Creative Director, Creative Development (Art)
Creative Director, Creative Development (Art)
- Full-time
Company Description
Dentsu Creative US is comprised of audacious thinkers and award-winning collaborators across the United States who blend local knowledge with global expertise.
Choosing substance over stunts, our Modern Creative mandate is about unlocking sustained growth and holistic impact for brands in ways that Create Culture, Change Society and Invent the Future. We do it daily for notable brands.
Our borderless approach allows us to assemble great people around each brief, tapping into the expertise of the 9,000+ people in dentsu international's global creative network. This integrated model also allows our talent to learn about and explore the range of career possibilities within Dentsu Creative.
Job Description
We are in search of a Creative Director (Art) to join our latest AOR win for a national telecom company. You will lead brands, mentor associates, and manage the daily progress of a project from start to finish. You'll concept and art direct for TV, paid social and a variety of other deliverables. You'll be paired with a CD Copy, and work with a Group Creative Director team based in Chicago. You will report to a Group Creative Director.
Responsibilities:
Develop creative solutions and produce work across a variety of platforms and media including TV, retail, video, digital, OOH, radio, paid social, activations and more
Be a part of the creative process from brainstorming to the final product, ensuring quality and style meet both our standards, and our client's goals
Win a room over. Explain the creative work and your rationale behind it. Evoke excitement and passion with your recommendations
Cultivate relationships with internal account teams and clients
Manage teams of writers, art directors, and designers
Provide constructive feedback and nurture every good idea
Set a tone that is respectful, collaborative, and wildly creative. Grow and nurture the culture of your team
Be willing to jump in and work across all levels of the campaign
Collaborate and partner with cross-department teams (Producers, Designers, and Strategy account) to develop and create the final deliverables
Push the creative integrity of all campaigns and deliverables and steer teams' conceptual thinking
Maintain knowledge of each clients' products, marketing goals, and schedules, to create work
Productively involve yourself in the selection, planning, training, and any relevant HR matters
Identify opportunities to increase the depth and breadth of creative work performed for clients, both from an understanding of your client's business and needs, but also from a knowledge of the industry, innovation, and competitors. Recognize opportunities. Be creative. A lot can be done with any brief.
Realize the strategic direction and creative vision of the agency and take ownership of the delivery of your client's brand vision
Lead the creative team through regular work reviews, check-ins, goal planning, and training.
Mentor direct reports, creates a supportive culture, and encourages people to excel
Responsible for new business pitch, creative leadership and delivery
Ensure the best creative resource is allocated to the correct projects by partnering with Resource and Project Management
Demonstrate ability to creatively work and collaborate with senior clients and leadership
Qualifications
Agency experience working on 360 campaigns with an emphasis on retail, TV and paid social
7+ years' experience as an art director in an agency environment.
A portfolio featuring TV, retail and social media work examples
Experience managing junior creatives
Additional Information
The anticipated salary range for this position is $90,000-$205,000 per year. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information about dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com #LI-RB1 #LI-Hybrid
About dentsu
Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in more than 110 markets, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.
Dentsu, Innovating to Impact.
We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.
Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.
