Creative Director/Assistant Vice President

Purpose:
Creative Director/Assistant Vice President

Highlights
AIG Job ID: SunMBGW
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Location: CA-Woodland Hills
Relocation: No

Requirements
Education: Some College
Experience: 10+ years

Job Description:
AIG Retirement Services Inc., a member company of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), specializes in retirement savings and investment products and services, including individual variable and fixed annuities, group retirement products, mutual funds, financial planning and investment advisory services and guaranteed investment contracts. AIG’s retirement services businesses serve seven million customers with retirement savings products and services through its vast distribution network of registered representatives, independent broker-dealers, national and regional securities firms, banks and insurance agencies. We have a Creative Director/Assistant Vice President opportunity in our Woodland Hills, CA office.


Join the dynamic and fast-paced MarComm department that supports a broad range of needs in marketing one of today’s fast-growing financial sectors – retirement savings & income products. This Creative Director/Assistant Vice President position is “in charge” creatively with a staff of Art Directors & designers/production artists, and a full suite of Mac-based design tools and hardware. With three different major product lines, a multi-media approach to marketing, three different audiences to serve (wholesalers, brokers and end-consumers), and two sales forces to accommodate, there’s variety and challenge every day in this position.

Overview:

As Creative Director, set the overall direction and tone of AIG Sun America’s variable annuity marketing and sales print materials, ensuring its graphic design integrity and quality.

Serve as a senior-level graphic designer, creating original artwork, design and layout for our marketing collateral and campaigns

Provide creative direction, oversight and management for staff of four graphic designers/production artists and their creative work.

Must be "hands-on" and carry a project through final art production and release-to-print as needed.

Work with outside design firms as necessary to create the best final product.

Work with the Print Production department to ensure color formula consistency and establish color palettes for families of literature, to ensure consistency in the final printed pieces.

Oversee and budget for the creative area's Apple MacIntosh computer technology and software needs; liaison with AIG Sun America IT and Information Security.

Working with the Director in MarComm, is responsible for process within the graphic design area ensuring that designers/production artists are following sound procedures for project completion, integrity of files, backups, storage, etc.

Primary Responsibilities/Requirements:

Marketing collateral in support of our variable annuities, client kits, broker brochures, broker direct mailers, client direct mailers and prospecting materials, artwork for emails and web graphics, meeting signage and support materials, themed campaigns.

The candidate must be able to provide both high-level creative thinking and the translation of that into finished, release-to-print or electronic media pieces.

Nimble with Mac-Based Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark and InDesign. Macromedia Director also helpful, PowerPoint a plus.

Mentor and be creative director/guide to two Art Directors and two graphic designers/production artists.

10 years plus experience with the maturity to manage people and conduct him/herself in a corporate environment.

Willing to work within a corporate environment (e.g., no earrings at work for men or jeans. Tattoos must be covered by clothing; giving up freelance work to focus on the full-time job).

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NOTE: This position will not be open to outside recruiting support.




About AIG:
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is the world's leading international insurance and financial services organization, with operations in more than 130 countries and jurisdictions. AIG member companies serve commercial, institutional and individual customers through the most extensive worldwide property-casualty and life insurance networks of any insurer. In the United States, AIG companies are the largest underwriters of commercial and industrial insurance and AIG American General is a top-ranked life insurer. AIG's global businesses also include retirement services, financial services and asset management. AIG's financial services businesses include aircraft leasing, financial products, trading and market making.
AIG's growing global consumer finance business is led in the United States by American General Finance. AIG also has one of the largest U.S. retirement services businesses through AIG SunAmerica and AIG VALIC, and is a leader in asset management for the individual and institutional markets, with specialized investment management capabilities in equities, fixed income, alternative investments and real estate. AIG's common stock is listed in the U.S. on the New York Stock Exchange and ArcaEx, as well as the stock exchanges in London, Paris, Switzerland and Tokyo.

AIG is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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