Creative Director (Copywriter)

The Martin Group, a premier integrated communications firm, is looking to add a Creative Director to our team in a unique position managing print work for our largest client.

You will be responsible for overseeing and executing on creative challenges, leading a team of creatives through concept development, creative consultations, and setting our clients and their products apart from their competition.  As a Creative Director, you will coach, mentor, and attract top talent, collaborate internally across departments, and create innovative solutions to client challenges.

At The Martin Group, we love what we do and care greatly about how we do it. You will be successful in this role if you are passionate about deeply engaging with your team, the client, and community, are driven by inspiring action toward creative solutions, and consistently strive for precision in execution.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Work – Assigned to work with and oversee the creative challenges of multiple clients

• Conceptual development that provides solutions that set our clients and their products apart from their competition
• Develop and execute creative solutions ranging from complex campaign initiatives to small, individual requests
• Lead innovative ideation of client concepts that may include video production, content writing, and imagery to inspire action and meet client goals
• Review and guide creative briefs
• Contribute hands-on to projects from concepting through design and execution, effectively managing daily workload, projects, and deadlines
• Build relationships at the appropriate client/vendor level
• Assist with project budget recommendations to provide both profitable and quality service to clients
• Lead meetings with clients to establish creative direction and obtain approval on objectives
• Maintain awareness of pop culture, trends, news, and advertising industry happenings as well as the current state of the creative product

The Team – Lead and inspire a team of creatives

• Ensure the execution of assigned creative efforts are on strategy, on budget, and on schedule
• Coach and mentor direct reports through development and performance management
• Oversee and maintain quality standards for the team as set forth by the department
• Direct the activities of assigned projects and direct reports to maintain agency’s standards of creative excellence, timeliness, and profitability while achieving the client’s goals
• Identifies internal and external talent, actively creating a pipeline of top talent
• Works with teams to set, execute on, and track goals

The Agency – Collaborate across the Agency to identify challenges and provide innovative solutions

• Oversees creative consultations with account teams to ensure appropriate creative objectives are being met across all accounts and optimize the impact of the Creative Team
• Proactively ideates and communicates campaign concepts and strategies to the Creative Department to assist in collaboration with strategy and planning
• Maintains consistent communication with SVP Creative and project partners, involving top Agency management in individual client business when appropriate
• Participates in and contributes to new business pitches
• Works with the Executive Team to implement marketing materials for the Agency and assists with the creation and assembly of new business materials

Skills and Abilities:

• Exemplary level of design and visual communication skills
• Ability to coach and develop others to build and retain top talent
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to articulate and persuasively sell creative concepts within the Agency and directly to clients
• Communicates effectively in person, via email, and via telephone with the client, the Agency’s Creative Team, and other departments on specific projects
• Superior knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Ability to work on multiple projects and brands simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail
• A high level of skill in written English, including spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Requirements:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a creative field
• Minimum of 2 years supervisory experience required

Salary Range: $90,000 to $140,000

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