Executive Creative Director

New York City, NY (On-site)

$275K/yr – $300K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Lead creative direction and team leadership for large client engagements, owning strategy, campaign development, and cross‑functional collaboration; drive integrated creative work while mentoring teams and maintaining client partnerships.

  • Owns strategic and creative direction across multiple accounts
  • Mentors teams and collaborates with clients and stakeholders

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leading creative teams on our of our largest clients
  • Setting creative vision and inspiring creative growth across all accounts and aspects of creative development.
  • Oversee campaign and creative execution, coordination of creative teams and be responsible for collaborating/aligning with clients, account stakeholders, always ensuring coordination across teams
  • Working with strategy partners and clients to set the strategic and creative direction for complex integrated campaigns
  • Creative management of existing accounts as well as participate and lead new business efforts.
  • Provide guidance, feedback, and mentorship to the team members, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and creativity.

Requirements

  • Leading creative teams on our of our largest clients
  • Setting creative vision and inspiring creative growth across all accounts and aspects of creative development.
  • Oversee campaign and creative execution, coordination of creative teams and be responsible for collaborating/aligning with clients, account stakeholders, always ensuring coordination across teams
  • Working with strategy partners and clients to set the strategic and creative direction for complex integrated campaigns
  • Creative management of existing accounts as well as participate and lead new business efforts.
  • Provide guidance, feedback, and mentorship to the team members, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and creativity.
  • Highly conceptual thinker with proven leadership experience directing multiple creative teams and managing clients
  • Strong client management skills and excellent presenter and communicator
  • Can provide clear guidance, direction and mentorship to creative team members and help set the vision for the department
  • Ensures integrity and quality of creative output throughout all phases of a given project

Preferred

  • 15-20+ years in an agency environment preferred, in client-facing roles with
  • Supervisory experience of at least 5 years
  • Robust experience with the integrated campaigns, from strategic development
  • through creative development and delivery
  • Strong focus on craft and
  • Production experience across all platforms - film, digital, social, and printed
  • Travel may be required

Benefits

  • We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive employer subsidized benefits package which includes group medical, dental and vision coverage, Health Savings Account, 401k retirement plan with annual company match, employee wellness, commuter benefits and cellular phone allowance, generous paid time off and employee volunteer day to encourage social responsibility giving time to the non-profit, community service or charity of your choice.
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M+C Saatchi SSK

We bring together powerful earned-first creativity with expertise in brand strategy, social impact, issue advocacy, and corporate reputation. This means we can build powerful brands with cultural currency, solve complex business problems, and even tackle society’s biggest challenges. Our core areas of focus are disruptive brand advertising, reputation & social impact, issue & policy advocacy, and strategic communications.

Founded in 1994
New York, New York, USA
146 employees (29 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
22.6%
Direct
55.9%
Referral
5.2%
Social
14.8%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~146

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8 (5% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3