Group Creative Director

Company: Integr8staff
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

View all jobs Group Creative Director Los Angeles, CA -- Marketing/Public Relations Job Title - Group Creative Director
Location - Headquarter in Los Angeles, CA
Temporary Remote (COVID), Full Time, Direct Hire
Salary - DOE
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Job Summary of the Group Creative Director position
Our client seeks a forward-thinking and experienced Group Creative Director (GCD) with a genuine interest in sparking cultural inspiration through award-winning brand messaging. He/she is a conceptual thinker with experience generating thought provoking, culture shifting big ideas. This spans across all things advertising, influencer, content, and technology, in any media. The Group Creative Director (GCD) understands "work that's driven by culture" experience in delivering creative that speaks to culture. Among their strengths will be energy, persuasive presentation skills, a roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic, a vision of creative possibility in virtually any media, the ability to form dynamic working partnerships with your agency colleagues and, most critically, clear team leadership skills.
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They have their finger on the pulse of culture, how to push it in the right direction, and navigate their client partners to best-in-class solutions. This senior role will emphasize promoting an expanded scope of work. They are the lead of the creative on each of their accounts.
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Working with ACDs, the GCD will manage multiple accounts, clients, new business pitches, and make sure every talent has the mentorship they need to grow their careers, and be the best creative talent they can be. The GCD understands creative culture, how to bring out the best in people, even under duress, and how to bring multi-faceted platforms to life. The GCD does this through pushing all factors of a business opportunity, whether it be helping define the opportunity, pushing the strategy and brief, ensuring the creative solutions are innovative, top-tier creative solutions.
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Responsibilities of the Group Creative Director position
Pitches creative work though pool of existing and new clients
Recognized as a creative leader in the office. Valued in key decision making for client business.
Presents and promotes work, mentor and nurture creative talent and assignments
Promotes and facilitates a culture of collaboration between agency and clients
Strong ability to grow client relationships
Elevates the work developed by their teams, by providing high-level concept guidance
Able to see the potential in a concept and has the vision to see where the creative idea can go.
Brings outside influence into the Agency.
Recognizes valuable opportunities to bring new possibilities to the work and is an innovative, creative leader who shares, and encourages the team to think beyond the expected.
A go-to presenter who is eagerly wanted by the team to be "in the room" for all important client and pitch opportunities.
Charts the creative course for campaigns in an innovative way
Be comfortable entering any medium in the digital space
Works with clients to understand their brand, objectives and business needs
Leads meetings and presentations with clients covering creative goals
Reviews and edits written and visual content by providing direct creative feedback
Works with ACD's and ECD to ensure quality of creative is elevated at every project step
Works with ECD and CCO to maintain creative momentum and grow the company visibility
Stays informed and aware of all tech trends and industry specific evolutions
Develops and presents unique, strategic concepts and solutions clearly and effectively
Works alongside project managers, producers, creatives on pitch work, ideation and productions
Maintains scope within reason on project specific deliverables
Actively QC's the quality and caliber of creative and how it plays into the overall brand concept
Leads and implements best practices with the creative team
Be a trailblazing thinker and push culture forward
Understands the client's brand's consumer, commercial & cultural contexts
Communicate openly and concisely. Short and sweet.
Be a team player and approach every task as a ritual NOT a routine
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--Requirements of the Group Creative Director position
Minimum of a Bachelor's degree and equivalent business experience preferred
8 to 10 years of social media, digital marketing & integrated advertising experience
An eye for trending advertising design and content creation with deep conceptual thinking.
Minimum 5+ as a Creative Director in a Marketing and Advertising agency
7+ years of leadership, team building, mentoring and management experience.
3+ years' experience with not only traditional, general market campaigns but multicultural campaigns that target multifaceted audiences and consumers
Must be an industry leader across the multicultural and general market consumer segments.
Excellent presentation skills, able to command the attention of client executives at all levels
Strong skills with social and digital platforms able take campaigns across diverse platforms
Strong leadership skills and able to mentor and motivate others
Experience, talent, judgment, and imagination for the creation of an advertisement.
Skilled in critique and criticism and be able to manage and supervise both art and copy.
Portfolio and reel required to demonstrate experience, creative and technical skills.
Must have strong interpersonal skills to foster optimal department relationships.
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
Strong Proficiency in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) Google Suite
Strong problem-solving skills and detail-oriented.
Technical knowledge of all aspects of the digital marketing industry.
Strong desire to work in a challenging and fast-paced environment
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Updated resume is required for consideration. Only Local candidates--will be considered--- Position does not offer relocation or visa sponsorship.
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