Creative Director - Fixed Term Contract

Responsibilities

• Own the work. Lead creative across the US portfolio from brief to final, partnering closely with Strategy, Client Services, Talent and Production.
• Interrogate the brief. Define what the team should deliver on every brief — and spot the opportunities the brief didn't mention.
• Shape the thinking. Help the team turn compelling first thoughts into fully worked-out ideas, presented with clarity and excitement.
• Push it bolder. Grow our clients' appetite for transformative social-first, creator-fluent ideas rooted in human truths.
• Win new business. Lead the creative side of pitches — concepts, narrative, RTBs — and develop your own creative responses for our biggest clients.
• Lead the team. Directly manage an ACD and senior creatives and designers. Coach every level day to day, guide career progression and objectives, and have the tough conversations when they're needed.
• Coach range, not just taste. Draw on a broad knowledge of creative techniques and styles beyond your own preferences to develop all kinds of creative thinkers.
• Own senior client relationships. Represent our current work with confidence and open doors to future creative opportunities with BDB.
• Think commercially. Understand the cost, value and “why it'll work” behind every idea we put forward.
• Provoke healthy debate. Internally and with clients, about how to best solve their business challenges and seize opportunities.

Requirements

• 10 - 12 years in creative, with 3+ years at Creative Director level leading teams and managing direct reports.
• Deep fluency in social, creator and influencer marketing — how creators work, what platforms reward, and how culture moves.
• A portfolio of social-first, creator-led work for major brands that drove real business results.
• A proven pitch track record.
• Productive, senior-level client relationships.
• Hands-on people leadership. You manage, mentor and make others better.
• The ability to step into an existing team mid-stream, lead through ambiguity from day one, and make great work even without a proven process.
• Strong concept and craft chops, from either a copy or art background.
• An optimistic view of what's possible, and the ability to inspire others — in presentations and in everyday moments.
• A collegiate, kindness-over-ego approach. As inspiring as you are collaborative.