About Us

adam&eveDDB is a creative communications agency dedicated to making creative work that works. We believe in the power of creativity to create the change we want to happen in the world and develop audacious, unexpected, and famous ideas for our clients that help to grow their businesses and shape culture by driving behavior change at scale.

We’re a start-up at scale, with the energy & agility of a start-up, and power & resources of a global network.

We are an agency that believes firmly in respect, kindness, openness, self-expression, and creativity, making space for the lived and learned experiences of all our people, and helping them to be the best they can be.

We are intellectually curious about difference, embracing change for the better, and are committed to opposing injustice and constantly challenging the status quo.

We whole-heartedly believe great ideas can come from anywhere and that the best ideas come from everyone. We are a place packed with the energy and passion to make things happen.
The Creative Director sets the vision and strategy for the growth of the creative department and providing social-first creative leadership for the agency. They ensure an environment that motivates the department to deliver excellent, innovative, social-first creative work, with special emphasis on developing and selling integration solutions to our clients. 

Responsibilities 

Creativity

• Provides overall thought-leadership for clients in communications solutions, specifically current and upcoming social platforms
• Oversees all social-first creative development from concept to final delivery for agency clients
• Provides proactive contributions to the client’s business, demonstrating best-in-class product (innovation and quality)
• Drives collaboration with mainline and marketing objectives to ensure integrated, synergistic social-focused creative approach
• Fosters innovation and quality to ensure delivery of the best creative product in the industry

Productivity

• Creates optimum structure to provide effective, efficient development of creative product
• Allocates appropriate personnel for all creative assignments
• Monitors all project milestones, deliverables, and risks to account leaders and senior management, communicating progress, issues, and accomplishments
• Works with Account Directors to secure and drive new initiatives for clients
• Oversees flawless delivery of creative deliverables in progress and the final product
• Ensures that the effort of the creative team are aligned and focused
• Provides clear direction to teams on their creative work, ensuring that it meets client’s goals and strategies
• Monitors overall quality of agency creative output providing direction and leadership

Knowledge and Skills

• Prepares and delivers presentations representing the creative with in-depth knowledge of why choices are being made and certain platforms are being utilized
• Contributes to and fosters a growing library of knowledge around creative work, platform capabilities and options
• Provides insight and analysis of trends and projections in all communications channels, specifically digital
• Has developed and shares a high level of visual literacy / understanding of typography, illustration, color theory, and photo manipulation
• Exhibits exceptional verbal communication skills, including ability to speak effectively before to senior management internally and externally

Relationships / Communications

• Holds and develops relationships with platform partners/vendors
• Constantly works to improve communications and processes necessary for optimum creative output
• Supervises, supports, and inspires creative leadership throughout the agency
• Accurately communicates team’s efforts internally / externally and reward success within team
• Has primary responsibility for creating, building and maintaining company creative reputation
• Fosters strong collaborative relationship with account management and other departments to ensure innovative and seamless delivery
• Is responsible for awareness and communication of creative successes both internally and externally

Leadership

• Is responsible for attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining top creative talent
• Builds positive environment for the development of the highest quality creative product
• Provides evaluation, mentorship, and counsel to direct reports
• Demonstrates ability to lead cross-disciplinary team members
• Stewards career management and mentorship 
• Ensures strong morale through open and constant communication and team leadership
• Has developed a reputation that commands respect among all stakeholders

Qualifications

• Must have 8 years in creative role in an advertising agency including 4 years in a management position
• Personal interest in social networks, obsession with pop culture & whatever cool, new app pops up next
• Strong management experience including major and multiple client relationship and social-first campaigns 
• Experience across all communications channels and business categories, specifically digital and social production
• Independent and forward thinker who can manage a high volume of work while maintaining a high level of craft & creativity 

What We Offer 

• 💰 Competitive Salary - $220,000 - $240,000
• ⚕️Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• 🏝️Generous Time Off
• 👶Paid parental leave
• 🎒Tuition Reimbursement
• 🥕Family Planning Assistance
• 📈Stock Discounts
• 🚌Transit Discounts
• 💡LinkedIn Learning Access
• 🧠Employee Assistance Programs

adam&eveDDB is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and to review all of our job postings to minimize biased language. adam&eveDDB New York does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law. 

This role requires regular in-office presence with a minimum of three days per week, to engage and collaborate in in-person team interactions and meetings as required.