Executive Creative Director
Crown + Conquer
- West Hollywood, CA
- $175,000-250,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead a growing discipline in executing best-in-class creative
- Cultivate, mentor, advocate for, and work alongside a team of creatives and strategists, continually engaging them in career development and skill growth.
- Create an environment in which people are inspired to achieve creative excellence and take risks.
- Help identify and nurture talent and build relationships with outside partners such as freelancers and vendors to maintain elevated creative and strategic standards
- As an agency leader, effectively integrate the Creative discipline with Talent, Production, Accounts, and Business Development leadership to develop effective and inspirational work on time, on brand, and on strategy.
- Work closely and collaboratively with cross-functional leadership to establish a creative process to develop and execute effective and exceptional creative
- Work closely with Strategy to ensure inspired and effective briefs
- Our Creative Director is ultimately responsible for every piece of work produced by C+C.
- All art and copy work developed by the team must be reviewed and approved by the CD, ensuring deliverables that effectively address marketing goals and challenges.
- Present, or oversee presentation of final concepts, and obtain client approvals for deliverables.
- Work with Production and Accounts to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short- and long-term needs, collaborating to ensure timelines and standards are met
- Work closely with the Account and Production teams to ensure deliverables are in line with client goals
- Collaborate with Production to oversee planning, management, and execution of live activations
- Drive best practices across all creative including design, illustration, experiences, content
- In partnership with other disciplines, develop agency wide initiatives to establish new capabilities and drive growth
- Continually survey and discuss art and cultural trends and happenings to maintain the standard of innovation, creativity, and excellence at C+C
- Collaborate daily with internal partners to align on monthly/quarterly priorities to ensure maximum client ROI.
- 8+ years of developing strategic brand and creative direction, preferably at a leading creative agency.
- Experience leading teams of 7-10 in a fast paced agile environment.
- Expert-level copywriter and editor, a true wordsmith with a mastery of grammar and the English language
- Experience managing multiple creative stakeholders on multiple ongoing projects.
- Experience managing expectations and timelines in an effective and efficient manner.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor across a range of personalities and experience levels to produce breakthrough work in a collaborative environment.
- Highly self-motivated and driven
- Experience creating and implementing sustainable processes and ways of working within a fast-paced, creative environment.
- Superior presentation and communication skills, interpersonal skills, and ability to thrive in a collaborative agency environment.
- Expert understanding of the social ecosystem and how brands should participate in an authentic way to solve business objectives.
- Ability to successfully organize, prioritize, and manage multiple projects under strict deadlines.
- Strategic and creative thinker who can proactively problem solve and prioritize tasks.
- Innately curious, with insight into human behavior and an instinct for popular culture.
- Passion for working in a fast-paced environment with enthusiastic teammates.
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k), flexible spending account, wellness stipend, and creative stipend
- Hybrid work schedule
- Discretionary PTO, sick leave, and paid parental leave