Associate Creative Director, Copy Job at FingerPaint Marketing in Cedar Knolls

Description

Position at Fingerpaint Marketing

Imagine a workplace where your expertise is valued, your ideas spark change, and creativity fuels innovation. Fingerpaint Group is a vibrant blend of individuals, a full spectrum of life science solutions, and a culture that thrives on originality and a shared commitment to pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Never Paint by Number isn't just our motto-it's how we work-collaboratively and creatively. If you're ready to bring your passion to a team that sees beyond limitations, we want to hear from you.

This role is largely remote; however, it will require being local to our Cedar Knolls, NJ office.

In this role you will be responsible for leading the creative work that is produced across a number of our accounts. This leadership role includes assigning teams, inspiring those teams to consistently produce exceptional concepts and final work, and working closely with account management to ensure that our clients are satisfied with the quality of our creative work, the value of our services, and our responsiveness to their needs.

What it takes :

• Work with art partner to produce standout and strategically focused concepts and campaigns
• Ability to work collaboratively with all other disciplines at the agency (account management, digital strategy, etc.)
• Manage workloads to maximize productivity of the copy team, ensuring that everyone is busy and billable
• Demonstrate to clients that you understand their products and marketing challenges and are responsive to the strategic and creative needs of their business
• Represent the agency at client meetings and social events as appropriate
• Strong presentation skills
• Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration
• Manage and work independently, under tight deadlines, while juggling multiple projects when necessary
• Estimate copy hours
• Lead concept presentations
• Provide written and face-to-face feedback for annual performance reviews, as well as ongoing feedback throughout the year (written when requested)
• Identify and interview prospective creative candidates
• A sense of humor that is actually funny

Know-how :

Don't meet every single requirement? That's okay! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Fingerpaint, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our team of qualified recruiters can match you with the right opportunity.Fingerpaint Group provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to all applicants and employees. We are proud to recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status.