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Company description

Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world, a leader in marketing, communication and digital business transformation. As a platform at the intersection of marketing and digital business transformation, driven through the alchemy of creativity and technology, Publicis Groupe is built on The Power of One.

Publicis Groupe offers its clients seamless access to the expertise of its 80,000 talents across four Solution hubs: creative with Publicis Communications (Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, BBH, Marcel, Fallon, MSL, Prodigious), media services with Publicis Media (Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Blue 449, Performics, Digitas), digital business transformation with Publicis.Sapient and health & wellness communications with Publicis Health. Publicis Groupe’s agencies are present in over 100 countries around the world.

Overview

Expectations of a (Associate) Creative Director

• Lead group brainstorming/concept development sessions

• Lead and inspire creative teams to develop innovative design solutions, from broad concept development through implementation

• Provide clear constructive direction on content and design solutions

• Lead creative and production teams to ensure feasibility of design solutions and articulate design principles and guidelines for implementation

• Set and manage client expectations regarding design process and deliverables

• Ideate, craft and execute original and iconic creative concepts in response to client briefs, objectives or goals

• Is responsible for the proper placement, context and meaning of every image and graphic element within a creative assignment

• Extend client relationships and explore new ways to deliver value

• Develop creative ideas that meets both our clients’ objectives as well as our business objectives, maintaining the company’s expected levels of creative excellence and professionalism

• Present, share and review creative work with Executive Creative Director/s, Account Management and Planning Leads as well as members of the Management Team

• Manage multiple projects from concept through to completion, working with both in-house resources and third-party vendors

• Collaborate effectively with Account Management, Planning and the broader creative team to develop disruptive and iconic work

• Manage multiple projects from concept through to completion, working with both in-house resources and third-party vendors

• Participants in, and leads brainstorming sessions

• You will report into an Executive Creative Director and/or Chief Creative Officer

Qualifications

In your role, you will specifically be expected to:

• Provide leadership and professional development to department staff

• Mentor and train team members,, write performance reviews, and allocate work

• Monitor teams to deliver beyond client’s expectations

• Motivate your team, and be the glue that keeps teams going

• Set goals and KPIs for each team member, and works with them to achieve these

Skills & Experience

• You have about 10-15 years of work experience and a track record of brave ideas that have made an impact, big or small, on the world we live in

• You’re a keen student of life, open and curious, always learning

• As a communicator, every surface, channel and medium, social or otherwise, is your canvas. You’re just where people are

• Won the awards that matter. Winning isn’t everything, but excellence is

• Understand social media, online media jargon and technology

• Can work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment

• Ability to effectively and appropriately interact with co-workers across levels and disciplines

• Understands and uses the latest in computer design software

• After hours work and overnight traveling to shoots and post sessions can be expected

• Naturally well organised and unfazed when working towards deadlines