Creative lead job description

For over 20 years, Gorilla has been devising, creating, and implementing commerce experiences. We're a client-driven culture, looking for resourceful, motivated, and talented individuals to help us exceed our client's expectations at every turn. We offer a challenging and rewarding environment where you'll have the opportunity to work with leading brands, collaborate with some of the brightest people in the industry, and share in our mutual success.

Are you a Lead Front-end developer looking to take the next step in your career? Are you an eCommerce expert wanting to build custom front end experiences? Are you looking to expand into new platforms and approaches?

If so, Gorilla could be the perfect place for you. We're seeking a full-time Front End Lead to join our team. As a Front End Lead, you'll serve as the go-to for front end technology recommendations and implementation leadership on our CMS and e-commerce platforms.

Creativity is in our name, and that's because we're more than engineers focused only on code. We don't focus our consult on the limitations, simplicity, or push only what has been done before. Instead, we offer the possibilities. When doing so, you'll partner with our UX and design teams to push technology that delivers better user experiences while collaborating with our backend team integrating custom UIs and business logic.

You'll serve as the go-to for front end technology recommendations and implementation leadership on our CMS and e-commerce platforms. Partnering with our UX and design teams, you'll push technology to deliver better experiences. You'll be responsible for a mix of consultation and management for front end development. Your day-to-day responsibilities will range from leading front end development methodologies, estimation, sprint planning, cross-team collaboration, and communication.

As a leader of a team full of eager creative technologists, you'll be challenged to adopt a platform-agnostic mindset by applying common patterns to new technologies and approaches. Along the way, you'll have the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, accumulate an impeccable portfolio, and have a lasting impact on some exceptional B2B and B2C brands.

ResponsibilitiesWork in collaboration with Gorilla's Visual Designers to turn their vision into functional HTML experiences (mark-up/JS/CSS) integrated into the respective platforms.Work in collaboration with Gorilla's server-side developers to ensure proper implementation of website data and functionality.Help manage projects through the design, development, and QA processes.Continue to expand knowledge of new technologies, as well as strengthen current knowledge base.Build responsive sites for mobile and desktop web experiences.Follow the latest advancements in frontend technologies and techniques.Identify front end development activities necessary to deliver on project goals.Identify and estimate changes and additional features to your project as needed.Functionally deconstruct large tasks into smaller ones for work delegation.Assist with sprint planning for front end development tasks.Review code and mentor other developers on best-practices for front end development.Consult and present deliverables to clients as needed.

RequirementsExperience with enterprise eCommerce platforms such as Magento, Hybris, Salesforce, or ShopifyAble to balance between management and coding as needed by a project Fluent in HTML5/CSS3 and able to develop valid client-side markup Solid knowledge of CSS support for both modern and legacy browsers Experience with CSS preprocessors such as LESS or SASS Experience working with Design SystemsExperience with JavaScript libraries like jQuery, underscore, or native JS for DOM manipulation.An impeccable eye for detail with the ability to match your UI to any design in a cross-browser environment Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an affinity for problem-solving Ability to self-manage during projects and proactively raise issues/concerns to the teamA desire to own a project from beginning to end, with a strong sense of pride in a job exceptionally doneA solid foundation for using GIT as a preferred version control system

PreferredExperience with enterprise CMS systems such as AEM, Drupal, or BloomreachExperience with Frontend build tools such as Webpack, Gulp, Grunt, etc.Experience with ES6 and the advancements of the JavaScript language Experience with PHP and/or JSP page in implementing frontend templates.Experience with CMS platforms such as WordPress, Hubspot, Contentful.Experience working with headless architecture implementing SPA, PWA or Hybrid Apps. Experience using established CSS architecture patterns for code reuse and modularity such as BEM, SMACSS and others.
Gorilla is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting and retaining the most qualified employees regardless of race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability.

Why we will love you

Formal qualifications in Retail Design, Interior Design or equivalent

Minimum 10 years of experience in Visual Merchandising, Store design or similar and delivering results

Minimum 5 years of experience in leading and influencing co-workers

Experience leading Creative direction and/or design thinking for .com and social.

Experience collaborating with Digital, Marketing and PR teams.

