Responsibilities

• Direct projects from concept to completion with minimal oversight from ECDs and GCDs, ensuring that creative ideas are executed in an exceptional way –
• Act in the best interest of the client’s and/or the agency’s big idea when managing the day-to-day operations
• Provide creative guidance to ensure ideas are tied to strategy, pushing for Famously Effective ideas internally as well as with the client
• Manage the client relationship and lead creative meetings/presentations to the client
• Generate ideas to help pitch and win new business
• Lead effective team meetings to both organize high quantity of work, but also to inspire and motivate team members.
• Work with internal and external strategic partners to create products using the most current industry best practices
• Setting an example for the larger team through setting high creative standards and overall involvement in the larger agency initiatives.
• May develop junior teams with careful and consistent feedback, mentorship and model behavior
• May train and supervise team members. Oversee their creative efforts to ensure they are on strategy, on schedule, and are meeting creative standards.

Requirements

• At least 12+ years of industry experience in a well-established, creative role with a proven track record of agency success
• 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
• Able 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