Associate Creative Director - Creative Communication (Promos), English Cluster

Jiostar; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Jiostar is seeking a seasoned creative communications leader to design and drive integrated OTT campaigns across originals, acquired content, and platform promotions. You will partner with Marketing, Content, Brand, Social, Media, Product, and Production to turn content insights into compelling campaigns that boost awareness, engagement, and viewership.

The role demands a strong portfolio, exceptional storytelling, and the ability to manage multiple campaigns in a fast-paced environment, while

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in creative communications from OTT space.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating integrated campaign development across digital, film, and brand communications.
• Excellent conceptual thinking, storytelling, and creative problem-solving skills.
• Experience with agencies, production partners, designers, filmmakers, and marketing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of integrated creative campaigns for OTT originals, acquired content, and platform campaigns.
• Translate content positioning and audience insights into compelling campaign narratives.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure consistency across consumer touchpoints.
• Guide production of trailers, promos, digital films, and social assets.
• Review outputs for quality, alignment with objectives, and on-time delivery.
• Coordinate calendars, milestones, approvals, and launch readiness.

Skills

Campaign leadership

Storytelling

Stakeholder management

Campaign ideation

Integrated campaigns

Multi-format execution

Tools

PowerPoint/Keynote

Job description

Job Summary:

Lead the development and execution of compelling creative communication
campaigns that drive awareness, engagement, and viewership for OTT content
across Licensed Content, Movies, Series, Reality and Live Entertainment. The
role partners closely with Marketing, Content, Brand, Social, Media, Product,
and Production teams to translate content insights into impactful campaigns
that resonate with audiences and strengthen the platform’s brand.

Job Description:

1. Creative Campaign Development & Brand Storytelling

• Develop integrated creative communication concepts for OTT originals, acquired content, and platform campaigns across digital, social, video, on-platform, and offline touchpoints.
• Translate content positioning, audience insights, and marketing objectives into compelling campaign narratives and creative territories.
• Contribute to campaign ideation from concept through execution, ensuring consistency across all consumer touchpoints.
• Create communication frameworks that differentiate titles while reinforcing the overall OTT brand.

Expectation: Deliver distinctive, insight-led creative campaigns that maximise audience interest and title discovery.

2. Content Marketing & Audience Engagement

• Develop title-specific communication strategies based on genre, audience behaviour, cultural trends, and competitive landscape.
• Collaborate with marketing strategy and research teams to identify audience motivations and content hooks.
• Shape messaging, key visuals, promotional films, trailers, social content, and digital assets that enhance consumer engagement.
• Ensure campaigns are optimised for different audience segments and platform objectives.

Expectation: Build campaigns that generate excitement, conversation, and sustained audience engagement.

3. Creative Execution & Production Management

• Partner with internal creative teams and external agencies to execute campaign assets across multiple formats.
• Guide the development of trailers, promos, digital films, key art, social creatives, outdoor campaigns, and branded content.
• Review creative outputs to ensure quality, consistency, and alignment with campaign objectives.
• Manage timelines, creative reviews, stakeholder feedback, and production deliverables.

Expectation: Deliver high-quality creative assets on time while maintaining strong creative standards.

4. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Campaign Delivery

• Work closely with Marketing, Content, Product, PR, Media, Social, Partnerships, and Production teams throughout campaign planning and execution.
• Coordinate campaign calendars, creative milestones, approvals, and launch readiness.
• Align multiple stakeholders around campaign objectives, creative direction, and execution priorities.
• Identify risks, manage dependencies, and ensure smooth delivery across functions.

Expectation: Enable seamless campaign execution through proactive stakeholder management and collaboration.

5. Creative Excellence & Innovation

• Stay current with global entertainment marketing, OTT campaigns, emerging creative formats, social trends, and audience behaviour.
• Benchmark competitor campaigns and identify opportunities to elevate creative standards.
• Explore innovative storytelling formats, creator collaborations, experiential activations, and emerging digital platforms.
• Champion fresh ideas that strengthen the platform’s creative identity.

Expectation: Continuously raise the creative benchmark through innovation and best-in-class entertainment marketing.

6. Campaign Performance & Creative Effectiveness

• Monitor campaign performance across awareness, engagement, reach, and viewership metrics.
• Analyse audience response, campaign effectiveness, and creative learnings.
• Partner with analytics teams to evaluate campaign outcomes and recommend optimisation opportunities.
• Document key learnings and develop best practices for future launches.

Expectation: Use performance insights to continuously improve creative effectiveness and marketing impact.

Success Metrics:

• Delivery of high-quality, strategically aligned creative campaigns.
• Growth in campaign awareness, engagement, and title viewership.
• Strong stakeholder feedback on creative quality, collaboration, and execution.
• Timely delivery of campaigns across multiple launches.
• Contribution to platform brand equity and audience engagement.
• Continuous improvement in creative effectiveness through data-driven learning

Skills & Attributes:

• 12+ years of experience in creative communications from OTT space
• Strong portfolio demonstrating integrated campaign development across digital, film, and brand communications.
• Excellent conceptual thinking, storytelling, and creative problem‑solving skills.
• Experience working with creative agencies, production partners, designers, filmmakers, and marketing teams.
• Strong understanding of OTT platforms, entertainment marketing, consumer behavior, and digital content ecosystems.
• Ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• High creative standards, attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint/Keynote and creative briefing processes; familiarity with production workflows is an advantage.