Associate Creative Director (Copy)

Publicis Groupe; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading advertising agency seeks an ACD (Copywriter) who will shape creative vision in collaboration with art directors and account leaders. The successful candidate will direct projects, guide team creativity, and maintain high standards while fostering innovation within the team. Candidates must have significant leadership experience and strong communication skills to effectively manage client relationships.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressively more responsible team leadership and project management.
• Strong communication skills to guide and present concepts effectively.
• Analytical skills to evaluate creative approaches.

Responsibilities

• Set and maintain the creative direction and goals for projects.
• Develop relationships with clients to provide brand direction.
• Coach team members and assign projects for skill development.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Communication

Analytical skills

Job description

Company Description

Saatchi & Saatchi is an advertising agency with the belief that creativity, data, media and technology should all work together, and we use that to influence human behavior and drive success for clients. S&S is one of the world's largest agency networks with 114 offices and more than 6000 employees globally. Here in our Toronto office we work with some of the countries most valued brands including Toyota, Buckley's, and Children's Advil, as well as several under the Mondelez banner (Crispers, Oreo, and Chips Ahoy just to name a few). We’re an award winning agency in both creativity and effectiveness, so it’s really important for us here to convert that innovation and the great ideas into real tangible business results for the organization.

Job Description

In collaboration with an art director partner, the ACD (Copywriter) helps to direct the best creative vision for the business and keeps it on strategy. They work with account leaders in strategic thinking to define project assignments, develop and execute creative solutions and shape all phases of creative development. May serve as a co-creative lead on accounts and projects of significant scale, complexity or importance while guiding other Creative team members and collaborating with the rest of the project team. Creative leadership areas include conceptual development and broad oversight of the production process and technical implementation. Helps to manage the creative standards and inspires others to reach them.

Reporting Relationships:

This role reports to the Executive Creative Director.

Responsibilities

• In partnership with the Art Director, sets and maintains the creative direction and goals for specific projects ensuring they fit the client, the brand and the business objectives.
• Actively develops working relationship with clients to provide clear, up-front direction on brand and strategy.
• Assist in the coaching of team members; assigns projects to achieve workload balance, challenge for each team member’s skill level and development as professionals.
• Helps to direct and prioritize projects and new business opportunities, ensuring they are the best demonstration of the agency’s capabilities.
• Provides regular (formal and informal) feedback to Creative team members in order to help grow their creative sensibilities and progress in their craft.
• Actively co-facilitates brainstorm sessions for client assignments, guiding sessions in pursuit of breakout ideas. Considers available and emerging technologies, or other communication approaches and is capable of incorporating them to broaden the conceptual range of solutions.
• Develops the team’s knowledge and understanding of the client’s business and marketing problems.
• Creates a safe environment that encourages risk taking and innovation, where others can express their ideas with confidence.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressively more responsible team leadership and project management
• Experience necessary to lead creative efforts and develop same in others, with specific experience in interactive, sales promotion or direct.
• A very high level communication skill necessary to help guide teams, co-facilitate brainstorm sessions, broaden others’ ability to best utilize creative talents, and to present concepts and rationale for copywriting decisions to both team and clients.
• Analytical skills necessary to evaluate creative approach, and seek unexpected, original and innovative ideas.

Additional Information

Saatchi is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome and encourage applications from all interested parties. Accommodations are available, upon request, for all stages of the interview and employment process for those with a disability or medical need during any stage of the recruitment process.