Creative Director

Nomadic is a digital-first creative agency. We turn insights into ideas that build brand and sell.

But unlike other shops, we specialize in bringing strategic order and inspired creativity to the

development of campaigns and content programs across social, search and streaming platforms

— channels that enable brands to engage an increasingly nomadic consumer across their entire

journey. It’s an Effie-winning approach that we developed over a decade of working with

digital-first brands such as Disney Parks & Destinations, National Geographic, Universal, Ubisoft and Capcom.

Nomadic is seeking an experienced Creative Director to join our talented team of digital-first

minded creative thinkers. As the ideal candidate, you will think conceptually and strategically

and be ready to generate ideas that help create an exceptional brand experience for our clients

every day. You thrive in a collaborative environment leading multiple teams, and you have the

ability to manage tasks on time and on budget, delivering an excellent product.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership/motivation and conveys the vision and values of the agency to staff.
• Oversees strategic creative consultations with account teams to assure appropriate creative strategies, adequacy/accuracy of input, scheduled, budgets, production support, necessary reviews, and client presentations.
• Trains and supervises assigned staff; oversees their execution of all creative efforts to ensure they are on strategy, on budget, and on schedule.
• Ensures the staff adheres to established agency policy/procedures.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Ensures the timely development and execution of plans, campaigns, and projects to ensure earnings, growth, and profit goals are achieved.
• Plans, develops, and defends budget recommendations, work goals, measurements, and training requirements necessary to provide both profitable and quality service to clients.
• Provides detailed information and cost estimates to ensure accurate data on which to plan and develop functional objectives and budgets leading to stable and profitable accounts.
• Cooperates with the Client Services team to resolve differences which may lead to discord in the office.
• Keeps the account team leaders aware of the use of outside services and materials to ensure timely billing and to minimize write-offs.
• Maintains external professional relationships to assure the ongoing availability of specialized expertise, gifted freelancers, and reputable studios/producers when their services are required.
• Participates in new business efforts as directed.
• Executes duties and assignments as directed in compliance with guidelines and objectives.
• Facilitates and promotes initiatives and values throughout the function.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Award-winning portfolio.
• Expertise in creative copywriting with great taste in art direction and design
• Highly gifted with directing a team of creative talent.

Education and Experience:

• 10+ years of related work experience with 3+ years of creative direction in an agency setting.

Characteristics:

• Ambitious: Insistent on continuous improvement
• Understanding: Comprehends the needs of staff, peers, clients, and their consumers
• Inspirational: Moves people to do their best work
• Innovative: Continually seeks solutions to problems
• Collaborative: Works with others to improve experience
• Practical: Takes reality into account
• Reasonable: Makes good decisions most of the time
• Positive: Makes an impact that improves
• Encourage: Recognizes and champions great ideas from your talented colleagues
• Resilient: Able to handle the ups and downs of client service and agency life

Location:

• Arizona preferred, remote considered

Travel:

• This position requires occasional travel up to 20%, mostly domestic.

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