Creative Director

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description:

Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network built to unlock exponential growth for clients through Transformative Creativity a unifying force that drives innovation across people businesses and society. Launched in June 2022 it operates in over 145 countries and is fully integrated with dentsus Media and CXM capabilities to deliver seamless end-to-end solutions worldwide. Guided by the philosophy of Building Brands for Whats Next Dentsu Creative empowers brands to navigate current challenges and prepare for future opportunities crafting resilient forward-thinking strategies that thrive in an ever-evolving world.

Role Purpose

You will be both a hands-on creative leader and a strategic partner setting creative ambition in line with each clients brand purpose and building their brand for whats next. This could mean shaping the future of their product or service redefining category dynamics transforming audience experiences or sparking cultural conversations that drive fame and impact.

As Brand Creative Director you will be the agencys champion for creative excellence setting the standard for breakthrough thinking and inspiring teams to deliver work that is not only effective but truly transformative for our clients brands.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Excellence Leadership:

Set and uphold the highest standards of creative output across the agency ensuring all work aspires to and achieves creative excellence.
Act as a role model and mentor inspiring teams to push boundaries and deliver work that is bold original and culturally resonant.
Champion a culture of creative bravery experimentation and continuous improvement.

Brand Leadership:

Own and nurture client relationships at Marketing Director/CMO level acting as a trusted advisor and creative partner.
Set and uphold the creative vision for client brands ensuring all work is aligned with brand purpose and future ambitions.

Hands-on Craft:

Remain close to the work inspiring teams and contributing to the creative process to deliver outstanding brand-building ideas.

Outrageous Impact:

Evaluate and champion work based on the impact it will have on the clients brand business audience and culturedriving fame sparking conversation and creating noise beyond the media plan.

Strategic Partnership:

Collaborate with strategy media and analytics teams to ensure ideas are insight-driven audience-relevant and measurable.

Team Development:

Mentor and grow multidisciplinary creative teams nurturing talent and fostering a culture of proactive creativity and innovation.

Client Portfolio Growth:

Take on increasing responsibility for larger more complex client portfolios including multi-market and integrated brands.

Community Focus:

Build and nurture a creative community attracting and developing the next generation of creative talent.

Qualifications & Skills

Proven experience leading brand and creative strategy at a top-tier agency or brand.
Demonstrated ability to build and sustain senior client partnerships (Marketing Director/CMO level).
Strong conceptual thinking storytelling and craft skills.
A portfolio of work that has driven brand fame cultural impact and business results.
Confident articulate presenter and advisor comfortable with senior stakeholders.
Experience managing and mentoring creative teams.
Passion for nurturing transformative proactive creativity.
Tenacious optimistic leader with a clear vision and appetite for innovation.
Appreciation for design brand systems and tonal versatility.
Modern thinker culturally savvy and eager to leverage new technologies (including AI) to elevate creative output.

Working with us

Joining Dentsu Creative you will be part of a creative network delivering ideas at the intersection of brand culture and an age when brands are built and grown in altogether new ways we espouse humility alongside practical flexible problem solving.

On your journey you will partner with inspiring people across the world and become part of a truly inclusive culture where everyone is given the opportunity to thrive and create the best work of their careers; always learning and always listening to shape ideas create culture and change behavior. By bringing together the capabilities experience and relationships of our collective experts the opportunities for personal growth and development are endless.

What we offer

This is a permanent role
The team is based in our London office but operates under flexible working arrangements. The team are currently in the office every Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
As well as a competitive salary youll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Dentsu we embrace diversity and inclusion valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation benefiting our employees partners and communities.

We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race ethnicity nationality religion gender gender identity sexual orientation age disability marital status or any other protected characteristic. Beyond recruitment we strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected supported and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

We recognize the importance of work-life balance and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for all roles. If you need reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during our recruitment process please contact us at quoting the reference number of the role that you are applying for. Your needs will be handled with respect and confidentiality to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience.

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Location:

London

Brand:

Dentsu Creative

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

Required Experience:

Director

Job Description:Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network built to unlock exponential growth for clients through Transformative Creativity a unifying force that drives innovation across people businesses and society. Launched in June 2022 it operates in over 145 countries and is fully int...