Executive Director, Creative

About the role

The role of Executive Director, Creative is an integral part of DEPT® leadership and provides oversight of all areas of the DEPT®'s creative work for an industry-leading AI client to ensure that large-scale creative solutions are developed and meet and even exceed the client's needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist in formulating the company’s future direction for an industry-leading AI client, strategy, vision, and overall business plan.
• Directly supervise the Creative team across the organization and work to develop them to ensure a high level of performance.
• Ensure that the company hires, retains, and develops the best creative talent and continues to provide a culture that emphasizes collaboration, professional growth, and a strong desire to provide the great products and customer service that the organization is known for.
• Oversee and lead digital experiences and solutions from conception through implementation.
• Partner with cross-functional client teams to define project strategy and translate strategy to the development of creative concepts and content ideas.
• Ensure that the company delivers services and products that always exceed the clients’ expectations, foreseeing any issues and developing solutions to prevent future disruptions to client satisfaction.
• Contribute to new business efforts, including networking, vision, strategy, creative output, and agency representation.
• Develop and deliver engaging presentations for internal and external audiences.
• Work across all departments of B/D® and other stakeholders, including the clients if needed, to achieve the desired results and meet company objectives.
• Provide leadership to the team, including putting the client and the team before yourself.
• Responsible for bringing a point-of-view with fresh perspectives to the team. Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and solve problems by being optimistic and using proactive thought processes and skills.
• Ensure that projects come in within deadlines and the specified budget.
• Identify the decision makers within the client's organization and use excellent interpersonal skills to grow and maintain these relationships.
• Support and grow in the role by actively seeking out and proposing ideas to improve company operations and profitability.
• Stay current on industry trends, best practices, and technology.

Requirements

12+ years of proven track record of leadership in multi-million dollar digital marketing organizations.

Demonstrates excellent leadership, strategic vision, and creative inspiration to foster a cohesive and motivated team from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, with strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.

Strong knowledge of visual design, user-centered experience design, interaction design, brand development, and the creative process.

Strong understanding of performance media and the iterative process to take learnings and apply them to the creative process.

A love for typography, interaction, traditional graphic design, and technology.

Strong skills in modern design and prototyping tools.

A solid point-of-view and a collaborative nature.

A diverse sense of taste with the knowledge necessary to apply this to various challenges.

Passion for hardware, AI, and technology products.

Ability to be self-motivated to learn and stay current with emerging technologies, as well as the ability to teach others.

A long history of building strong relationships with colleagues, vendors/contractors, and business partners.

An open and curious mind in all areas of creative and design work, and the ability to remain positive even in the most challenging of situations.

Possesses strategic thinking and high-level problem-solving abilities to assess and address current and future company needs.

Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate information, whether technical or non-technical, to clients and employees clearly and concisely.

Excellent organizational skills and a very high level of attention to detail, including tracking, recording, documenting, and saving all information, processes, and procedures, and searching for and proposing process efficiencies.

A high level of ability to set goals and priorities in a constantly changing environment and to work under tight deadlines.

Excellent public speaking skills with the ability to develop plans, build presentations, and comfortably present them professionally and effectively to those outside and within the organization.

Ability to maintain a positive attitude even in the most challenging of situations.

Rigorous analytical skills with the ability to review a large amount of information quickly and summarize it in a very organized and efficient manner.

Comfort navigating a complex organization with multiple stakeholders. Communicates effectively one-on-one and in large groups.

Ability to travel regularly for domestic and international travel to maintain new business initiatives and build client relationships.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leadership in multi-million dollar digital marketing organizations.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Strong knowledge of visual design, user-centered experience design, interaction design, brand development, and the creative process.
• Strong understanding of performance media and the iterative process to take learnings and apply them to the creative process.
• A love for typography, interaction, traditional graphic design, and technology.
• Strong skills in modern design and prototyping tools.
• A solid point-of-view and a collaborative nature.
• A diverse sense of taste with the knowledge necessary to apply this to various challenges.
• Passion for hardware, AI, and technology products.
• Ability to be self-motivated to learn and stay current with emerging technologies, as well as the ability to teach others.
• A long history of building strong relationships with colleagues, vendors/contractors, and business partners.
• An open and curious mind in all areas of creative and design work, and the ability to remain positive even in the most challenging of situations.
• Possesses strategic thinking and high-level problem-solving abilities to assess and address current and future company needs.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate information, whether technical or non-technical, to clients and employees clearly and concisely.
• Excellent organizational skills and a very high level of attention to detail, including tracking, recording, documenting, and saving all information, processes, and procedures, and searching for and proposing process efficiencies.
• A high level of ability to set goals and priorities in a constantly changing environment and to work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent public speaking skills with the ability to develop plans, build presentations, and comfortably present them professionally and effectively to those outside and within the organization.
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude even in the most challenging of situations.
• Rigorous analytical skills with the ability to review a large amount of information quickly and summarize it in a very organized and efficient manner.
• Comfort navigating a complex organization with multiple stakeholders.
• Communicates effectively one-on-one and in large groups.
• Ability to travel regularly for domestic and international travel to maintain new business initiatives and build client relationships.