Creative Director

Overview

Our awe­some client, an expe­ri­ence mar­ket­ing agency  spe­cial­iz­ing in event mar­ket­ing and brand mar­ket­ing is look­ing for a killer Cre­ative Direc­tor to join their team for a 6 + month project!! As a Cre­ative Direc­tor, you will be involved in plan­ning, adver­tis­ing, super­vis­ing the cre­ative process, and guid­ing the team that works under you. The cre­ative team includes art direc­tors and design­ers. We are look­ing for indi­vid­u­als that want to gen­er­ate big, brave, bold cre­ative ideas and help direct how those ideas come to life!

Respon­si­bil­i­ties include:

• build­ing an envi­ron­ment for the cre­ative team to work in and over­see­ing their ideas and projects
• tak­ing respon­si­bil­i­ty for the cre­ative phi­los­o­phy and the stan­dard of out­put across the agency or depart­ment
• devel­op­ing ideas for adver­tis­ing or pro­mo­tion­al cam­paigns
• pitch­ing con­cepts to clients if you work at an agency, or pre­sent­ing to direc­tors if you work in-house
• over­see­ing sev­er­al projects from start to fin­ish, keep­ing to dead­lines, and sign­ing off on these projects before they are pre­sent­ed
• liais­ing with clients to keep them informed and to high­light any issues
• under­stand­ing the com­mer­cial aspects of the agency or mar­ket­ing depart­ment

Skills:

• excel­lent lead­er­ship and inter­per­son­al skills as well as the abil­i­ty to inspire the cre­ative team to give their best
• strong writ­ten and ver­bal com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, as well as pre­sen­ta­tion skills in order to make out­stand­ing pitch­es
• plen­ty of cre­ative ideas and an under­stand­ing of the clients’ vision
• an aware­ness of cur­rent trends in adver­tis­ing and design and the event space.
• a self-start­ing atti­tude and an open out­look
• resilience under pres­sure and against dead­lines
• an under­stand­ing of how cre­ative roles com­ple­ment oth­er depart­ments, such as finance and data man­age­ment
• knowl­edge of the soft­ware and appli­ca­tions involved in the cre­ative process
• skills in man­ag­ing peo­ple, projects and resources.

   

• The tar­get hir­ing com­pen­sa­tion range for this role is the equiv­a­lent of $50 to $60 an hour. Com­pen­sa­tion is based on sev­er­al fac­tors includ­ing, but not lim­it­ed to edu­ca­tion, rel­e­vant work expe­ri­ence, rel­e­vant cer­ti­fi­ca­tions, and loca­tion. Addi­tion­al ben­e­fits offered may include; med­ical health insur­ance and den­tal insur­ance, life insur­ance, and eli­gi­bil­i­ty to par­tic­i­pate in 401k plan with com­pa­ny match.

  About Aque­nt Tal­ent Aque­nt Tal­ent con­nects the best tal­ent in mar­ket­ing, cre­ative, and design with the world’s biggest brands. Our tal­ent get access to amaz­ing ben­e­fits like sub­si­dized health, vision, and den­tal plans, paid sick leave, and retire­ment plans with a match. We also offer free online train­ing through Aque­nt Gym­na­si­um. More infor­ma­tion on our awe­some ben­e­fits! 

• Aque­nt is an equal-oppor­tu­ni­ty employ­er. We eval­u­ate qual­i­fied appli­cants with­out regard to race, col­or, reli­gion, sex, sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion, gen­der iden­ti­ty, nation­al ori­gin, dis­abil­i­ty, vet­er­an sta­tus, and oth­er legal­ly pro­tect­ed char­ac­ter­is­tics. We’re about cre­at­ing an inclu­sive environment—one where dif­fer­ent back­grounds, expe­ri­ences, and per­spec­tives are val­ued, and every­one can con­tribute, grow their careers, and thrive.