Director Innovation & Technology

Summary

Join WongDoody, a global creative technology agency, and lead digital-first creativity for our Retail & CPG vertical. You will drive the development of holistic brand communications across digital platforms, utilizing emerging technologies like GenAI and immersive design. As a creative leader, you'll mentor and guide a team, ensuring our work remains innovative and relevant. You will also lead creative production and present strategies persuasively to clients. Contribute to new business pitches and actively support innovation showcases. This role requires a strong background in digital brand communication and 6-8+ years of experience in creative direction.

Requirements

• A background in digital brand communication, campaigns, content creations that span web, mobile, social, and emerging formats
• 6-8+ years of experience in creative direction, brand storytelling, or digital campaign leadership roles in agencies, studios, or consultancies
• Fluent German is required, a very good level of English is appreciated
• A portfolio that blends storytelling with innovation, featuring case studies that show how you’ve crafted brand presence through digital means
• A strong understanding of digital behaviors, brand-building principles, and the production realities of content in a platform-first world

Responsibilities

• Lead digital-first creativity: Drive the development of holistic brand communications across digital platforms, from campaign concepts and branded content to interactive activations and digital ecosystems
• Use technology as a creative catalyst: Apply emerging tools like GenAI, immersive design, and interactive storytelling as enablers that amplify brand narratives
• Inspire and guide a creative team: Mentor and lead art directors, copywriters, and motion designers through concept, pitch, and production with clarity and inspiration
• Stay ahead of digital trends: Spot shifts in platforms, behaviors, and formats to ensure our work remains forward-thinking, relevant, and bold
• Lead creative production: Guide teams through the production process, whether for video shoots, AI-generated content, or smart, format-aware assets for social and digital platforms
• Present and partner with confidence: Communicate creative strategies and ideas persuasively to clients and internal teams, ensuring alignment across creative and business goals
• Contribute to growth: Actively support new business pitches, and innovation showcases with fresh ideas and compelling presentation materials

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise with technologies like GenAI, immersive tools, or emerging tech, and the imagination to apply them creatively
• Clear, strategic thinking and the ability to pitch and present ideas that balance creative integrity with client realities
• A natural mentor and collaborator, someone who brings positivity, ambition, and empathy into every room

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Work where it works for you. At home or in the office, or any mix you like
• 30 days' vacation per year
• Urban Sports Club