Responsibilities

• Manage the direction of projects and clearly present strategic and creative direction to the team and client
• Lead the development and execution of creative content rooted in insights for a variety of clients, including executing independently and responsible for overall output of the creative product
• Build and maintain stellar working relationships with clients, agency leadership and cross-functional agency teams
• Participate in new business pitches and represent our creative capabilities
• Provide creative leadership by setting high creative standards for their teams
• Responsible for attraction, recruitment and retention of top creative talent to grow the agency’s creative capabilities
• Address performance issues directly and in a timely manner. Partner with ECD and HR when needed.
• Train and supervise team members. Oversee their creative efforts to ensure they are on strategy, on schedule, and are meeting creative standards.
• Responsible for maintaining calendars, time tracking and organizing personal schedules to effectively track and manage you and the team's time and resources.
• Oversee career development of team members. Perform reviews to determine strengths, growth opportunities, goals, and ambitions.

Requirements

• 10 + years of industry experience in a well-established, creative role with a proven track record of agency success
• 4 + years in creative leadership role
• Agency experience working across all channels
• Strong creative portfolio highlighting relevant/category experience and industry award winning work
• Solid verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to all levels of clients
• Knowledge of marketing, all forms of advertising, and digital experiences, with proven conceptual and design abilities
• Experience working with large teams in client-facing role
• Excellent written and presentation skills
• Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

• Creative: Putting together two things to create a third thing no one’s ever seen before
• Productive: Acting on ideas to make things happen and get stuff done
• Collaborative: Focused on the greater good versus personal gain
• Adaptable: Ready and able to embrace change