Creative Director

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$200K/yr – $270K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 10 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the agency's creative direction and delivery, from setting vision and strategy to presenting work to clients and driving integrated, multi-brand output.

  • Leads the creative department, aligning talent and projects with client goals.
  • Manages client relationships, executive-ready presentations, and cross-channel output across agencies.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The Creative Director sets the vision and strategy for the growth of the creative department and providing creative leadership for the agency.
  • They ensure an environment that motivates the department to deliver excellent, innovative creative work, with special emphasis on developed and selling integration solutions to our clients.
  • The Creative Director is responsible for the presentation (and selling) of creative to internal management and clients, and works closely with Account Directors to ensure innovative solutions with seamless delivery.
  • A key task is managing a portfolio of brands and being responsible for their creative output, creative pro-activity, and business success.
  • They recruit, manage, lead and inspire creative professionals including Art Directors, Copywriters and Designers.
  • Creativity - Provides overall thought-leadership for clients in the area of communications solutions
  • Oversees all creative development from concept to final delivery for all agency clients
  • Provides proactive contributions to the client’s business, demonstrating best-in-class product (innovation and quality)
  • Drives collaboration with mainline and marketing objectives to ensure integrated, synergistic creative approach
  • Fosters innovation and quality to ensure delivery of the best creative product in the industry

Requirements

  • Must have 10+ years in creative role in an advertising agency including 4 years in a management position
  • Strong management experience including major and multiple client relationships and campaigns
  • Experience across all communications channels, production levels and business categories
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TBWA\Worldwide

TBWA is The Disruption Company®. We are a Collective of creative minds with an unlimited creative canvas. We create brand platforms that defy convention and compete with culture. Thanks to our trademarked Disruption® methodology, we build the world’s strongest brands. Brands that own an unfair share of the future.Named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company in 2025, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019, TBWA is also Adweek's 2024, 2022, 2021 and 2018 Global Agency of the Year and AdAge’s A-List 2022 Network of the Year. Our Collective has 11,000+ creative minds in over 40 countries, and also includes brands such as Auditoire, Digital Arts Network (DAN), eg+ worldwide, GMR, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, TBWA\Health Collective and TRO. Global clients include adidas, Apple, Gatorade, Henkel, Hilton Hotels, McDonald's, Nissan and Singapore Airlines. TBWA is part of Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC).

Founded in 1970
New York, New York, USA
10K employees (4,696 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$200K/yr – $270K/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 2,610 salaries.

See all TBWA\Worldwide salaries

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2,318 (22% of company)
Median Tenure
11.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
80.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
55.5%
Direct
36.6%
Referral
3.1%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.3K
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Creative Director

TBWA\Worldwide · Chicago, IL · Hybrid