Beam Suntory is Crafting the Spirits that Stir the World. Rooted in two centuries of family heritage, Beam Suntory has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Beam Suntory is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

　　Director, Digital Creative & Content

　　The following position is open in Illinois, United States.

　　Who We Are

　　Beam Suntory is a leader in premium spirits globally. Our world-class spirits and RTD portfolio includes Maker's Mark, Yamazaki, and On the Rocks to name a few. Our ambition is to become the world's most admired premium spirits company. And in North America, our North Star is to build brands with the power to shape how America drinks.

　　What You'll Do

　　We seek an entrepreneurial and process driven leader to stand up our first US digital creative & content studio, the local arm of an emerging global capability. You will build and lead a direct and cross-functional team and an evolving network of specialist agencies to captivate US consumers, shoppers & retailers by bringing our global brands to life across hyper-local digital channels, touchpoints, and moments. Your mission is to design a system and engine that will allow our brands to develop thumb-stopping creative, with the precision of data, at the pace of culture, personalized at scale.

　　Reports directly into the US Chief Brands Officer, with cross-functional alignment to the global digital & technology team

　　Three core responsibilities Build: Stand-up local arm of global studio to plan, create, manage, and optimize all US digital content & creative End to end design of a new portfolio capability Develop an external partner network (broad range of specialist agencies... standard digital, motion & video production, creator-driven and UGC, audio, retailer-optimized SEO, etc.) Wire into US IAT Key partners: US marketing + media + ops, global digital & tech team, global marketing CoEs Run: Lead US digital content & creative operations Set up/drive NA briefing standards & process, aligned to global/US brand planning milestones Ensure on-going maintenance and evolution of our creative tech stack (e.g., DAM, on-going creation and collaboration automations) Ensure seamless "back office" processes (e.g., legal approvals, briefing systems, internal billing) 'Clients': US brands + media, US channel marketing, US eCommerce (B2C + B2B) Optimize: Build forward-looking capabilities Drive digital creative thought leadership: Serve as advisor to US brand and channel leaders... and help translate brand, media & channel goals and activation plans into effective creative briefs and optimization plans Drive brand guardianship: Ensure seamless extension and translation of our global brand VizID into new content formats with compelling and coherent digital storytelling Scale tech-enabled capabilities: e.g., A/B testing, AI powered development, data-driven optimization, in partnership US media team with global CoEs What You'll Bring

　　Capabilities & Orientations A team-first mentality - We will go farthest when we go together Strong process orientation - Creating order from chaos is your superpower Effective change agent - You love helping others see, think and live outside the box Impeccable taste - You have an eye for detail and a guiding intuition for what resonates with different audiences Excellent communication - Storytelling is your craft Effective stakeholder management - Your stakeholders will span functions, levels, and regions Comfort with ambiguity & ability to nimbly pivot - We are building a new capability and will learn along the way Experience & Education 10+ years of experience in digital creative, with experiences across: Ops, account management, and strategy 5+ years of people management experience, including creative agency management Strongly Preferred: Global CPG with multi-brand portfolios; creative agency or in-house creative agency Nice to have: Start-up, new team build outs, design, analytics Salary Range

　　The salary range for this role is a base salary of $152,000- $190,000 along with an annual bonus, 401K match, profit sharing, and medical and wellness benefits. Salary range is commensurate with candidate's location, experience and skillset

　　At Beam Suntory, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Beam Suntory is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant's skills and experience.

　　Nearest Major Market: Chicago