Creative Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$200K/yr – $225K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own the creative vision and lead cross-disciplinary teams to turn ideas into integrated campaigns, manage client relationships, mentor the creative floor, and identify growth opportunities within existing accounts.

  • Lead creative across channels
  • Build strong client partnerships

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Contributing fresh ideas, transforming them into concepts, and effectively leading cross-disciplinary teams to bring them to life through implementation.
  • Inspiring creative teams to uncover hidden potential—squeezing every ounce of beauty and simplicity out of complex products and services in an impactful and meaningful way.
  • Managing client relationships, deeply understanding their needs, and selling in ideas.
  • Acting as the Creative through-line for hardworking activations to ensure the creative vision is brought to life both visually and verbally across every channel.
  • Identifying new business opportunities within existing accounts to expand current assignments and acquire new projects.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience developing and leading creative work across all channels including video, ideally at an advertising agency working with clients with complex products and services.
  • A strong copywriting background with a track record of understanding art direction.
  • Excellent persuasive communication, written, and presentation skills.
  • A passion for mentorship and building a healthy and productive creative environment along with collaboration among other disciplines.
  • An excited and positive attitude about working with complex products and services.
  • Strong creative portfolio highlighting relevant/category experience, a reel of powerful video work that brings together both visual and verbal is a bonus.

Preferred

  • A reel of powerful video work that brings together both visual and verbal is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model that values work-life balance, competitive benefits, and an entrepreneurial culture where you can make your own path.
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Sullivan

3.6 Glassdoor

At Sullivan, we transform hard-to-understand businesses into easy-to-love brands. Founded in 1990 by Barbara Apple Sullivan, we’ve helped top organizations uncover the humanity behind their complexity since our inception. Where other agencies focus on high-level awareness building, we help organizations with complex ecosystems use brand to reach customers at critical points of decision. As a brand and marketing firm, we hold 35 years of expertise in complex industries such as financial services, higher education, technology, and professional services. Sullivan is proudly woman-owned and WBENC certified.

Founded in 1990
New York, New York, USA
374 employees (48 in marketing)
63% recommend to a friend
65% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$200K/yr – $225K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Creative median pay in the United States

$109K/yr

Most pay falls between $83K and $155K. Based on 2,618 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
20 (5% of company)
Median Career Experience
20.5 years
Median Tenure
20.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
11.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$15
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.8%
Direct
46.5%
Referral
7.4%
Social
15.8%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~374
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Creative Director

Sullivan · New York City, NY · Hybrid