Associate Creative Director

VaynerMedia LLC•New York, NY

2d•$120,000 - $160,000

About The Position

VaynerX (https://vaynerx.com) is the most contemporary family of companies, working together to build and grow brands. Subsidiaries include VaynerMedia, Eva Nosidam Productions, The Sasha Group, Gallery Media Group, Tingley Lane Trading, VaynerSpeakers, and VaynerCommerce. ABOUT THE SASHA GROUP Hi, we’re The Sasha Group. We create relevance to grow brands of all sizes. We believe in “social at the center” integrated marketing and the consumer inspires everything we do. We move at the speed of culture and our model is designed to drive business impact from creative production to media placement. That’s where you come in.

Requirements

7 - 10 years of advertising experience, developing and creating digital / social strategies + campaigns.
Bachelor's degree a plus
A strong aesthetic / writing sense with proven conceptual and brainstorming skills
Ability to carry out a concept from start to completion, and guide those on your team to do the same. Executing and delegating as needed.
Strong knowledge of Platform/Industry/creative trends and digital best practices. Must be able to translate this knowledge into articulating and strategically applying to creative executions.
Experience evaluating teams with the ability to supervise and train employees on an ongoing basis.
A talent for wearing multiple brand hats and switching easily among brand voices.
Simultaneously manage multiple projects with tight deadlines
Proficient in gathering learnings and insights from platforms, consumer feedback and culture to make concise, relevant recommendations.
A strong understanding of UI/UX and strong capability with the big social media platforms and their abilities/limitations

Responsibilities

In collaboration with your creative ACD partner, you will support the development and delivery of creative solutions that are rooted in insights, from content work to larger campaign initiatives.
You are a maker - your main focus is ideation and creation, both at a high speed and volume
Supporting your G/CD, mentor and manage a full creative team, including designers, writers and creators.
Support managing and approving the work of your assigned creative team.
Collaborate cross-departmentally to develop a high variety of content that meets creative and strategic criteria (client briefs, feedback, client KPIs)
Ideate and conceptualize high-engaging content that reflects brand’s aesthetic and style guidelines; maintaining aesthetic, tone, and brand consistency across all deliverables
Fosters positive relationships among the internal brand teams, the creative department, direct reports, other agency partners, and clients.
Acts as quality control and brand steward for junior level team members and liaison between your team and your senior manager
Co-lead /lead brainstorms and actively participate during inter-agency ideation sessions.