Executive Creative Director (MD-ECD)

Responsibilities

• Set and elevate RSR's creative vision, establishing a clear point of view on what makes an idea compelling, culturally relevant, and worthy of an audience’s attention.
• Champion concept and storytelling across video, digital, social, paid media, campaigns, and experiences, ensuring the work has both emotional depth and measurable impact.
• Lead and develop copy and design leadership, setting a consistently high creative bar while giving discipline leads the clarity, direction, and support to produce their strongest work.
• Turn complex, technical, or institutional subject matter into accessible and compelling stories that connect with people and inspire action.
• Shape persuasive creative narratives and presentations that bring ideas to life, build client confidence, and create momentum around ambitious work.
• Use creativity as a growth lever by expanding client scopes, strengthening senior-level partnerships, and supporting new business wins.
• Lead the Creative Department as a business unit, setting standards, shaping team structure, developing creative talent, and ensuring sustainable delivery and financial performance.
• Strengthen RSR's position within Sia by demonstrating how powerful ideas and storytelling amplify consulting, strategy, and end-to-end client impact.
• What Success Looks Like: RSR produces distinctive, idea-led work with clear storytelling, strong craft, and the ability to create meaningful emotional, cultural, or behavioral impact.
• What Success Looks Like: Creative work maintains a premium and cohesive standard across copy and design while performing effectively across video, digital, social, paid media, campaigns, and experiences.

Requirements

• 15+ years of creative experience within a full-service digital or integrated agency, including senior-level leadership overseeing both copy and design.
• Proven experience operating as an Executive Creative Director or equivalent — leading integrated work, senior teams, and high-stakes client engagements.
• Strong creative judgment across visual systems and storytelling, with the ability to set standards without hands-on execution.
• Demonstrated business acumen, including ownership of creative staffing, project scoping, budgets, and contribution to agency growth.
• Exceptional client presence and presentation skills, with experience selling bold ideas to senior stakeholders
• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Design, Advertising, Communications, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Benefits

• Robust Health Coverage
• - 3 Medical plans
• - Dental and Vision
• - Life, AD&D and other voluntary insurance
• Tax-Advantaged Accounts
• - 401K retirement plan
• - 4% matching and 100% vested upon enrollment
• - Health Savings Account (HSA)
• - Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• - Health, Dependent Care, Commuter