Creative Director

AW1 Momentum-NA, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AW1 Momentum-NA, Inc. is seeking a strategic creative leader to own and evolve large-scale brand initiatives.

You will steer concepting with the integrated team, ensuring a cohesive voice across all materials, and mentor multiple creative teams from senior to junior levels. You’ll collaborate across strategy, production and client teams, presenting work and shaping briefs to drive activations on schedule and within budget.

Qualifications

• College degree with focus in Art Direction (preferred).
• Experience in Shopper, Commerce, Retail a plus.
• 10+ years of experience.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Natural communicator with strong visual and verbal presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for concepting with the integrated team to deliver the best, most innovative creative ideas while maintaining a cohesive brand voice/identity.
• Supporting concepts and layouts with clear rationale.
• Collaborate with team and offer innovative ideas for creative briefs and strategy.
• Track multiple parallel deadlines with exceptional attention to detail.
• Successful execution of activations within budgets and timeframe and on strategy.
• Partners successfully with other creatives and across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Presents work internally.
• Directly manages and mentors multiple teams.
• Actively participates/contributes to brainstorms.
• Stay abreast of industry and technology trends.
• Articulates vision, idea, objectives to vendor.
• Attends on-site visits and shoots as needed to ensure the vision comes to life.
• Becomes client facing with supervision from CD and above.
• Supporting Momentum's values All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Innovative concepting

Presentation skills

Team leadership

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Art Direction degree (preferred)

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Strategic creative thinker and leader with an emphasis on visual expression. Responsible for the institutional knowledge of their client's visual brand standards and language and the consistency and application of it. Completely owns one or more work-streams. Is a trusted partner to clients, BL and strategists. Works alongside strategy and BLs to shape briefs/strategic approach. Owns, develops and directs overarching ideas. Has oversight over creative teams from ACD on down. Guides, shapes and develops ideation from subordinates. Manages inter-team issues, guides subordinates toward advancement, collaborates on team capabilities and structures, identifies problem areas and opportunities and works with teams across the agency to create solutions..

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL DO (RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Responsible for concepting with the integrated team to deliver the best, most innovative creative ideas while maintaining a cohesive brand voice/identity.
• Supporting of concepts and layouts with clear rationale.
• Collaborate with team and offer innovative ideas for creative briefs and strategy.
• Track multiple parallel deadlines with exceptional attention to detail.
• Successful execution of activations within established budgets and timeframe and on strategy.
• Partners successfully with other creatives and across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Presents work internally.
• Directly manages and mentors multiple teams.
• Actively participates/contributes to brainstorms.
• Stay abreast of industry and technology trends.
• Articulates vision, idea, objectives to vendor.
• Attends on‑site visits and shoots as needed to ensure the vision come to life.
• Becomes client facing with supervision from CD and above.
• Supporting Momentum's values All other duties as assigned.

HERE’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR (QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS)

• College degree with focus in Art Direction, preferred
• Experience in Shopper, Commerce, Retail a plus
• 10+ year of experience
• Innovative concepting skills and great presentation skills
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite
• Natural communicator with strong visual and verbal presentation skills
• Positive attitude, genuine team player and a self‑starter and go‑getter attitude
• Proven track record of leading teams to successful activations

The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $160,000.

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; location and region; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee's/applicant's background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in‑office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in‑office attendance.

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