We are looking for a Creative Director to lead the creative vision for selected accounts across a variety of categories. This role involves overseeing the creative process, managing creative teams, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, innovative and on-strategy campaign work for our clients.
As a reliable partner to Strategy, Account and Production teams, our Creative Directors seek to build trusting relationships and problem-solve collaboratively across departments and coasts. They know their clients inside and out and are adept at finding the right opportunities to bring great ideas to life.
The ideal candidate is a fearless creative leader with broad advertising experience as well as experience as a manager. They know how to inspire teams, create an environment where ideas can flow freely, and provide creative direction that helps people grow their skills and confidence.
Most importantly, we are looking for someone who is ready to become a Spoon - to give a damn, try anything, and enjoy the people they are working with. This team is based in the New York office and works in a hybrid fashion with in-office work on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $200,000 - $225,000. Salary is determined based on a wide range of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, job duties, and geographic location. For this role, we also offer programs such as medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and various other benefits and perks.
Responsibilities
- Shape the creative vision across a variety of clients.
- Lead creative development throughout the process.
- Find innovative, strategically sound solutions that solve client problems and win awards.
- Concept and create beautiful work from briefs, insights and strategy.
- Manage and nurture a team of writers and art directors, while being a mentor to Spoons across the creative department and beyond.
- Effectively lead and present work within agency and in front of clients
- Build and maintain productive relationships with counterparts in Strategy, Account Management and Production.
- Participate in day-to-day communication with key team members and partners to identify the right times to execute and the right times to delegate.
- Understand your team’s capabilities and partner with resourcing to assign projects and request freelance support as needed
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as a Writer / Art Director in a creative advertising agency
- 2+ years of experience directly managing creative teams, with the proven ability to lead teams through creative development and production
- Mastery of concepting and campaign architecture
- Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite applications
- Experience with and passion for conceptual thinking, campaign development, and cross-channel creative execution
- Takes personal initiative and demonstrates independent thinking
- Expert in crafting internal / external presentations and present in an engaging way
- Effective written, verbal, and visual communicator
- Ability to effectively prioritize tasks and be resourceful, flexible and quick to adapt in a fast-paced environment.
- Collaborate creatively across departments and offices
- Ability to foster trusting relationships with teammates and clients
- Ability to effectively manage up and down
- Ability to coach and mentor a growing team and foster a collaborative and caring team environment
- Digitally connected, passionate about technology and innovation with an insatiable curiosity for how it applies to our industry
- Experience working with Google Suite (Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets) and Slack a plus
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience as a writer or art director in a creative advertising agency
- 2+ years of experience directly managing creative teams
- Proven ability to lead teams through creative development and production
- Mastery of concepting and campaign architecture
- Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite applications
- Experience with conceptual thinking, campaign development, and cross-channel creative execution
- Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills
- Ability to prioritize tasks and adapt in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to collaborate creatively across departments and offices
- Ability to foster trusting relationships with teammates and clients
- Ability to manage up and down
- Ability to coach and mentor a growing team
- Passion for technology and innovation in the advertising industry
- Experience working with Google Suite and Slack
What We Do
Wpromote is an award-winning digital marketing agency with offices across the United States. Named the Leader in the Forrester Performance Marketing Wave, we help brands Think Like A Challenger to drive transformational growth. Challenger clients include leading brands such as Whirlpool, Zenni, Adobe, TransUnion, Frontier Airlines, and more. Our mission is to build and deploy holistic, agile marketing strategies that drive significant results for our clients. We partner with clients to capture market share by authentically connecting with the right customers across channels at every stage of the customer journey, increasing customer lifetime value, and outsmarting the competition instead of outspending them. Our teams think outside of the box and challenge the status quo because Wpromote actively builds a culture that prioritizes creativity, innovation, and passion in service of our clients’ goals.