Experience from retail, preferably home furnishing sector

Experience in planning, driving output and measuring performance (business)

Experience Revit Software

Experience SketchUp Software

What you'll be doing day to day

You will utilize the knowledge of customer buying behavior, gather insights from market intelligence and translate this knowledge into creative, aesthetic, and commercial solutions that exceed customer expectations.

* Co-Lead the creative development process for Retail Solutions with peer Interior and Graphic Design Leaders to strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA identity in both physical and digital touchpoints.
* Lead the annual, seasonal, and micro season creative direction for specific .com pages.
* Ensure brand cohesiveness, home furnishing impression, and timely storytelling across relevant IKEA.com/US pages.
* Responsible for meeting all IKEA Concept standards across touchpoints. Partner with peer Leaders to conduct IKEA retail solution store reviews to identify improvement areas, learning gaps and support performance excellence.
* Actively contribute to the annual department action plan ensuring all retail cycle initiatives are focused on growing the IKEA business and supporting sustained long-term profitability
* Act quickly to exploit commercial opportunities and understand the impact of actions on the financial results with an assignment focus on digital touchpoints.
* Influence and guide peer leaders and store co-workers through checkpoint processes to secure quality and excellence in all national shop design initiatives.
* Actively cooperate with all key stakeholders within commercial and beyond to secure integration, common focus and to maximize impact (for example Digital, CFF (Customer Fulfilment), Communications, Sustainability, BNOF (Business Navigation Operations & Finance), People & Culture)
* Be an active leader in creating an open and sharing climate, act as a role model of the IKEA values and contribute to the transformation of IKEA.
* Act as country super-user of the Revit planning tool supporting Retail Solutions and leading the communication channel between store units, national and global offices.

Together as a Team

Where others see home furnishing products, we see smart solutions to create a better everyday life. With a great deal of passion, imagination and brainstorming we turn colours, textiles and furniture into inspiring environments that excite, engage and convince IKEA visitors that they can do it too!

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Job Type-Permanent, Salaried

Benefits Eligible- yes

The salary pay range for this role is $73,036-$105,902.00 We offer competitive benefits and perks, such as medical and Rx*, dental, vision, 401k, meal deal, store discount, autism coverage, parental leave, pet insurance, education assistance and more."

Culver City,California,United States

Design

+ Must be flexible, and have the ability to adjust to design scenarios.

+ Must have a strong understanding of systems design and branding strategy.

+ Leading all aspects of overseeing a design team, delegating work to designers at different levels and assuring that projects of varying degrees of complexity are executed beautifully and delivered on time

+ Demonstrates strong user experience sensibilities with an uncanny level of curiosity

+ Keeps up with the evolving landscape of available tools, technologies and resources

+ Collaborates with Creatives, Creative Producers, Business Owners and Executives to solve complex problems with simple solutions

+ Has experience developing prototypes for a variety of platforms and use cases; can rapidly prototype their ideas across a myriad of Apple devices, experiences and scenarios

+ Has a passion for nurturing relationships, managing and mentoring creatives, and can use that rapport to align teams around a vision

+ Has a keen understanding of local market creative and cultural nuances

+ An ability to work on global teams, across time zones, date lines and traditional routine

+ Experience and passion for music and musical talent-related content important; able to stay ahead of design trends in that industry

**Description**

You'll be in a creative position dedicated to shaping visual design systems and brand voice while maintaining a deep understanding of digital content curation. You're responsible for researching, crafting and executing conceptual designs based on creative briefs and partnerships with the editorial and business teams while also designing, directing, and delivering creative for curated content on the Apple Fitness+ product. You will be expected to move fluidly between crafting outstanding visual solutions yourself, and art-directing external vendors such as agencies, illustrators, and photographers.

**Education & Experience**

Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience preferred

**Additional Requirements**

+ - Experience in Editorial design in new media.

+ - Must have experience in management

+ - Portfolio demonstrating modern design with a creative edge in new media.

+ - 9+ years of experience in design.

+ - Passionate about the Apple brand and relentless in preserving its authenticity.

+ - Passion for fitness, health and music..

+ - Able to recognize and stay ahead of design trends.

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