Creative Director, Art

Summary

Join Hook, an award-winning creative content agency, as a Creative Director and lead the development of insightful creative concepts and their production for several brand accounts. You will partner with a Business Director to lead a team of up to 25 individuals, including designers, animators, creatives, and producers. As a hands-on leader, you will offer mentorship and guidance across all disciplines, establish positive relationships with clients, and lead the development and presentation of pitch materials for major campaigns. You will also be responsible for hiring, mentoring, and managing a functional creative team, ensuring the highest quality of deliverables, and facilitating creative development by providing detailed direction and feedback. This role requires 12+ years of industry experience in a well-established, creative role with a proven track record of agency success, a strong background in hands-on design and/or motion, and the ability to work around PST hours and travel as needed.

Requirements

• 12+ years of industry experience in a well-established, creative role with a proven track record of agency success
• A strong background in hands on design and/or motion
• Ability to work around PST hours
• Ability to travel as needed for shoots, pitches, client meetings, events, etc. (expected less than 15% of the year)

Responsibilities

• Lead (with a very hands-on approach) the development of insightfully driven creative concepts and their production to the point of exceeding client expectations
• Partner with a Business Director to lead a team of up to 25 individuals composed of designers, animators, creatives, and producers
• Offer mentorship and guidance across all disciplines in regards to individual growth and process improvements
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with all relevant client contacts and become an expert on brand culture, client politics, products, and expectations
• Lead the development and presentation of pitch materials for all major and complex campaigns associated with your primary brand and/or potential new clients
• Hire, mentor, and manage the success of a functional creative team (copywriters, art directors, and associate creative directors)
• Ensure and inspire the highest possible quality of all strategic, creative, and design deliverables within the scope of one or more brand relationships
• Facilitate creative development by providing detailed direction, feedback and constructive criticism to creative, design, engineering, and motion staff
• Work with production and account leadership to evaluate the potential, feasibility, staffing requirements, and timing needs of incoming opportunities
• Maintain a positive creative culture through teamwork, leading by example, and promoting creative/company values
• Actively meet challenges with a bias toward action.  When others wait for answers, Creatives seek them out or define new ones from informed insights and research
• Iterate and overdeliver. Creativity is not a 9-to-5 process, it is a constant push for improvement where each new idea or version is a measurable improvement upon the last
• Project a sense of ownership.  As the conceptual leader and driving force behind a project or campaign, a Creative’s enthusiasm and personal investment in excellence is a critical asset for team leadership and a trust-earning behavior from a client’s perspective

Preferred Qualifications

• Large tech brands related experience is a plus
• Previous experience growing and leading a team of 15+ people
• Broad conceptual skills from broadcast to IRL events to viral social campaigns
• Ability to navigate complex problems from a high level and also be a hands on contributor when needed
• Solid verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to all levels of clients
• Strong creative portfolio highlighting relevant/category experience and industry award winning work
• Experience working with large teams in client-facing role
• Excellent written and presentation skills
• You lead by example. You are a natural mentor, guiding with empathy and inspiration
• Able to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

Health, dental, matching 401k, paid vacation and holidays