Mac and Bumble is hiring - Creative Director
 

Mac and Bumble is currently seeking to hire a full-time Creative Director to handle all
the graphical design, layout and implementation for the company. You will be expected
to manage the use of creative graphics, fonts and layouts that reflect the proud reputation
Mac and Bumble has for very high quality graphics presentation.

As the Creative Director, you will be responsible for the following:

? Develop high quality websites
? Develop images and graphics
? Edit existing websites and graphics
? Oversee all levels of graphical development
? Manage other graphic artists and contractors
? Interface with webmasters, programmers and sales team
? Manage multiple projects, jobs, demands and tasks simultaneously
? Deliver quality products on a very tight time schedule and deadline
? Work cooperatively with team to effectively manage workload and maximize efficiency
? Perform other duties as needed to accomplish team goals

The candidate must have the following skills:

? Excellent graphic design and sense of layout composition
? Lead in creative direction, but be able to take direction as well
? Proficient in HTML
? Good understanding of site usability
? High attention to detail and quality standards
? Ability to multi-task and deliver on tight deadlines
? Excellent communication skills
? Rapid development of creative, intuitive and compelling designs
? Thrive in a small office work environment

The ideal candidate might also have these skills:

? Understanding of PHP
? Proficient in Premiere and Cleaner
? Experience working in the adult market

Mac and Bumble will pay top wages to an extremely qualified applicant.

Mac and Bumble is one of the premier softcore adult websites and has a reputation for high
quality graphical presentation and some of the industry's most beautiful photography. Mac
and Bumble's offices are located in downtown San Diego in the exciting and energetic Gaslamp district.

The applicant must live or be willing to relocate to the San Diego area. Relocation assistance
may be available for the right applicant.

Please submit cover letter, resume, and samples of work by email with ?Creative Director?
in the subject line to:

jobs (at) macandbumble.com

No other communication please.

one hell of a job.

Working for Eric is a good gig.

:2 cents:

great... i go freelance then all these awesome jobs open up. argh!

whomever gets this job will be working HARD! literally! M&B has insanely smokin' hot babes!!

Damn, I qualify for everything but "Excellent graphic design". Nice job, congrats to whoever picks this up :thumbsup

A person who can do all of the above should run his own sucessfull program.

true but they may not have the $$ to take on such a large task.

If the person has all these skills, he can come up with the money in no time.

Its very easy to start from scratch and grow very sucessfull in a short period of time if you know what you're doing.

that would mean the possibility of taking on a financial backer, then the program truly wouldn't be his.

Hey Big E, nice meeting you at Arnold's restaurant in LA during the show.

Cameron still feels silly for not knowing who you guys were. hehe.

Anyways looking forward to seeing you in Vegas.

DH

However most designer types are not also expert businessmen, hence the term 'starving artist'

DarkJedi: I think you're making too big a leap that an excellent graphics artist can run a successful affiliate program. Just because you know how to do graphics doesn't mean you know how to: program, drive traffic, manage employees, have deep pockets to fund your program, market effectively, accounting, business development, and all the other things it takes to run a successful program.

We're giving someone who really loves to be creative an outlet to do some really fabulous things. Working for someone isn't necessarily a bad thing.. we're offering a lot of creative control.

It was great meeting you as well.. nice to finally meet the guy who posts all the great bar crawls.. heh heh

I'm still interested in the business we talked about.. shoot me an email at the address below and we'll move forward.

sounds like M&B is looking for some rapid expansion, maybe some new programs coming ?

Wouldnt you like a satellite office and studio in Atlanta :) Where better for a Creative Director to work than in a studio :)

$150k a year I'd hope, otherwise why wouldn't the person work for themselves?

Just a thought.

Cheers,
Matt

I am very interested in this position, I sent you a cover letter email. Thanks

I have to vouch for Ironhorse. I can't speak to all of the job requirements but I CAN tell you that he meets ALL of the design-specific requirements.

We have hired Ironhorse twice and, if he stays independent, we'll hire him again. Hell, I was even thinking of trying to convince him to relocate to Northern Cali to be OUR head of design.

(No, Ironhorse and I are not bro's. I am just a VERY satisfied customer. He completed all work on-time, on-budget and beyond all expectations for quality.)

Pleasure to the People!

Nice recommendation..

Ironhorse: I did receive your resume and I'll be in touch with you tomorrow. Just finishing up the details of tonight's party..

id do it, but youd have to pay me 6 figures to live in california.

Wow thank Jason, I appreciate the good words :thumbsup I look forward to more projects with you.

Actually I think probably a great creative director would be a fair to poor graphic artist.

How exactly do you figure that? A creative director should be able to do the job of any of the other designers, do it better, faster and be able to organize and manage a team as well.

That's like saying a sheriff should be a poorer shot than the deputy? Why?

a creative directory needs to be creative but also has to be able to direct people and get stuff done. be the boss so to speak and handle a lot more then just graphics.

whereas a graphic designer has to be excellent at graphics, having been to art college, i can say that a lot of the best artists i know probably wouldnt be all that great at being a boss. and running everything else for a company in the light that they are really into art and thats whats on thier mind, and should probably be left to completing art rather then left to worry about all the other facets of running a successful business.

I'll second this! Ironhorse did a few projects for Lightspeed Cash, as well as designed Rochard's Bunny Ranch.

I can't speak for his management skills being as I don't know him that well, the work he's done for me has always been outstanding.

It would be difficult for us to find someone to replace him!

I'd highly recommend Ironhorse.

I have used him on NUMEROUS projects.

I saw his design efforts impact our Viagra site Drugs-Express back in '99. I saw our sales go up immediately and sustain.

I've used him on personal sites such as my newest one about to launch any day: http://www.trafficfreaks.com

He's consistent, he's a creative genius IMO, and he delivers. EVERYTIME.

A good manager shouldnt the best , he should be to get the best out of his people. A creative director should have vision and be able to convey that, not everyone has that. Also if he thinks he does everything faster and better, he becomes very poor at delegation. He winds running around like a chicken with its head cut off and burns out.

Well there are different management styles, for certain. Personally I've found you get more out of people if you are willing and able to roll up your sleeve and perform the things you are demanding of them, at least at the same level.

And thanks Rochard and SEGuru, I appreciate your replies =)

Sounds great but no relocation =)

Im so retarded I couldnt even read the whole list of requirements!

M + B's picture quality is top flight. Definitely need someone to carry the torch.