Associate Creative Director, Art
About The Position
VML is seeking an Associate Creative Director to join their world-class creative team. This role requires a next-level conceptual thinker and artist who excels at creating attention-grabbing work across all digital and social platforms. The ideal candidate will be able to work and lead, owning an array of client projects, and possess excellent client relationship and presentation skills. As an ACD, you will be an expert collaborator, developing strong working relationships with other discipline leads, inspiring team members to exceed expectations, and continually evolving the brand’s connection and personality. You should be constantly curious and seek innovative ways to apply your knowledge, pushing against the norms of traditional messaging and marketing.
Requirements
- Minimum 7 years of experience in a creative advertising agency.
- Portfolio featuring a wide range of award-worthy creative work that displays mastery of your craft.
- A strong working knowledge of visual design, art direction and the creative process.
- Proven conceptual and campaign experience; demonstrated success working on integrated campaigns that include broadcast, digital, social and everything in between.
- Solid understanding of creative development—from drafting briefs to executing deliverables.
- Strong ability to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short and long-term need.
- Ability to direct and mentor junior team members.
- Ability to handle a high-volume environment with rapid turnaround times and manage multiple tasks and project details.
- Practiced time management skills and a strong work ethic.
Nice To Haves
- Forms relationships as a trustworthy and essential team lead across relevant markets, regions, and businesses.
- Easily recognized and trusted within the agency.
- Able to spin up creative input in brainstorming sessions.
- Passionate about the power of creativity with the knowledge to identify and nurture the best ideas.
- Adapts to solve clients’ challenges.
- Creates visuals for multichannel initiatives, presentations and other projects.
- Continuously re-imagines how to partner with clients to build better futures for their business; pro-actively seeks out new opportunities and lateral ideas to solve clients’ biggest business issues.
- Knows what they like, what they’re after, and how to navigate any scenario that comes their way.
- Ego-less mentality; willing to wear hats that need wearing for team success.
Responsibilities
- Create and ideate constantly, bringing innovative ideas to every brief, tactic, execution, and conversation.
- Capture brand voice in interactive marketing materials from conception to execution of final deliverables.
- Be the voice for your team.
- Collaborate with the ACD Copy and design team for the timely development and execution of campaigns and projects, including the concepting and execution of final deliverables.
- Be an expert in doing it before it’s been done, know current trends and what’s next.
- Perform strategic and next-level creative thinking to create innovative solutions across multiple channels.
- Partner and work with the team to achieve results.
- Present creative material in both internal and client meetings.
- Participate in client presentations and manage client contact as necessary.
Benefits
- Group health coverage options (medical, dental, vision)
- Generous 401k match (100% dollar-for-dollar match, up to 5% of salary contribution)
- Variety of paid time off offerings
- Real-time feedback culture
- Growth-oriented mindset
- Training opportunities through VML and WPP
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
