Associate Director

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $125K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the day-to-day creative for influencer campaigns, turning brand priorities into creator briefs, concepts and platform-ready executions that feel native and timely.

  • Creative development: translate direction into briefs, content concepts, and platform-native outputs.
  • Collaboration and reviews: work with Creator Activation, production partners, and clients to ensure timely delivery and brand alignment.
  • Quality and standards: uphold Creo’s creative standards and ensure consistency across channels and platforms.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead day-to-day creative development for influencer and creator led campaigns, from brief through delivery.
  • Translate creative direction and brand priorities into:
  • Creator briefs
  • Content concepts
  • Platform native executions
  • Ensure creative output is:
  • Social first
  • Culturally relevant
  • Platform appropriate
  • Oversee creative quality across concepts, content drafts, revisions, and final deliverables.
  • Partner with Creator Activation to ensure creative ideas are executable within creator constraints and timelines.
  • Support creator briefing sessions by:
  • Clarifying creative intent
  • Providing examples and inspiration
  • Guiding tone, narrative, and format
  • Review creator content to ensure alignment with creative vision, brand guidelines, and platform best practices prior to launch.
  • Work closely with:
  • Creative Director on vision and direction
  • Creator Activation on creative development, execution and delivery
  • Account and Strategy teams on alignment to client objectives
  • Collaborate with production partners to bring ideas to life efficiently and at scale.
  • Participate in internal and client facing reviews, clearly articulating creative rationale and recommendations.
  • Help uphold Creo’s creative standards across influencer content.
  • Ensure influencer work ladders into broader brand platforms and maintains consistency across channels.
  • Support the development of creative examples, best practices, and case study materials as needed.

Requirements

  • 6–8+ years of experience in creative roles within social or influencer environments
  • Strong understanding of:
  • Influencer and creator ecosystems
  • Social platforms and content formats
  • Cultural trends and audience behavior
  • Proven experience developing creative ideas for social-first AND creator-led campaigns.
  • Ability to balance creative ambition with executional realities.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, with comfort presenting and pitching work internally and to clients to achieve buy-in.
  • Collaborative mindset and comfort working in a highly integrated, fast-moving environment.
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Omnicom Media, the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc., designs ecosystems for growth. Powered by the Omni Intelligence Platform, Omnicom Media connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, Initiative, PHD, UM, Hearts & Science and Mediahub to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences for the more than 40,000 people serving the world’s leading brands in Omnicom Media agencies around the globe.

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14K employees (3,943 in marketing)
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