Creative Director, Copy, Future Opportunity

Critical Mass; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Creative Director to lead innovative marketing initiatives. This role requires a unique blend of strategic thinking and creative prowess, allowing you to drive impactful campaigns across digital platforms. With a focus on fostering a collaborative environment, you'll inspire a talented team while enhancing your management skills. The ideal candidate will possess a robust copywriting portfolio and a passion for advertising, ensuring that all creative endeavors align with both client goals and the agency's mission. Join a dynamic team dedicated to excellence and continuous improvement in the marketing landscape.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in design, marketing, or communications.
• Strong copywriting portfolio demonstrating creative and commercial balance.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategies to address customer needs across digital channels.
• Lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on creative projects.

Skills

Copywriting

Creative Strategy

Client Relations

Experience Design

Brand Development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or Communications

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As a Creative Director, Copy, you combine a strong creative voice with strategic thinking to lead major marketing initiatives. You balance creative thinking with interpersonal skills, develop solid client relations by clearly communicating and justifying concepts. Visual design is your expertise, and you also possess strong knowledge of experience design, brand development, interactive commerce, and creative processes, which are essential in your role.

You're looking to enhance your management skills by directing a large creative team. You foster an environment that promotes professional growth and inspires others to exceed expectations. Most importantly, you embody and embrace our values—honest, inspired, driven, passionate, and real—in everything you do.

You Will

• Drive strategies that address customer needs and business goals across digital channels.
• Contribute creative solutions and innovations to strengthen the agency's brand and market leadership.
• Develop and deliver innovative proposals to grow existing accounts and attract new business.
• Promote continuous improvement and accountability by driving creative discipline and operational excellence, leveraging industry expertise.
• Perform strategic account planning with senior management in vertical marketing groups.
• Conceive and create experience design solutions aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Communicate creative ideas and strategies effectively to all project stakeholders.
• Lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including creative, technology, planning, account, and client teams.
• Provide regular leadership and constructive feedback on all accounts.
• Develop and monitor staffing strategies for the creative department, including team composition, performance, skills, training, and mentoring.
• Implement and oversee quality standards across all creative artifacts and deliverables.
• Continuously improve creative methods, problem-solving models, and best practices.
• Manage production scope, schedules, and budgets proactively.
• Engage with practice leads from media, technology, marketing science, usability, and quality assurance to maximize results.
• Support HR initiatives focusing on performance management.
• Understand, embrace, and communicate the company's mission and values.

You Have

• 8+ years of experience in design, marketing, communications, or interactive work, including copywriting.
• A strong copywriting portfolio.
• Passion for advertising and eagerness to collaborate with creative teams.
• A solid understanding of the distinction between creative expression and commercial realities.

Our Talent Team is committed to providing excellent training, onboarding, and employee experience. We expect our team to work from an office at least 3 days a week. Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

All communications from the Talent Acquisition team will come from official email addresses (criticalmass.com or us.greenhouse-mail.io). We will not use messaging apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts. We will never ask for money or technology exchanges. If you suspect a scam, please consult your local consumer protection resources.