Senior Director, Creative Services

A growth-oriented business unit of SS&C, Intralinks is a technology leader in M&A, Alternative Investments and Banking & Securities markets. Our solutions facilitate 1/3 of the world's global M&A deal flow and 50% of the private equity raised globally., The SS&C Intralinks Creative Team is seeking a dynamic, imaginative, collaborative and hands-on global leader who believes that creativity, flexibility, and dedication leads to success. Do you know how to get the best from tight teams of designers, videographers, and project managers? Are you ready to make your mark on a growing organization - while keeping your design skills sharp with hands-on work? Are you a skilled player/coach equally happy mentoring a team while you have your hands on day-to-day deliverables? If so, please apply - we would love to speak to you.,

• Guide the development of design solutions from ideation to execution for digital campaigns, websites, product launches, social media, client presentations, sales materials, live events and more.


• Lead the creative team towards an optimized state, implementing best practices for operations / processes and opportunistically identifying areas for growth and efficiency.


• Take a hands-on approach to both daily and high-profile design projects - particularly web design -- in this coach/player role.


• Collaborate with colleagues across multiple regions, business units, and teams to help understand their goals and contribute toward the success of their strategic initiatives.


• Guide the constant evolution of the SS&C Intralinks brand by aligning with corporate standards while maintaining a minimal and premium image.


• Provide mentorship and motivation to the creative team, including elevation of design, content development and overall creative workflow.


• Foster the professional development and readiness of the creative team by proactively identifying opportunities to improve their skills and processes and support their professional growth.


• Manage external agencies and freelancers, evaluating and identifying ongoing needs and appropriate resources to support creative work.


• Maintain keen attention to detail across all creative work produced, including strong individual accountability and alignment to company brand and strategic objectives.


• Ensure high degree of responsiveness and timely communications between the creative team and stakeholders.
  
  Extensive design experience leading an in-house creative department, design firm or advertising agency. (Financial services or a tech experience necessary.)


• Proven experience leading brands through periods of transition.


• Ability to quickly assess creative team skill sets and develop plans for an ideal future state.


• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence people at all levels and guide decision-making processes to achieve desired outcomes.


• Strong creative, organizational, problem-solving, and time-management skills.


• Keen aesthetic sense, creative thinking, and meticulous attention to detail.
  
  SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Named to Fortune 1000 list as top U.S. company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and has 20,000+ employees in over 90 offices in 35 countries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services., Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan. SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.