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Studio: VMLY&R
Job Opening: Executive Creative Director
Location: Kansas City, Missouri, US State
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities: An ECD is a senior leader in the agency, responsible for elevating the work developed by their teams. The ECD should always back their team.
- Attract, develop and retain top creative talent
- Inspire all levels of creative leadership
- Partner with strategy lead to develop unified creative briefs
- Provide high-level concept guidance to optimize creative work produced by their teams
- Promote and facilitate a culture of collaboration between agency and clients
- Foster ongoing improvements in creative processes and methodologies
- Ensure creative objectives and approaches align with both agency and client goals
- Lead creative for new business as well as pitch new business
- Inspire and motivate the team creatively — make it about them, never about yourself
- Motivate reluctant clients to embrace better work than requested
- Determine staffing plan and overall reporting structure for the team
- Conduct ongoing performance reviews of the team and provide team members with opportunities to grow and thrive creatively
- Lead pro bono projects
Qualifications & Skills:
- 15+ years of experience in advertising or marketing
- Extensive team leadership experience
- Strong ability to grow client relationships
- Expert design or writing skills and experience
- Advanced presentation/pitching new business experience
- Advanced communication and collaboration skills
- Advanced understanding of marketing, advertising and technology
- Ideally, an ECD has a bachelor’s in design, advertising, journalism or a related field, and/or attended portfolio school
Apply for the Job Online: To apply, visit https://jobs.jobvite.com/vmlyr/job/oFYuffw6/apply