The Role
Lead Ember's event creative team to deliver transformative event concepts, serve as creative lead for new business and key accounts, manage staffing, resourcing, and creative systems, oversee three director reports, partner with producers and external creative partners, and travel up to 30 days per year.
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The MISSION
This role is to be accountable for one of Ember’s 3 uniques; “Creativity that makes what seems impossible, possible through transformative events”. To be the leader that leads a team of creatives that delivers on this every day, with their producing team members…and ultimately our clients. To foster a culture of amazing event creative with a process that delivers high precision in excellence.
The SEAT
LEADS creativity that makes what seems impossible, possible through transformative events. This is our UNIQUE - what we need to do better than the competition (and have been for 18 years). This is building a creative team culture of great event ideas, pushing clients, finding new trends and applying them to events, being curious …and in a world of AI, internal Creative teams - our clients and our prospects see a distinct CREATIVE value and output in working with Ember.
Creative lead for the new business team. Be on the front lines with the New Business Development team impressing, responding and converting new business opportunities through strategic, super-creative and concepts in a rapid turnaround. taking the above unique - and working with the Producer(s) to source the impossible, with your creative possibility thinking/detailing to be their partner. After converting - transitioning and tee’ing up new business for the creative manager to take to execution.
Creative lead for new business & 2 large complex projects and key accounts.
Staffing, resourcing, creative system management. This is about the “How” we do creative. Managing capacity of team, distribution of new business, scope increase resource management, managing external creative partners - and monitoring, tweaking and improving the proven process and systems of the creative team.
Leading managing & accountability. This is a manage of 3 director reports. Retaining A-players, building B-players into A overtime and hiring the next A player.
Must be able to travel 30 days a year.
Ember Compensation:
This role is to be accountable for one of Ember’s 3 uniques; “Creativity that makes what seems impossible, possible through transformative events”. To be the leader that leads a team of creatives that delivers on this every day, with their producing team members…and ultimately our clients. To foster a culture of amazing event creative with a process that delivers high precision in excellence.
The SEAT
LEADS creativity that makes what seems impossible, possible through transformative events. This is our UNIQUE - what we need to do better than the competition (and have been for 18 years). This is building a creative team culture of great event ideas, pushing clients, finding new trends and applying them to events, being curious …and in a world of AI, internal Creative teams - our clients and our prospects see a distinct CREATIVE value and output in working with Ember.
Creative lead for the new business team. Be on the front lines with the New Business Development team impressing, responding and converting new business opportunities through strategic, super-creative and concepts in a rapid turnaround. taking the above unique - and working with the Producer(s) to source the impossible, with your creative possibility thinking/detailing to be their partner. After converting - transitioning and tee’ing up new business for the creative manager to take to execution.
Creative lead for new business & 2 large complex projects and key accounts.
Staffing, resourcing, creative system management. This is about the “How” we do creative. Managing capacity of team, distribution of new business, scope increase resource management, managing external creative partners - and monitoring, tweaking and improving the proven process and systems of the creative team.
Leading managing & accountability. This is a manage of 3 director reports. Retaining A-players, building B-players into A overtime and hiring the next A player.
Must be able to travel 30 days a year.
Ember Compensation:
- Salary Range listed depends on experience, scope of client ownership, and proven ability in performance in roles.
- $95,000 - $125,000 + Company Performance Bonus Pool
- Annual Salary
- 4 weeks PTO
- 401k
- Health and Dental
- Life Insurance
- Company profit share based on performance
- Remote Work
- Travel Stipend
- Professional Development Stipend
Skills Required
- Proven experience leading creative teams and managing senior direct reports
- Creative leadership for new business including rapid concepting and pitching
- Creative lead responsibility for two large complex projects and key accounts
- Experience managing staffing, resourcing, capacity and creative systems/processes
- Ability to manage external creative partners and collaborate with producers
- Experience hiring, retaining, and developing high-performing creative talent
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 30 days per year
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The Company
What We Do
Ember LLC is an event agency specializing in designing effective and memorable in-person and virtual programs that balance business objectives and budgetary requirements. Their talented crew of event planners, producers, and artists creates unique experiences designed to connect brands with their target audiences.
