Executive Creative Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$250K/yrSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 4 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and elevate the creative vision across multi-channel campaigns, leading concept, storytelling, and a high-performing Creative Department to drive client impact and growth.

  • Oversee cross-channel storytelling and concept development
  • Lead senior creative leadership, client engagements, and growth initiatives

Job Description

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.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of creative experience within a full-service digital or integrated agency, including senior-level leadership overseeing both copy and design.
  • Must have proven experience 2+ years as Executive Creative Director or equivalent in agency setting— 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
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Sia/Ready Set Rocket

4.2 Glassdoor

In July 2024, Ready Set Rocket joined Sia Experience, the digital and design branch of Sia. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3XBaFnNReady Set Rocket is a full-service agency founded in 2009 that blends data, design and media to drive business outcomes for our clients. We’re a group of passionate creators who work seamlessly across disciplines to make the most innovative and accountable work possible. Whether we’re building human-centric solutions to brand challenges or making strides to advance mental healthcare in the modern workforce, we’re here to make good work that moves the needle.We’re a small but mighty team, driven by passion and purpose. A full-service agency set on shaking up the status quo. Our values of wellness in the workplace and our people-first culture have won us awards such as...Built In NYC, NYC Best Small Companies "Best Places to Work" 2022 Ad Age Small Agency Awards, "Best Agency Culture" 2018Crain’s "Best Places to Work" in NYC 2016 & 2017Our team of digital marketers, designers, writers and planners work collaboratively across a range of disciplines. We’re smart, agile, accessible—a group of fearless leaders looking to inspire change. Join us as we create a new world together.

Founded in 2009
New York, New York, USA
37 employees (20 in marketing)
81% recommend to a friend
79% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$250K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
11 (30% of company)
Median Tenure
1.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
720
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.5%
Direct
50%
Referral
5.9%
Social
12%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~37
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Executive Creative Director

Sia/Ready Set Rocket · New York City, NY · Hybrid