Creative Director

WiredViews, a digital agency with a proud 20-year history, is seeking to hire an experienced and highly motivated Creative Director to join our growing team. As the leader of our creative services department, you can bring your innovative ideas to the table and take on new challenges. Reporting directly to the President and serving on the leadership team, you will play a key role in shaping the future of our agency. 

Responsibilities:

• Lead the creative vision and strategy for the agency, working closely with clients and internal stakeholders to develop impactful campaigns.
• Build and manage the creative services department, including supervising designers, writers, and other creative team members.
• Act as the creative lead on client presentations and sales presentations by communicating the creative vision to clients.
• Ensure that all creative output meets the highest standards of quality and is on-brand and on-strategy.
• Manage the creative budget, ensuring projects are completed within budget and on time.
• Collaborate with other departments, such as account management and production, to ensure the seamless execution of campaigns.
• Stay on top of industry trends and developments in digital advertising, and bring a passion for innovation and experimentation to the agency.
• Build and manage relationships with vendors, freelancers, printing and photography vendors, videography vendors, and other external partners.
• Develop and refine our creative processes, including the creative brief development process, creative ideation process, and creative approach to pitching new business.
• Suggest and implement creative collaboration platforms to improve our internal processes and output.
• Maintain a 75% billable rate.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in a creative director or art director role, with a proven track record of delivering successful campaigns.
• Expertise in various creative platforms, including but not limited to Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, and InVision.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and mentor a team of creative professionals.
• Excellent project management and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to internal and external stakeholders.
• A passion for innovation and experimentation, with a deep understanding of industry trends and developments in digital advertising.
• A current portfolio of work is to be submitted with your resume.

Software and Platforms:

• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.)
• HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Content management systems (e.g., WordPress)
• Video editing software (e.g., Premiere Pro)
• Social media platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)
• Creative collaboration platforms (e.g., Asana, Trello, Slack, etc.)

The ideal candidate will be a creative visionary with a passion for campaign development, an eye for design, and a deep understanding of digital marketing. If you have a proven track record of leading successful campaigns, implementing design systems, refining creative processes, managing vendors and freelancers, and managing relationships with printing, photography, and videography vendors, and a desire to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, we want to hear from you.

At WiredViews, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages and a supportive and dynamic work environment. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. If you are a creative and driven individual with a passion for advertising and a desire to take your career to the next level, we want to hear from you!

Note: This job description is not exhaustive; other duties and responsibilities may be assigned as required.

Why work at WiredViews?

• We are a small agency, but we punch above our weight with a diverse portfolio of clients ranging from local startups all the way to multinational fortune 200 corporations. We work with great clients and are selective about the brands we serve.

• We have fully embraced the hybrid model. We have the tools to collaborate remotely and an office in the heart of a great area. We believe that if we hire the right people, they know how to balance remote vs. in-person and are free to choose that balance. We’re happy as long as we produce great work and our clients are happy.

• We believe in work-life balance. Top performers absolutely need balance in their life. We believe being tired, stressed, and burned out, is not a good way to serve our clients. We’re an agency, so of course, there are moments when we put in extra hours, but we believe that shouldn’t be the norm, and we work to ensure it doesn’t become one. With a generous PTO package, shared work-life values, and flexible hours we reclaim the balance that corporate America forgot.

• We’re inclusive. Ultimately, our clients pay us to come up with great ideas. Those ideas come from people empowered to speak up. We encourage that openness throughout our organization and have built it into our process.

• We have upward mobility through growth. We plan to expand our business and team over the next few years. That means there’s a ton of room for upward career mobility. If you want to move to the next level in your career, build it with us! We believe today’s talent is tomorrow’s leadership.

• We are not alone. WiredViews is a part of MAGNET, a worldwide community of independent agency CEOs and Principals. We share ideas, opportunities, clients, and even a few secrets to drive business and personal growth for one another and for our companies. When you work with WiredViews, you have the brainpower and resources of over 40 agencies across six continents and 22 countries at your disposal.

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