Executive Creative Director

M+C Saatchi Group•New York, NY

8d•Onsite

About The Position

M+C Saatchi SSK, as part of M+C Saatchi Group, is seeking an Executive Creative Director to lead creative teams on one of their largest clients. This role involves setting the creative vision, overseeing campaign execution, and collaborating with clients and account stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be a highly conceptual thinker with proven leadership experience, strong client management skills, and a deep understanding of integrated campaigns across various platforms. This position offers the opportunity to mentor creative teams, foster innovation, and contribute to new business efforts.

Requirements

Highly conceptual thinker with proven leadership experience directing multiple creative teams and managing clients
Strong client management skills and excellent presenter and communicator
Can provide clear guidance, direction and mentorship to creative team members and help set the vision for the department
Ensures integrity and quality of creative output throughout all phases of a given project
Highly organized with and ability to manage resources and orchestrate teams across multiple projects simultaneously
Motivate, manage and produce effective results across the creative department, providing senior support to account and strategy leads
Strategically minded, constantly thinking ahead about the needs of the team, the account, and the client
Assist CCO and Director of Creative Services in hiring and managing group of direct reports
Ability to inspire confidence in clients by seeing the bigger strategic picture, understanding the clients’ vision, and ability to develop long-standing relationships
15-20+ years in an agency environment preferred, in client-facing roles with Supervisory experience of at least 5 years
Robust experience with the integrated campaigns, from strategic development through creative development and delivery
Strong focus on craft and Production experience across all platforms - film, digital, social, and printed
All candidates must have the ability to work in the US; we are unable to sponsor any work visas for this role.

Responsibilities

Leading creative teams on our of our largest clients
Setting creative vision and inspiring creative growth across all accounts and aspects of creative development.
Oversee campaign and creative execution, coordination of creative teams and be responsible for collaborating/aligning with clients, account stakeholders, always ensuring coordination across teams
Working with strategy partners and clients to set the strategic and creative direction for complex integrated campaigns
Creative management of existing accounts as well as participate and lead new business efforts.
Provide guidance, feedback, and mentorship to the team members, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and creativity.
Partner with potential and current clients on business goals and creative development
Identify new business opportunities within existing accounts to expand current assignments and acquire new projects with research and analysis of creative