Executive Creative Director

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Dubai; On-site; AED 400,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

A global marketing agency in Dubai is seeking an Executive Creative Director. The ideal candidate will drive the overall creative strategy, collaborate with clients, and lead a talented creative team. With over 8 years of experience in advertising or design, you should possess strong leadership qualities and a proven record of award-winning work. This role demands creativity and the ability to influence others positively. You will also have the opportunity to mentor and develop future talent in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Over 8 years of experience in advertising, marketing, or design fields.
• Experience in management and creative departments.
• Award-winning mindset and experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and direct the overall creative strategy for the brand.
• Collaborate closely with clients to create original ideas.
• Lead and mentor the creative team to achieve project goals.

Skills

Leadership

Creativity

Strategic Planning

Storytelling

Analytical Skills

Education

Graduate or postgraduate degree

Job description

Company description

Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness is a full-service creative agency operating in the health and wellness space. Our purpose is to unleash the ‘Wellness Effect’ in every person through meaningful personalised experiences, because we achieve greater outcomes when we are fully engaged in our wellness. We believe when our people do well, our work does well, our clients do well, and our patients do well, inspiring even more wellness in the world. We sum it up in two small words…Do Well.

Overview

Executive Creative Directors are responsible for developing the overall creative strategy for a brand. They stay up-to-date with products & services in order to ensure that their team is executing effectively.

They work closely with clients to create an original idea, while creative directors work towards the development of the idea.

Within an agency environment, an Executive Creative Director will speak directly with clients to learn about their needs. Once they have a good understanding of their client’s requirements, they’ll translate information to be executed by creative teams.

They are responsible for providing creative insights to the agency in designing and developing their projects. Their main responsibility is to drive high-level concepts for the agency or its clients (internal or external).

Executive Creative Directors are engaged in creating and developing the overall creative strategy, they also are responsible for handling the recruitment and management process and systems.

Responsibilities

Technical & Product

Directing the creative concept development, collaborating with team talents, creating a work environment, meeting work expectations, and discussing team goals and achievements.

Ensuring the effective creative functionalities, developing the creative content and products, maintaining the quality of creative output, and operating in a profitable manner.

Leading the creative team for the client's projects in a taylor-made manner, assigning duties to the creative/account management team, and leading talents in carrying out production & post-production steps and activities.

Keeping track of the latest advancements in the technologies used in creative direction and understanding the progress in marketing technologies like digital marketing technology.

Directing activities for career development of talents, conducting creative workshops and recommending promotion of team members based on their productivity.

Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency

Providing strategic solutions to the agency and clients in creating a brand reputation for their organisation.

Accommodating the client's needs and requirements according to the goals and strategies.

Collaborating with partners for strategising the progress of creative functionalities, such as making relevant changes for competing with market standards, focusing and developing strategic plans when focused on threats from the competition.

Planning and preparing a strategic developmental plan for creating the agency's marketing strategies and business development plans.

Making important decisions that ensure profitability without compromising the creative output and directing improvement in creative quality.

Managing external agents like photographers, printers, freelancers, web developers, etc., and coordinating them according to the work of art directors, copywriters, and other post-production workers.

Innovative & Analytical Mindset

An understanding of various production process, computer software and web design principles.

Working knowledge of photography, typography, and other growing techniques and platforms.

Creativity, insightfulness, a unique understanding of the creative process.

Leadership and client facing qualities.

Tools to be able to inspire a team.

Ability to marry up data and insights with creative output.

People & Leadership

• Capable of developing and sharing a strategic vision that others can aspire and commit to, having the confidence to adjust and adapt in the dynamic world.
• Able to use storytelling to connect with internal and external stakeholders in a compelling manner to influence and inspire.
• Able to handle complex issues and make decisions even when missing information.
• Able to proactively develop meaningful relationships with key decision makers across functions.
• Accepts responsibility for client problems, manages conflict and actively works to solve issues internally and externally.
• Able to build succession plans and grow and mentor future talent.
• Encourages others to value difference, collaboration and positive spirit while getting the best out of the diverse teams.
• Listens and proactively seeks views from others to create an environment that is transparent and comfortable for others to share.
• Able to understand, inspire and motivate their team to pursue goals and deliver beyond their beliefs.
• Able to assess ideas and people on merit alone, without bias or favoritism and gives recognition when due.
• Capable of coaching and supporting others by aligning career expectations, defining success criteria and providing actionable, open and constructive feedback.
• Capable of persuading others with integrity by understanding their motivations and identifying their concerns and work towards solving them.
• Able to handle complex messages and is able to convey issues to facilitate others' understanding.
• Able to manage multiple viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all stakeholders.
• Initiates and leads open conversations with internal and external stakeholders to build trust and ensures long term influence, partnership and support.
• Empowers individuals to solve problems and creates opportunities for others to grow and demonstrate their learning agility.
• Capable of breaking down silos to enable cross collaboration by leveraging expertise resulting in cross-selling across different Groupe verticals and practices.
• Able to encourage their team to evolve processes and improve collaboration to drive efficiencies, quality and effectiveness.
• Steers teams on key-clients strategies and ensures delivery of a superior output.
• Drives a culture of trust with peers, clients and other stakeholders.

Self

• Showcases agility and ability to adapt to different situations based on past experiences, feedback and industry changes.
• Is able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance.
• Demonstrates the Growth Mindset and is capable of taking ownership of personal development to continuously evolve and futureproof their capabilities.
• Able to constructively challenge the status quo and take risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.
• Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity, transparency and humbleness.
• Able to stay resilient and maintain drive and a positive outlook when faced with challenges.
• Actively listens and is receptive to others' feedback on performance.
• Able to take justified risks when appropriate and takes accountability and responsibility when things don’t go as planned.
• An early identifier of change, is able to proactively develop and share plans to seize the opportunity.
• Acts ethically and makes ethical decisions in line with local regulations and contracts, even in the face of ethical challenges.
• Able to listen to other people in a way that they feel understood, and is respectful of others.
• Capable of making timely decision that take into account different factors in ambiguous circumstances, considering impacts internally and externally.
• Able to build initiatives despite doubts or resistance from others to deliver strategic impact.
• Able to promote, champion and model wellbeing to sustain high performance.

Qualifications

Graduate or postgraduate degrees and over 8 years of experience in the advertising, marketing or design fields.

Experience in management and creative departments.

Award-Winning mindset and experience.