Associate Creative Director

Role overview

Creative leadership and delivery

• Assign teams and inspire them to produce exceptional concepts and final work; partner with account management to maintain client satisfaction.
• Work with the Creative Director on team performance, workflow, quality issues, and long-range plans.
• Develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration.
• Maintain creative quality and accountability so deliverables meet client expectations and agency standards.
• Develop and evaluate creative concepts, copy, and art, providing direction before account-management review.
• Manage workloads for assigned business to maximize creative-team productivity and work quality.
• Lead creative efforts on new-business assignments and participate in pitches and agency billing growth plans.
• Conceive experience-design solutions that meet client objectives and communicate concepts and strategies to clients and internal teams.
• Design comps, storyboards, initial graphic concepts, and final deliverables; develop campaigns across multiple projects.
• Manage projects from concept through completion with in-house resources and third-party vendors, helping meet deadlines and budgets.
• Present and review creative work with executive creative leadership, account management, planning leads, and management.
• Mentor and train staff, allocate work, write performance reviews, set team goals and KPIs, and support professional development.

Collaboration and leadership behaviors

• Seek feedback, build self-awareness, and address development areas; raise issues that improve teamwork and collaboration.
• Communicate clearly and confidently, contribute to discussions and brainstorming, and build relationships with peers and clients.
• Collaborate inclusively with stakeholders, respect differing perspectives, and build trust with peers, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Address problems promptly and develop contingency plans focused on resolution.
• Train new employees on responsibilities and agency procedures and help creative staff achieve professional and personal goals.
• Help improve the creative group's technical and creative performance and extend client relationships by finding new ways to deliver value.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of agency experience, primarily with an art background.
• Proven track record of conceptual creative ability and judgment.
• Successful client-contact experience and ability to grow business organically.
• Ability to collaborate with account management.
• Excellent presentation skills and successful experience managing creatives.
• Availability and commitment to work extra hours as needed to ensure client satisfaction.
• Demonstrated experience in client or brand events.
• Understanding of consumer behavior and industry trends.

Professional approach