Responsibilities

• Drive long-term strategic growth and streamline operations within a dynamic corporate landscape.
• Align creative initiatives across major brands like Sling and DISH with broader corporate objectives and strict financial metrics.
• Consolidate executive management and operational oversight; shield the creative team from distractions to maximize output and efficiency.
• Bridge the gap between high-level executive expectations and day-to-day creative execution to establish OneTen as an invaluable internal partner.
• Develop and execute OneTen’s 1- and 3-year strategic plans to firmly establish the agency’s position and financial value within the larger EchoStar ecosystem.
• Lead and advocate for the creative agency while streamlining organizational structures and department initiatives to optimize creative output and efficiency.
• Establish comprehensive KPIs to regularly track project outcomes, measure creative ROI, and evaluate overall agency health.
• Drive growth of internal agency footprint by scaling internal capabilities, scoping projects, and managing cross-departmental resourcing budgets.
• Integrate generative AI tools and modern creative technologies into the agency workflow to increase production efficiencies and foster continuous operational innovation.
• Facilitate seamless marketing alignment with the VP of Brand and Marketing and other corporate departments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within a creative agency setting (in-house or external).
• Experience with executive agency leadership roles (e.g., Agency Director, Managing Director) and directly managing senior-level leaders across Creative, Client Services, and Operations.
• Strong business and financial acumen with deep expertise in managing agency budgets, resource allocation, and building internal capabilities.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication capabilities to act as a highly effective liaison between creative teams and corporate executives.
• Strategic planning expertise with a demonstrated ability to build, implement, and track long-term business plans and agency-wide metrics.
• Proven experience mentoring senior agency leaders across Creative, Client Services, and Operations to foster high-quality output and career growth.
• Advanced AI literacy and application skills to strategically evaluate and adopt emerging AI tools for creative operations and production workflows.

Preferred

• Experience with generative AI tools adoption in creative workflows.
• Background or experience bridging creative execution with executive leadership to align with corporate objectives.

Benefits

• We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: EchoStar Benefits.