Work closely with project owners, vendors and other designers to prioritize day-to-day work and set up checkpoints to ensure high-quality control and project delivery in a timely manner.
• Identify and implement necessary resources to achieve project objectives – vendors, material solutions and research, technical solutions and resources, necessary project objectives information.
• Manage and develop the graphic design team. Responsible for day-to-day project development and project management system.

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Own the impact
The re-branding project is about much more than just updating colors. We're looking to re-define and re-position the company as we expand our product lines and move further into international markets.

Autonomy and support
We'll look to you to achieve goals independently and assume ownership of your areas of responsibility. At the same time, you'll have support and resources whenever you need them. Our goal is to set you up for success, the provide the right mix of elbowroom and support moving forward.

Award-winning products enhance the quality of people's lives
Backed by over 25 years of R&D, Aspen Medical Products help patients cope with chronic conditions, manage pain, and heal faster (see testimonials in the video on The Role tab). Our innovative approach and strong business model have earned us distinctions. In addition to the workplace excellence awards mentioned above, we have won:

• Several Spine Technology Awards from Orthopedics This Week.
• The American Technology Award, in the medical device category, from TechAmerica Foundation.
• Awards for delivering exceptional service as a vendor, from Hanger/SPS, a leading distributor of orthotic and prosthetic patient care and therapeutic products, services and solutions.
• And others.

Exemplary culture
You will find a close-knit culture that values mutual respect at Aspen. The numerous "Best Places to Work" awards we've won represent high levels of employee satisfaction (as reported by employees) as well as excellence in benefits, pay, work/life balance and culture.

Competitive benefits package
The health, satisfaction and security of you and your family are important to your well-being and important to us. We offer a competitive salary; medical, dental and vision benefits for you and your family; life insurance; paid vacation; and a 401(k) plan with company match.

Pictured: Just a couple of the many awards we have received.

We're looking for a creative leader with high energy, a strategic, guided mentality and a passion for customer experience. To be clear, this is a "working leader" role, involving plenty of hands-on execution. Your creative skills will be essential, but just as important will be your leadership skills and ability to work cross-functionally, using influencing skills to lead and motivate others.

With your background and expertise, we'll expect you to drive value to the organization. That will depend, in large part, on your ability to apply out-of-the-box thinking in order to see things that others miss, and take what is typical and shake it up. In addition, to be an outstanding Creative Director, you will:

• Own and articulate the big picture for the brand, but also pay attention to details.
• Bring a proactive approach to shortening the learning curve.
• Achieve goals independently and also contribute as a team player and leader.
• Remain flexible as our company and your role continue to evolve.
• Share our passion for delivering high-quality products that drive excellent patient outcomes.
• Keep a constant eye out for ways to improve processes and efficiency.