Creative Director

The Job

Your Mission

• Translation of marketing objectives into clear creative strategies;

• Guiding campaign development from ideation to launch;

• Lead and direct the creative services team in the development and production of all marketing collateral;

• Ensure visual communication and brand standards are met proactively;

• Inspire team members with emerging trends and innovations on a continuous basis;

• Work closely with multidisciplinary project teams;

• Oversee profitability, deliverables, timelines and budgets;

• Review work, troubleshoot and provide feedback to creative services team;

• Actively involved in hiring and training creative staff;

• Manage and cultivate the career development of members of our creative services team.

The position requires a perfect understanding to process the creative guidelines defined by the brands and ensure that all materials are within their corporate guidelines. 

Your Talent

• A relevant Bachelors’s degree in Graphic Design or Fine Arts or a related field; 

• At least 8 years’ experience in Sporting Goods/Fashion Industry or Design on managerial level with an international organization or a global brand; 

• Demonstrable experience in developing efficient strategies and business plans for all marketing aspects; 

• Proven experience with the entire design process (project scope and time planning, design steps, production/execution of design solution); 

• Creative Direction experience of product and campaign photoshoots; 

• Understanding the retail environments (Department Stores, Sports, FMCG); 

• Strong visual and verbal skills with the ability to create impactful/exciting visuals; 

• Organized, ability to prioritize, and can work well under time constraints and deadlines; 

• Proactive, a self-starter that is highly motivated to work in a fast-paced environment; 

• A leader with both creative and analytical capabilities; 

• Strong commercial understanding with an entrepreneurial mindset; 

• Results orientated, flexible with strong communication skills; 

• Fluent in English. 

This role is based in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. Working remotely from other countries is not possible. To be considered for this position, you must be legally authorized to work in the Netherlands without the need for a work permit.

We Offer

• Our salaries are based on 38 hours per week, but fulltime work is 40 hours per week. Instead, you choose between a lot of holidays; 40 per year ór choose for a 40-hour salary per month with still 28 holidays. You can switch every six months;

• Annual bonus scheme;

• New hires (introduction) days with all new colleagues from all our global offices;

• Great offer of e-learnings and a training offer for personal development;

• Enough free fruit for you daily vitamins;

• Provided lunch for low cost;

• Choose between lease-bike, NS Business Card or travel by car for € 0,23 per km (>10km).

• 8% holiday allowance, employee insurances and a good pension scheme;

• Employee discount on the PUMA, Levi’s, Fuelforfans and BMW Lifestyle websites;

• Hybrid working. On fulltime basis 3 days in the office and 2 days at home (incl. allowance for home working);

• Flexible working hours, modern workspace and a good working atmosphere;

• International working environment with colleagues of more than 50 different nationalities;

• Wellbeing activities (f.e. yoga, pilates and bootcamp);

• Community involvement (stichd impact tool);

• stichd drinks 5/6x per year in the city center of Den Bosch;

• Work hard, play hard. Our stichd-events are legendary.

About Us

As a family of experts - currently employing over 750 people - we focus on creating exceptional products within our categories. From branded socks and underwear to fashionable swimwear and iconic fanwear, we are proud to Consciously Craft Convenience for customers and consumers.

Partnering with global A-list brands our current brand portfolio includes PUMA, Tommy Hilfiger, Levi’s, Head and Calvin Klein for our Essentials. For our Fanwear business: BMW Motorsport, Formula 1, Williams Racing, Porsche Motorsport, Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team, Aston Martin F1 Team and Manchester City Football Club. And for our Lifestyle business: BMW Lifestyle.

Through weaving together Design, Sales, Logistics, Marketing and Digital, we create a seamless one-stop-shop environment. A member of the PUMA Group, stichd is a licensee with its head office located in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. In addition, stichd has a global presence with sales offices throughout Europe, China, in Southeast Asia and North America. The company’s warehousing and logistics are in Tilburg, Netherlands, Mexico City, Malaysia and the United States of America.

If you’re interested in this position and meet the requirements, click 'Apply' now!

Acquisition as a result of vacancies is not appreciated.

stichd provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at stichd and PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.