Creative Director - New York, United States - adam&eveDDB New York

adam&eveDDB New York

Verified Company

New York, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

About Us
adam&eveDDB is a creative communications agency dedicated to making creative work that works.

We believe in the power of creativity to create the change we want to happen in the world and develop audacious, unexpected, and famous ideas for our clients that help to grow their businesses and shape culture by driving behavior change at scale.

We're a start-up at scale, with the energy & agility of a start-up, and power & resources of a global network.

We are an agency that believes firmly in respect, kindness, openness, self-expression, and creativity, making space for the lived and learned experiences of all our people, and helping them to be the best they can be.

We are intellectually curious about difference, embracing change for the better, and are committed to opposing injustice and constantly challenging the status quo.

We whole-heartedly believe great ideas can come from anywhere and that the best ideas come from everyone. We are a place packed with the energy and passion to make things happen.

The Creative Director sets the vision and strategy for the growth of the creative department and providing social-first creative leadership for the agency.

They ensure an environment that motivates the department to deliver excellent, innovative, social-first creative work, with special emphasis on developing and selling integration solutions to our clients.

Responsibilities

Creativity

Provides overall thoughtleadership for clients in communications solutions, specifically current and upcoming social platforms
Oversees all socialfirst creative development from concept to final delivery for agency clients
Provides proactive contributions to the client's business, demonstrating bestinclass product (innovation and quality)
Drives collaboration with mainline and marketing objectives to ensure integrated, synergistic socialfocused creative approach
Fosters innovation and quality to ensure delivery of the best creative product in the industry

Productivity

Creates optimum structure to provide effective, efficient development of creative product
Allocates appropriate personnel for all creative assignments
Monitors all project milestones, deliverables, and risks to account leaders and senior management, communicating progress, issues, and accomplishments
Works with Account Directors to secure and drive new initiatives for clients
Oversees flawless delivery of creative deliverables in progress and the final product
Ensures that the effort of the creative team are aligned and focused
Provides clear direction to teams on their creative work, ensuring that it meets client's goals and strategies
Monitors overall quality of agency creative output providing direction and leadership

Knowledge and Skills

Prepares and delivers presentations representing the creative with indepth knowledge of why choices are being made and certain platforms are being utilized
Contributes to and fosters a growing library of knowledge around creative work, platform capabilities and options
Provides insight and analysis of trends and projections in all communications channels, specifically digital
Has developed and shares a high level of visual literacy / understanding of typography, illustration, color theory, and photo manipulation
Exhibits exceptional verbal communication skills, including ability to speak effectively before to senior management internally and externally

Relationships / Communications

Holds and develops relationships with platform partners/vendors
Constantly works to improve communications and processes necessary for optimum creative output
Supervises, supports, and inspires creative leadership throughout the agency
Accurately communicates team's efforts internally / externally and reward success within team
Has primary responsibility for creating, building and maintaining company creative reputation
Fosters strong collaborative relationship with account management and other departments to ensure innovative and seamless delivery
Is responsible for awareness and communication of creative successes both internally and externally

Leadership

Is responsible for attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining top creative talent
Builds positive environment for the development of the highest quality creative product
Provides evaluation, mentorship, and counsel to direct reports
Demonstrates ability to lead crossdisciplinary team members
Stewards career management and mentorship
Ensures strong morale through open and constant communication and team leadership
Has developed a reputation that commands respect among all stakeholders

Qualifications

Must have 8+ years in creative role in an advertising agency including 4 years in a management position
Personal interest in social networks, obsession with pop culture & whatever cool, new app pops up next
Strong management experience including major and multiple clien