Creative Director

Description

You are…

An established Creative leader that is used to overseeing a team of Copywriters, Art Directors and Designers at various levels to ensure the ideation, creation and delivery of extraordinary Creative campaigns. You’re just as good at having the ideas as you are at helping others to conjure them up. You’re also something of a Trend Spotter; taking deep dives into what’s going on in the world, the industry and within a client’s market in order to push ideas to the next level and keep clients relevant in their respective spaces.

We are…

The Creative Department within a global agency partner to the world’s most iconic brands. We work in a collaborative environment made up of exceptional thinkers, makers and doers, Art Directors, Copywriters, Designers and 3D Environmental Designers. A small department of forty servicing some very demanding and aspirational brands with a thirst for a deeper reputation and space in our awards cabinet.

Together we will…

Create tech-forward, fan-focused experiences to activate in the sports, music and entertainment spaces. Creating everything from virtual to physical interactive spaces, branded content, physical and digital experiences.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the day-to-day account relationship(s) and management of an integrated account, creative, R&I, accounts and inter-agency team.
• Safeguard the creative process and ensure that we are using the right people at the right time and that efficiencies are being delivered.
• Understand the landscape for client’s business/sector as well as the industry contexts for their investments as well as their brand values, direction and big picture objectives.
• Monitor ongoing creative trends within sports, entertainment, lifestyle and in culture, to offer relevant creative recommendations.
• Maintain positive relationships with clients to encourage new creative opportunities.
• May take on specialized roles or projects to assist the team such as working directly with third party vendors or partner agencies to execute client programs.
• Manage work plans, client timeline expectations, partner and vendor relationships, and anticipate challenges across various entities to ensure flawless execution.
• Use forward thinking initiative to identify the next best opportunities and continue to deliver top results to the client and fulfill the Wasserman Creative agenda.
• Think daily about business development and new revenue opportunities with existing and potential clients. Contribute to new client pitches and play a role in responding to RFPs.

Skills/Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in an established agency creative department, with minimum 5 years of direct experience in managing teams, creative, accounts and project management.
• Proven skills required to create, maintain, and enhance customer relationships.
• Innate curiosity, proactive thinking and ability to think creatively when planning strategy, taking into account client objectives, key insights, and practical parameters.
• Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills.
• Possess exceptional communication skills, both orally and in writing.
• Superior interpersonal skills and ability to create a rapport with people.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
• Must be able to multi-task and be flexible enough to react under stressful circumstances.
• Prior experience and/or knowledge in sports, music, and entertainment are beneficial.
• Experience working in the adult beverage space is a plus.
• Proficiency with Keynote, Adobe Creative suite and PowerPoint where relevant.

Benefits

Competitive salary, unlimited PTO, 401(k) and much more!
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