ABOUT

MOD’s Creative Department is a multi-faceted team of dreamers and doers who bring our clients’ brands to life through exceptional creative content. This team turns business strategy into visual reality with best-in-class, forward-thinking solutions. The team is comprised of four key areas: Creative Direction, Design, Film & Motion, and Technology. Together, they contribute to the world by designing experiences that help humanity.

As the Executive Creative Director (ECD), you will be responsible for managing and directing this creative team and their output. You will be a champion for creative excellence, build exceptional client relationships, provide visionary leadership and inspiration while balancing strategic feedback and communicating actionable direction to the team to drive results. The Executive Creative Director reports to the Chief Creative Officer (CCO).

WHAT YOU WILL DO…

The ECD has three areas of responsibility.

Creative leadership

• Provide visionary leadership to the creative team, inspiring and guiding them to produce innovative, compelling, and effective creative
• Manage and mentor a team of 30 creative professionals, including creative directors, copywriters, designers, editors, animations and other creatives, with 4-6 direct reports
• Inspire the creative team to create more advanced and better work using brainstorming sessions, team meetings, and other strategic tools
• Develop a strong team culture by attracting creative professionals and supporting their individual growth to build a talent pipeline that ensures the future success of the business
• Provide constructive feedback, conduct performance evaluations, and foster a collaborative and positive work environment. Inspire creative team members to be engaged, organized, and self-sufficient
• Build bridges between teams and nurture cross-functional relationships while contributing cohesive creative support to cross-functional initiatives
• Embody MOD’s values and champion them to the creative team in support of team health
• Participate as part of the Executive Leadership Team to problem solve company challenges and to work toward the achievement of company growth goals

Creative Oversight

• Oversee the development of ideas, concepts and campaigns for the entire creative department ensuring alignment with brand guidelines, industry regulations, and market trends
• Maintain high standards of creative excellence and accountability, using best practices to guide teams through the creative process and ensure accurate, error-free creative execution within agreed timelines
• Set concepts into motion, planning the actions, projects, and completed products or messages
• Maintain consistency over the quality, aesthetic merit, and message of the creative team’s output
• Protect cohesive storytelling across the concepting, production, and development phases as teams hand off throughout the process
• Represent and uphold MOD’s aesthetic throughout the department, including client work, presentations, trainings, and employee development

Planning, Analyzing, Evaluating

• Partner with internal teams to develop workable project budgets, plans, and realistic timelines in addition to defining creative scope
• Collaborate with Executive Director of Client Services and Head of Strategic Partnerships on new business efforts
• Review, analyze and evaluate creative briefs and creative deliverables relative to the client’s needs and objectives
• Gain a deep knowledge of the clients’ businesses and goals to develop unique creative concepts that will maintain their brands and exceed customer expectations.
• Act as a key point of contact for clients, building strong relationships and understanding their needs.
• Oversee deadlines and budgets as they relate to creative projects to contribute to fiscal responsibility to the client and the agency

YOUR CREDENTIALS

• 15 years of broad creative and management experience with at least a minimum of 5 years in an agency setting
• Proven ability to hire, lead, empower and develop a group of cross-disciplinary creative professionals
• Successfully balance creativity and inspiration with the need to drive business results
• Ability to manage projects and programs in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with challenging and changing deliverables and deadlines while remaining calm, cool, and collected and instilling confidence in others
• A strong collaborator who can effectively manage opposing viewpoints, productively take and respond to feedback, and communicate actionable next steps to the working team
• A strong portfolio full of breakthrough ideas that cross categories and drive results. Experience as both a maker of great work and an instigator of it
• Expert knowledge of the creative, strategy, concepting, ideation, design and production process, including workflow management
• Solution-oriented, problem-solving mentality and innovative approach to solving challenges
• Must be an excellent pitch person, with great written and oral communication skills, with a passion for growing these skills within the creative team