Group Creative Director

Media.Monks • Amsterdam, NY

30d

About The Position

As a Group Creative Director, you'll lead the campaign-focused arm of the creative function, overseeing diverse creative disciplines to deliver locally resonant and culturally relevant work that aligns with strategic objectives. We are looking for someone who is passionate about seeking new opportunities to create impactful work.

Requirements

• Executive Leadership: Proven ability to lead and direct diverse disciplines or a large, strategic function.
• Strategic Development: Extensive experience in developing and executing functional or departmental strategy to achieve business objectives.
• Organisational Influence: Strong ability to make decisions that are guided by organizational and functional strategies, impacting multiple disciplines.
• Commercial Acumen: Understanding of the commercial aspects of the business and the ability to define new models for flexible staffing and competitive offerings.
• Strategic Visionary: Proven ability to develop and execute a creative strategy that aligns with the broader business objectives.
• Enterprise Leader: Experience being accountable for a significant portion of the creative business and providing leadership through a layer of senior managers.
• Inspirational: Ability to motivate and guide a team to produce consistently high-quality and innovative work.
• Eligibility Compliance: Ability to meet local employment requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Cultural Insight: Deep understanding of local cultural dynamics and audience behavior within the Dutch market.
• Language Fluency: Proven experience delivering work that resonates with Dutch-speaking audiences, enabling authentic and effective communication.
• Market Familiarity: Strong familiarity with the Dutch media and campaign landscape, ensuring creative strategies are locally relevant and impactful.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction through Group and/or Senior Managers, overseeing diverse creative disciplines or departments.
• Develop and adapt creative strategy to achieve key business objectives, ensuring a "social-first" and unified approach.
• Oversee campaign-led creative output across multiple teams, ensuring all work resonates with local audiences and is optimised for engagement across social and digital platforms.
• Ensure operational excellence by developing and maintaining streamlined workflows and best practices across the group.
• Collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders with competing objectives, including executive leadership and other department heads.
• Make decisions that are guided by organisational and functional strategies, focusing on achieving key business objectives.
• Lead other creative leaders, fostering a culture of high performance and creativity.
• Be accountable for the performance and results of a large, strategic function.
• Be responsible for the development of talent across their group, ensuring the team is equipped to meet future challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees