Creative Director

Description:

West Cary Group is a full-service, digital marketing and technology agency based in Richmond, Virginia, which services numerous mid-sized local and Fortune 500 clients across a vast array of industries. Hopefully you enjoy the frenetic, dynamic, and exciting environment of a fast-growing firm, because we’re looking for dynamic Creative Director.

The ideal candidate oversee creative teams to help develop the agency’s creative product for clients.

Position Responsibilities:

• Attend strategy meetings and partner with the account director on the goals and health of the client relationship
• Interface with the client through all stages of the creative process and partner with the account director to represent the agency in client meetings
• Provide creative strategy for meeting the client’s goals and objectives
• Manage the creative team and process for current projects and assign new projects
• Lead brainstorming sessions to develop campaigns based on client goals
• Create proposals, estimate hours and help define project scope
• Participate in client pitches and lead the creative team in presentations
• Consistently bring innovative creative solutions and design application to inspire the team’s work
• Work closely with the Executive Creative Director to achieve world-class creative execution

Requirements:

• Must be able to manage the creative team from concept to completion of projects with strong leadership and creative vision
• Must work with the Account Services team to make sure the client’s needs are being met and the creative goals are on track
• Must lead and facilitate a variety of different creative, design, multimedia, production and marketing responsibilities while staying within the overall strategic vision outlined by company executives
• Must bring a strategic mindset to projects in order to produce well-designed creative that is not only beautiful, but also effective in market
• Must be able to be hands-on and have full knowledge of creative suite programs and applications

Position Requirements:

• 7-10 years of experience in a creative role
• BS/BA degree required: graphic design, marketing, advertising, communications, or related field
• Ability to lead a team of creatives
• Solid background in design preferred
• Must be willing to work in a fast-paced environment, with sometimes short turn-around times
• Knowledge of each step of a campaign’s process to give creatives direction, work on schedule and meet client’s expectations
• Must be proficient in the entire Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) and Microsoft applications as well as Sketch, Figma and Adobe After Effects
• Knowledge of financial services and/or corporate marketing divisions
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment