Creative Director

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$125K/yr – $165K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 10 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead earned and social first creative activations, collaborating with C-suite to uncover stories, align with client objectives, and drive cross-functional campaigns; mentor staff and stay ahead of industry trends.

  • Lead big ideas across digital, social, video, influencer, and PR campaigns
  • Align with client objectives through liaising with client teams and cross-functional groups
  • Mentor and develop talent while staying current on trends

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Ideate and Execute earned and social first creative activations
  • Work directly with C-suite to mine for stories and opportunities
  • Liaise with client teams to ensure alignment with client objectives
  • Collaborate and concept across integrated teams and platforms
  • Foster a culture of creative innovation, excellence, and accountability
  • Mentor staff, receive and provide constructive feedback
  • Remain current, sharing industry best practices, trends, and techniques

Requirements

  • 10+ years’ experience in Creative Director role within a creative agency
  • Experience in big ideas, brand activations, scripts, social content, and creative writing
  • Experience in digital (social, content, video, media, influencer)
  • Experience delivering creative campaigns for PR (earned, owned and paid strategies)
  • A love and respect for true collaboration between teams, from concept to completion
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Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/. Social Media Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/wssocialterms

Founded in 2001
New York, NY, US
4.4K employees (1,170 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$125K/yr – $165K/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.

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Traffic Source Mix
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Creative Director

Weber Shandwick · Los Angeles, CA · Hybrid