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Job Description

A onsite opportunity in Philadelphia, PA with a yearly salary of USD 160,000, leading the creative work across two to three accounts and aligning with account management to ensure client satisfaction with quality, value, and responsiveness.

Responsibilities

  • Creative and hands-on leadership - oversee the creative work across two to three accounts, assign teams, motivate teams to consistently deliver exceptional concepts and final work, and collaborate with account management to ensure client satisfaction with quality, value, and responsiveness.
  • Creative/Hands-on Work (40%)
    • Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration
    • Work with ACD and Copy to produce standout, strategically focused concepts and campaigns
    • Take on appropriate projects and own them from start to finish
    • Manage and work independently under tight deadlines while juggling multiple projects
    • Estimate art hours
    • Participate in client meetings
    • Lead concept presentations
    • Attend market research as appropriate
    • Share responsibility with planning to shape strategic branding
  • Management (30%)
    • Assign creative teams best suited for each project based on ability and workload
    • Manage workloads to maximize productivity of the art team, ensuring everyone is busy and billable
    • Work closely with art, editorial and project management to meet deadlines and budgets
    • Provide written and face-to-face feedback for annual performance reviews and ongoing feedback throughout the year (written when requested)
    • Identify and interview prospective creative candidates
  • Leadership (30%)
    • Become the creative voice for your accounts
    • Develop strong relationships with clients
    • Collaborate with account management to grow business at existing clients
    • Work with creative management to address performance, workflow, and quality issues and develop long-range plans for the creative group
    • Lead the creative teams in development of concepts and execution of all projects
    • Ensure designers and creatives are trained and mentored to maintain agency and client standards, and to support career goals
    • Demonstrate understanding of clients' products and marketing challenges and respond to strategic and creative needs
    • Represent the agency at client meetings and appropriate social events

Requirements

  • 10+ years of agency experience
  • BA degree (Advertising, Communications, Fine Arts or related field preferred)
  • A proven track record of creative ability and judgment
  • Successful client contact experience
  • Ability to work collaboratively with account management
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Successful experience in managing creative teams and multiple accounts
  • Commitment to go the extra mile in time and effort to produce the very best work

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