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VICE PRESIDENT, CREATIVE AND ART SERVICES

HYBRID POSITION | ONSITE THREE DAYS A WEEK AT JOSTENS’ CORPORATE OFFICE (BLOOMINGTON, MN)

ABOUT YOU:

Are you a bold, visionary creative leader ready to shape the future of an iconic brand? As Vice President of Creative and Art Services, you’ll lead and inspire a team of creatives to develop innovative and high-impact visual experiences that drive brand identity, marketing initiatives, and organizational growth. This executive will be responsible for managing the creative process from concept to execution, ensuring the alignment of artistic direction with the overall business strategy. This executive-leader will collaborate with other senior leaders and key stakeholders, such as marketing, product development, and sales, to ensure cohesive and effective creative strategies across all channels that resonate with target audiences.

YOU WILL:

+ Lead the creative function with strategic oversight. Champion a strong creative vision that aligns with enterprise goals and pushes innovation, quality, and brand storytelling across platforms.

+ Build a high-performance creative organization. Hire, develop, and retain top talent while fostering collaboration and accountability across geographically distributed teams.

+ Oversee brand development and visual identity. Guide the evolution of brand guidelines and execution across campaigns, packaging, video, digital, and print.

+ Drive cross-functional alignment. Partner closely with marketing, product development, sales, and senior executives to ensure creative work is aligned and impactful.

+ Set the pace for operational excellence. Streamline legacy processes to improve efficiency, manage competing priorities, and ensure on-time, on-brand delivery across creative projects.

+ Manage budget and business performance. Own the creative budget, manage controllable expenses, and track leading indicators tied to business performance and strategic goals.

+ Serve as a thought leader and change agent. Advocate for customer-first strategies, challenge internal thinking, and bring an outside-in perspective to elevate design and brand relevance.

+ Typical/expected % of overnight travel: Up to 25%

YOU HAVE:

+ Extensive leadership experience. 15+ years in creative, merchandising, or omni-channel leadership roles, preferably within the fashion, retail, or consumer goods industries.

+ Strategic creative vision. Ability to concept and build compelling product and brand experiences across diverse formats and consumer touchpoints.

+ A strong business mindset. Track record of leading teams that directly impact growth, margin, and brand equity.

+ Influence and resilience. Proven ability to lead through change, resolve conflict, and build consensus in high-stakes environments.

+ Executive presence. Strong communicator who can interface effectively with senior leadership and advocate for the creative vision at the enterprise level.

+ Operational excellence. Comfortable owning P&L, managing large-scale creative operations, and executing against tight timelines.

+ Tech-forward perspective. Digitally fluent and comfortable using technology to streamline workflow and enhance storytelling.

+ Entrepreneurial drive. Polished yet scrappy leader who thrives in a high-energy, fast-paced environment and balances vision with execution.

LOVE WHERE YOU WORK:

+ We care about your health. We offer competitive healthcare (health, dental, vision, coverage) in addition to voluntary benefits including home and car insurance, pet insurance, flexible spending account, amongst many more.

+ We invest in your future. Our 401K plan has immediate vesting, so you can start saving for retirement right away.

+ We believe in flexibility. We offer a hybrid schedule with on-site work 3 days a week.

+ We want you to unplug when needed. We believe in taking your time off without guilt and offer accrued paid time off and company paid holidays. *For Washington residents, you will receive 13 vacation days, 8 paid sick leave, 8 company paid holidays, and family paid leave.

+ We care about your development. We support tuition reimbursement after 6 months of service.

+ We believe in pay transparency. The salary range is $200,000 to $230,000 with annual bonus eligibility.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 31, 2025

ABOUT US:

Jostens leads the student commemoration market and has been serving local communities for over 125 years. We work with thousands of K-12 schools, colleges and universities each year, and have the honor of partnering with beloved sports teams and esteemed organizations across the country. Our iconic products — like yearbooks, letter jackets, class jewelry and championship rings — keep meaningful traditions alive and inspire millions of people to celebrate their unique stories, milestone moments and biggest accomplishments every year. We have 13 first-class facilities across the globe, from North America to the Caribbean. Watch a short video about us here (https://f.io/HIAsH659) .

ALL ABOUT MARKETING

Our Marketing team leverages digital marketing strategies and tactics focused on schools, independent sales reps, parents, and students to deliver the right message, to the right customer, at the right time. Team members will understand and leverage customer insights through data analysis & testing to then create experiences and relevant content throughout the customer journey and to support our specialized products lines including Yearbooks, Class Rings, Graduation Products, and Professional Sports. Through executing across a variety of consumer touchpoints on jostens.com, social, e-mail and print materials, the team collaborates with internal partners to create relevant and timely marketing campaigns to meet the needs of our customers. Jostens allows for a hybrid work setting that focuses on creating professional and personal development. We can’t wait to show you what our Marketing Team has to offer at Jostens!

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA):

Jostens is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the position, please reach out to our HR team at [email protected] or (952) 830-3300.

Jostens is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.

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