Executive Creative Director, Monotype
West Coast
$140-180k
The California pay range for this position
Typeface design company
Job no longer available
Typeface design company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$140-180k
The California pay range for this position
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver the design assets, technologies, and expertise required for brands to build authentic, memorable experiences at every possible touchpoint.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelors’ Degree in visual communication/type design or similar creative field required; a master’s degree is ideal
- Extensive experience (5–7 years) in a senior type design or Creative Director role
- A type design portfolio showing high-quality design skills and the necessary technical know-how
- Very good technical skills using an industry standard font editing tool
- Basic knowledge of complex scripts or writing systems is a plus
- Established network of peers in the creative community
- Well-structured work methodology and capability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Editorial capabilities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Willingness to travel (50–75 days annually)
What the job involves
- This role will have a wide range of responsibilities but will be instrumental in supporting and collaborating with our global sales teams on growing revenue, building relationships, and acting as a trusted typographic advisor on behalf of the Company
- Support and collaborate with Sales and Account Managers at customer meetings as well as marketing specialists
- Deliver presentations to customers, agencies, or other industry events
- Participate in podcasts, webinars, and other marketing-owned activities as required
- Represent the company as the senior type design expert
- Take an active role in building relationships and acting as a trusted advisor within the type design community, agencies, freelancers, and universities
- Coordinate and lead the type design component for custom projects
- Lead and collaborate with internal and external type designers or other contributors working on projects for which you are the creative lead
- Manage type projects, including proposals, organization, and design of large type families
- Work closely with our Project Managers, Font Engineers, and QA team on production issues and design approvals
- Collaborate with our other Creative Type Directors, sales, and marketing specialists on the development of the Monotype Library
- Recognize and analyze local market trends in type design and make recommendations for strategic initiatives
- Ongoing collaboration with the entire Monotype Studio team
- Continuous development of knowledge about current font technologies, global scripts, and typographic practices
Our take
Monotype is a giant in the typeface industry, with well over 100 years in the business. It owns the rights to over 10,000 fonts, including A-list players like Helvetica and Times New Roman. Whilst typeface creation might not seem to be the booming industry it once was, Monotype is carving out some interesting new development opportunities in the hopes of further growth.
As more major organizations go digital, and go global, they need to carry their house image across a growing number of diverse markets (and languages) and render the fonts in high definition. Monotype has been developing a strong reputation for designing multi-lingual brand identities - for example, for the city of Dubai - but also works with Google to bring hundreds of historically unrendered fonts online.
In this way, Monotype is smartly transitioning from a designer/developer of contemporary fonts to a facilitator helping brands to expand globally and into the digital space. With offerings in place to provide this service to fast-growing industries like gaming and online streaming, Monotype is hitching its wagon to hugely lucrative markets.
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Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Extensive development and training offerings
- Highly engaged Events Committee to keep work enjoyable
- Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage to meet all your healthcare needs
- Flexible work arrangements and unlimited vacation and sick time
- Generous 401k match to save for your future, and so much more!
Company HQ
Woburn, MA
Leadership
Ninan Chacko
(CEO)Has held a range of senior leadership positions, including Senior Vice President at Sabre Holdings, CCO of Worldspan, CEO of PR Newswire, and CEO of Travel Leaders Group. Serves on the board at Leaders' Quest and TripFactory.
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