Executive Creative Director (Social-First)
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30+ days ago
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Job Summary
ABOUT VAYNERX
VaynerX () is the most contemporary family of companies working together to build and grow brands. Subsidiaries include VaynerMedia Eva Nosidam Productions The Sasha Group Gallery Media Group Tingley Lane Trading VaynerSpeakers and VaynerCommerce.
ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA
Culture is our key and Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMediaAPAC is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative creative and strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time --- PEOPLE. Day in and day out we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention and APAC we are proudly 300 servicing a diverse client all around the region.
The PITCH
We are hunting the India landscape for a visionary and driven Executive Creative Director (ECD). This role is responsible for driving the creative vision output and operational excellence of VaynerMedias social-first creative engine in your market. You will lead multidisciplinary teams across social video edit creators design and productiondelivering culturally resonant platform-native work that builds brands moves business and grows viewbanks at scale.
This role shapes the creative floor: the systems the talent the standards and the performance mindset that power Vayners 2026 model.
This is a full-time senior-level role with a reporting structure to the Head of Creative APAC.
What Youll Do
Creative Leadership
- Lead the creative output across creator-led content and brand campaigns.
- Architect and implement social-first creative systems (SMAX SMASH CAIT SIC).
- Build and maintain a high-performing creative culture centered on audience-first ideas platform instincts and retention-driven craft.
- Translate client objectives into social-first social-centred organic-reach-focused platform-agnostic work covering the full range of output from fast social ads to multi-format social-informed campaign systems.
Content Platform Mastery
- Ensure every SMA performs with platform-native excellence (TikTok Reels Shorts YouTube Meta etc.).
- Drive scaling of social-first ads: 1 idea 10100 assets across formats.
- Review and elevate edits pacing hooks transitions and retention.
- Build and nurture teams that drive consistent reach for brands
Team Building & People Leadership
- Build mentor and scale creator teams (writers views editors Shoot-editors creators).
- Define skill trees growth paths performance expectations and creative standards.
- Foster multidisciplinary collaboration across strategy media analytics production and client teams.
- Recruit and develop unicorn talent at the intersection of social video edit.
Client Leadership
- Lead senior client conversations with clarity conviction and platform literacy.
- Present creative logic content systems and performance thinking confidently.
- Build trust through iterative data-informed creative problem solving.
Operational Excellence
- Use data insights and performance analytics to guide creative decisions.
- Implement creative workflows that balance quality speed and volume.
- Partner closely with production media and creator teams to drive consistent delivery.
- Understand implement and create AI-centric use cases and workstreams that drive both efficiency and creative impact.
We treasure kindness and yes-and attitude. We believe that these qualifications lead to success in the Executive Creative Director role for our growing APAC family --
What Were Looking For
- Deep mastery of social platforms hooks retention pacing editing fundamentals and feed physics.
- Fluency in video and editing vocabulary; ability to evaluate and elevate cuts.
- Proven ability to build and lead hybrid creative teams at scale.
- Strong understanding of creator ecosystems UGC workflows affiliates and talent-led storytelling.
- Comfort with high-volume output and rapid iteration cycles.
- Strong cultural intelligence and storytelling with the ability to build content and that resonates locally while scaling regionally.
- Clear communicator with strong client leadership presence.
- Ability to turn creative thinking into systems not one-offs.
Nice-To-Haves
- Experience with multiple APAC markets or multinational brand portfolios.
- Exposure to creative automation AI workflows or 3D/VFX pipelines.
- Background spanning both brand storytelling and performance content.
- Multilingual content or localization experience.
- Production or studio leadership experience.
What Youre NOT
- A campaign-only thinker without platform instincts.
- Someone who prioritizes polish over speed and output.
- Afraid of data iteration or performance-based creative decisioning.
- Dependent on traditional hierarchical creative processes.
- Someone who waits for briefs instead of building systems proactively.
Success Looks Like
- A fully functioning creative floor with clear skill trees and ownership.
- Measurable improvements in retention engagement and content performance.
- Repeatable formats (viewbanks) established for key brands.
- Strong creator pipelines contributing to scaled content delivery.
- Consistent Social Media Ad Excellence across clients.
- Healthy team growth culture and retention.
- Recognition as a trusted creative leader internally and with clients
What you should know about VaynerMedia
Think lab and not agency. We get excited about solving business problems not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. Were willing to break rules try new things and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. Its fun!
Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that and the opportunity to collaborate with the talented and enthusiastic crew work with big brands excites you as it does us. We cant wait to meet you.
P.S Send us your portfolio --- always excited to see some unicorn talents :)
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About Company
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