VP Creative Director

Creative Directors are responsible for leading a team through the conception, design, and execution of interactive and integrated initiatives including: websites, site-lets and possibly online advertising and digital marketing. Individuals should possess strong conceptual skills and have stunning visual design skills. We are looking for candidates that are seasoned with inspiring and elevating the creative performance of their team and have experience in the people management aspects of the team: hiring, resourcing, leading and nurturing careers.

Responsibilities

* Maintain accountability for the quality, strategy and integrity of all creative deliverables while actively engaging, inspiring and leveraging the team Effectively sell great work and gain confidence as a leader who can be relied upon to orchestrate teams and produce large-scale projects.
* Solid understanding of web 2.0, mobile, social media and experience design with a POV of how that is currently meeting up with digital marketing and advertising.
* Ability to spot and leverage emerging trends and technologies with an understanding of how to use them to elevate the quality of the creative product
* Inspire, mentor and develop a seasoned creative team while identifying and leveraging talent on the team and agency wide.
* Partner with account teams to ensure the creative product is pushing the envelope while maintaining business objectives
* Lead multiple projects simultaneously
* Be self-motivated with a positive attitude and have strong communications skills

This position requires 7+ years of experience in a creative role within the interactive, multi-media, or advertising industries. Solid experience with interactive is a must. 3+ years of management, development and mentoring experience including resource management, performance reviews and issues, and hiring.

Company Description

Publicis Modem is a global digital agency network that works with world-class companies in more than 40 countries and has over 1,000 digital employees. Our clients include Becks, General Mills, Hasbro, and LG Electronics amongst others. Our work includes digital marketing strategy and planning; award winning creative design and execution; media research, planning and buying; search marketing and technology enablement. Publicis Modem is part of Publicis Worldwide and a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe.