Responsibilities

• Translating strategy into effective social-first creative ideas for pitch, project, always on and campaign work that sets the standard of what great looks like for our team and clients
• Pitching and presenting, at both the new business stage and project delivery
• Overseeing creative execution of creative strategies and briefs to ensure the excellence of output that follows the creative strategy by evolving and maintaining creative review criteria
• Working to bridge the gap between our thinking and making by identifying key issues causing challenges in workflow between ideation and execution
• Collaborating with other leaders to develop solutions the result in high quality work from both creative output
• Supporting the performance and development of Creatives, ensuring they are thriving both as individuals and as a team as well as helping with the hiring and onboarding of new team members and freelancers
• Working with the other Creative leaders to report and feedback insights on team performance related to work, process and culture
• Supporting the writing of case studies and awards entries, proving creativity and effectiveness of our work and producing thought leadership content on your areas of expertise
• Testing & teaching new approaches and tools within the creative strategy and account teams

Requirements

• You've got a minimum of 5-6 years agency experience and have been in a Senior conceptual Creative or Senior Creative Strategy role before
• You have a deep understanding of social media and how it can be harnessed for a variety of brands and businesses
• You're a big thinker who's able to think social-first not social-only
• You're a self-starter, comfortable working independently to proactively find various routes into a brief
• You've got strong deck writing, formatting and presentation skills
• You have a proven track record of overseeing the creative production process

Benefits

• 20 days vacation a year with 12 public holidays observed
• Early finish throughout the summer months
• Enhanced paid parental leave
• Healthy in-office meals and snacks
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Sales commission with pitch opportunities
• Annual performance bonus
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Full paid medical Insurance for employee (including dental and vision)
• Dependent contribution to medical, dental and vision coverage
• Employer paid life insurance coverage
• Monthly wellness membership stipend
• Access to health guidance and wellness resources
• Free Citi bike membership
• Hybrid workspace support - home office setup is provided
• Agile working policy
• Opportunity to work abroad in Croud’s international offices.
• Regularly scheduled social events and quarterly team offsite