Associate Creative Director

Saatchi X; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 107,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Medical and voluntary benefits

Paid time off & holidays

Tuition Assistance

Adoption/fertility support

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

Saatchi & Saatchi X in Cincinnati seeks an experienced Creative Lead to co-lead and inspire a high-performing team. You will coach, orchestrate, and partner with the CD to deliver on business goals, manage timelines, and drive compelling creative work across Track 3 concepts and associated T1/T2 tasks.

The role requires leadership, strong presentation and communication skills, and a deep understanding of the agency’s vision. Equal opportunity employer with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or portfolio school certificate or equivalent experience is required.
• 7-9 years of experience
• Portfolio required
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong presentation and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Understand the Groupe & agency’s vision and how their team’s work makes an impact.
• Partners with the CD to deliver on the teams’ business goals, vision, and priorities.
• Leads Track 3 conceptual design work and assists T1 and T2 work (as directed by the CD).
• Manages deliverables and assigns tasks to the creative team helping them prioritize and meet client expectations.
• Provides creative concepting and thought leadership to elevate and innovate the work.
• Leads internal creative reviews as aligned with the CD for practice before client presentations (may delegate).
• Sets up creative connects to review the work and ensures QA measures across the work.

Skills

presentation skills

communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree/portfolio certificate

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Company DescriptionWe're a team of makers and dreamers, turning strategic ideas into flawless retail executions. We collaborate closely with our clients to elevate the expected and embrace the new, the next, and the complex. Nothing is impossible— If you can shop it, we can do it.

OverviewExperienced team co-lead, inspiring coach, & orchestrator.

• Understands the Groupe & agency’s vision and how their team’s work makes an impact
• Partners with the CD to deliver on the teams’ business goals, vision, and priorities
• Helps the team manage their time efficiently and enter it accurately
• Knows the business, our processes, and how to manage the work and people effectively
• Leads Track 3 conceptual design work and assists T1 and T2 work (as directed by the CD)
• Manages deliverables and assigns tasks to the creative team helping them prioritize and meet client expectations
• Provides creative concepting and thought leadership to elevate and innovate the work
• Organizes creative team meetings, touch bases, and work reviews
• Leads internal creative reviews as aligned with the CD for practice before client presentations (may delegate)
• Aware of revision orders and a stickler for meeting timelines
• Approves tactics on day-to-day deliverables (aligned with the CD)
• Co-leads inspiring brainstorms and able to independently lead when needed
• Covers cross-functional team status meetings and communicates next steps back to the team
• Attends kickoffs as needed and available to give the team timely, clear direction and feedback
• Orchestrates who’s doing what and partners with RM and the CD to help the team prioritize deliverables and flow to the work
• Sets up creative connects to review the work
• Ensures QA measures are in place across the work
• Runs the “produce” step of T1 and T2 work
• The CD’s partner, co-lead, and backup who can lead the team and the work when needed
• Can be available when the CD is busy to provides clear direction and actionable feedback to the team
• Presents internal and external work persuasively and connects it back to the strategy and brief
• Plays up and down— able to roll up their sleeves and “do” the work to help the team deliver
• Responsible for file organization and communication in Teams
• Assists the CD in building effective client presentation decks that show off the work
• Preps the deck and team for internal reviews and client meetings
• Fosters a Creative culture that allows team members to do their best work
• Conducts consistent one-on-ones for growth planning with direct reports
• Coaches younger talent and help them grow their hard & soft skillsets
• Helps onboard and train team members
• Respectfully provides timely, actionable feedback

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or portfolio school certificate or equivalent experience is required.
• 7-9 years of experience
• Portfolio required
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong presentation and communication skills

Additional InformationThe Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

We also offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance. You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits.

Saatchi & Saatchi X is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $106,780.00 - USD $138,795.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/12/2026.