Job Description Of A Creative Director

SUMMARY

"The creative director does not design clothes, but instead formulates and impresses upon the designers an overarching concept or concepts for a certain collection and the label as a whole. A fashion creative director's main role is to establish what designs should be created, what will appeal to the target market and how the concepts will be applied and distributed in collaboration with fashion designers who are responsible for creating the clothing and fabrics"

Examples of creative directors: Ricardo Tisci, Mark Anderson, Raf Simones, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Manage projects from concept to completion

Provide ideas and inspiration

Make sure quality control is kept over projects 

Stick to the brands essence 

Must be able to sell

Create the right environment  

SKILLS

Innovative

Passion

Energy

Undergraduate degree in Fine Arts or related field or equivalent visual design and management experience required

Print and web design capabilities

Experience with industry software 

Flexible 

Try to have peripheral vision 

This is often the position that many who study fashion promotion want to ultimately end up having. One of the ways to gain this is through experience and recognition, businesses that are able to help people gain this are as followed:

D&AD

They "exist to stimulate, enable and award creative excellence in design and advertising"

D&AD were founded in 1962, they are recognised globally as an accolade for those who show exceptional inventive skills and are the best. It is a non profit organisation, consequently all their funds go into programmes such as New Blood which is used to inspire a new generation to work towards a fairer more sustainable future.    

ARTS THREAD

This business is all about combing education and the creative industry and being a global network. Its an online portfolio which creative industry people are able to access and use as a basis for recruitment. They also offer support from articles on CVs to competitions to give you a competitive edge. 

IDEASTAP  

Ideastap is a charitable organisation whose aim is to help professionals that are in the creative industry at the start of their careers. They work with creative organisations to aid members with exclusive opportunities that are aimed to boost careers. The most crucial part of this business is that its free and they offer cash, which most often is why a creative project can not be completed.