Associate Creative Director - Design

Saatchi & Saatchi has grown from a start-up advertising agency in London in 1970 to a global creative communications company with 114 offices in 67 countries and over 6500 employees. Saatchi & Saatchi is part of the Publicis Groupe, the world’s third largest communications group We are a full service, integrated communications network and we work with 6 of the top 10 and over half of the top 50 global advertisers. We’re in the business of getting people to fall in love with our clients’ products and services. We have an unshakeable spirit and unbeatable attitude that Nothing is Impossible, a concept we apply to all our clients and work. We believe in effecting positive change through creativity, always. While we seek out the most brilliant minds to help us on our quest, we’re also passionate about nurturing the best talent from within. Which is why when you join us, your journey can be one of continuous evolution.

Job Description

The Associate Creative Director- Design is responsible for leading the creative work. We are looking for a creative, innovative Design based talent to join our team. The responsibilities of theAssociate Creative Director- Design include interpreting client briefs and turning them into creative solutions, delivering high-quality products, overseeing design teams, and troubleshooting design problems.

To be a successful Associate Creative Director- Design, you should be able to adhere to tight deadlines and manage budget constraints to deliver a great product and experience. Ultimately, a top-notch design director should have strong communication, leadership, and analytical skills.

• Work closely with the insights and strategy team to develop breakthrough, creative ideas and articulate the ideas in the creative brief
• Lead multi-skilled teams of designers, strategists, researchers, production specialists including initial briefings, day-to-day direction, storyboarding, creative review meetings
• Lead creative presentations and orchestrate other team members to present the work
• Monitor and circulate latest design-related trends information
• Capture and document project case studies
• Contribute proactively to business development efforts, existing client opportunities, proposal writing and presentations
• Strategic thinker and understanding of branding processes
• High ability to lead and execute branding processes from conceptualization to execution to final guidelines implementation