Associate Creative Director

Job Type

Full-time

Description

MKR is searching for an Associate Creative Director with a background in Art Direction to assist in the development of projects from concept creation to completion.

The ACD / AD is responsible for collaborating with creative, account, strategy, and media to develop and present marketing initiatives to meet the clients business strategies and objectives.

To be successful as an ACD / AD, you must be able to develop concepts based on strategic insights gleaned from creative briefs.

Our expectation is that your ideas will be engaging, relevant, innovative, effective and highly creative. On a more tactical level, our ideal candidate will also possess a great deal of experience creating work for all channels including broadcast, video, radio, digital, social and point-of-sale.

A demonstrated ability to create a wide range of tones - from inspiring and emotional to more technical and informational is required.

The ideal candidate will be experienced, proactive, curious, confident, collaborative and possess the ability to demonstrate leadership in a group setting.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR :

Collaboration

Teamwork and collaboration are foundational to this creative department. You will be partnered with many talented individuals on a daily basis - copywriters, designers, strategists, project managers and account managers.

We need someone who is calm under pressure and understands how to collaborate in the spirit of shared goals and positivity.

Hunger

We want an ACD / AD who is ready for increased responsibility. Someone who is seeking an opportunity to work with amazing people on a focused list of truly rewarding accounts.

This is a chance to demonstrate leadership and excellence in an effort to move to the next phase of your career.

Attention to Detail

We hold ourselves to a high standard as it relates to the tight execution of work for our clients. The ideal candidate will oversee large, complex projects with a systematic approach to production, with a special focus on details.

What do we want to see in your book?

Great concepts? Of course. Strong design skills? Yes. TV, OOH, POS, social and experiential? Yes, to everything. We need a well-rounded ACD / AD who's done it all.

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supporting the CD with the development of concepts, creative strategies and visual communications in a wide range of channels
• Demonstrating confidence, professionalism and persuasiveness in client presentations.?
• Ensuring adherence to standards with consistency and a keen focus on details for complex, execution-heavy projects.?
• Working with PMs to ensure resources are allocated according to project needs and ensuring smooth processes to keep team on deadlines, which can occasionally be aggressive.?
• Supervise and mentor direct reports to help them improve and develop into successful creatives
• Meeting client objectives, budgets, and deadlines.?
• Keeping up with the latest trends, strategies, and technologies in marketing.?
• Command the workflow and conceptual direction for assigned accounts?
• Direct all members of team to ensure proper production of campaign elements. Review and direct creative materials with partners.?
• Bring and maintain knowledge and understanding of client's products, their marketing objectives, and the promotional activities of similar or competitive products to evaluate work in light of current marketing environment.
• Understanding marketing plans including objectives and strategies and how success will be measured. Contribute innovative ideas and tactics appropriate to client marketing strategy.
• Participate in strategic and tactical meetings to develop effective campaigns reflecting the client objectives.
• Collaborate and communicate with team members in a productive manner to ensure goals are being met and to attain / maintain creative vision outlined for the agency?
• Develop strong client relationships through participation in market research, presenting creative concept development, and strategic direction?

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, fine art, marketing, advertising, communications or related field?
• A strong portfolio that includes work executed for a wide range of channels, produced on behalf of a diverse range of clients.?
• 7+ years of advertising agency experience strongly preferred.?
• Must possess a very keen understanding of new and continually developing social channels
• Must have a foundational appreciation and understanding of all steps in the customer experience, and be able to develop creative that aligns with where the customer is in their journey?
• Ability to be a gatekeeper of creative on assigned accounts, held accountable for approving work prior to client presentation or final trafficking?
• Proven concept and strategy development skills necessary.?
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills ?
• Persuasive and engaging presentation skills are a must.?
• Strong leadership skills to inspire, direct and motivate creative team?
• Ability to think strategically and translate strategy into creative?

INTERESTED APPLICANTS

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