Group Creative Director, Social

We’re looking for a highly-conceptual creative thinker who has experience with people and how they activate on the internet. Reporting to the Executive Creative Director, Social, you will mentor social creative teams and content creators, and oversee the daily progress of multiple projects from start to finish. You’ll need to independently lead brands, connect our brands to culture, and have experience creating groundbreaking campaigns.

You will partner with leadership from across the agency and will oversee many clients. You will need to balance the needs of the team and your clients.

Key Accountabilities

• Create social-first creative solutions across all social platforms
• Realize the strategic direction and creative vision of the agency
• Work with the creative department to develop differentiating and original creative concepts and award-winning, media-coverage worthy creative work to affect a client’s business to great effect
• Ensure the best creative resource is allocated to the correct projects by partnering with resource and project managers
• Deliver the client’s brand vision
• Ensure creative compliance with clients’ goals
• Establish trust with our clients
• Stay on top of the latest technologies and trends
• Champion, define and provide feedback on the creative process, quality of briefs, and creative output
• Proactively identify opportunities to increase depth and breadth of creative work created for clients, both from an understanding of our client’s business and needs, but also from a knowledge of the industry, innovation and competitors
• Responsible for new business pitch creative delivery
• Maintain standards of creative excellence and ensure achievement of goals
• Provide direction and feedback on multiple projects for a variety of clients
• Some travel to shoots (Global and US will be required)

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience
• Social-first thinking; you need to love the internet and creating in that space
• We move at the speed of social, make a lot of work, and need a clear-eyed leaders
• You are an approachable leader who loves mentoring talent, has experience navigating inter-agency relationships, and enjoys building relationships with our awesome clients
• You demonstrate strong leadership, presentation, and client relationship skills
• You are detail-focused and able to organize others while believing in total accountability
• You will lead projects and your entire team in high-pressure situations
• Bachelors in Advertising, Marketing or related field, required; in lieu of degree, equivalent experience in a relevant field required

Additional Information

The anticipated base salary range for this position is$163,000 – $263,500. Salary is based on a range of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography.Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation. Our incentive compensation plan is subject to change. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information aboutdentsubenefits, please visitdentsubenefitsplus.com

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