Executive creative director job description

The Rock Family of Companies is made up of nearly 100 separate businesses spanning fintech, sports, entertainment, real estate, startups and more. We're united by our culture - a drive to find a better way that fuels our commitment to our clients, our community and our team members. We believe in and build inclusive workplaces, where every voice is heard and diverse perspectives are welcomed. Working for a company in the Family is about more than just a job - it's about having the opportunity to become the best version of yourself.

Rocket Central is a centralized hub that delivers thoughtful and innovative solutions for Rocket Companies . We are the center of operations, technology, marketing, HR, legal, strategy and more that propels our companies forward. Here, we'll give you the opportunity to launch your career and work with various companies, spanning multiple industries from fintech, to auto and real estate. We offer you the tools you'll need to succeed, no matter what stage you're at in your career. You'll be able to master your craft here by working on complex problems in a collaborative culture and challenging yourself to make a real impact.
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Minimum Qualifications
10+ years of creative experience5+ years of leadership experience in a creative role Marketing KnowledgeBudgeting KnowledgeProficiency in Microsoft Office and the Adobe suite, including Flash

Job Summary
As an Executive Creative Director, you'll have the opportunity to work closely with our Chief Marketing Officer and Marketing team to develop best-in-class creative solutions while communicating, executing and sustaining cross-platform strategic initiatives. In this role, you'll direct and lead the creative function so that the environment, culture, team, capabilities, tools, processes, expectations, work style and other elements support the strategic goals and objectives of the Rocket Companies and Rocket Mortgage brands and, most importantly, our culture.

Responsibilities
Ensure that our creative product delivers on high standards, remains cutting-edge and stays ahead of our competition (i.e., best in class) at all times Oversee and manage a creative function with 75+ team members that operates in an efficient and effective manner while seeking out innovative ways to deliver results Lead the development of concepts and strategies for a particular venture and monitor progress, implementing our creative vision and becoming the point of reference for any creative plan that may be making its way to our clients Listen, question, prioritize and translate business situations, marketing goals and information into strategic brand concepts through the production process Work with other leaders and teams to ensure creative and messaging needs are met while adhering to the guidelines for strategy, brand messaging and integrated communication channels Inspire and motivate the Creative team to exercise innovation and enhance brand storytelling using brainstorming sessions, team meetings and other strategic tools Work with the CMO and the CEO to evolve a Creative team structure that's effective and efficient while also serving as a leader, mentor and coach to all team members Be engaged in the marketing/advertising community to share the brand story and constantly recruit potential Creative team member candidates

Who We Are
Rocket Companies is a Detroit-based company made up of businesses that provide simple, fast and trusted digital solutions for complex transactions. The name comes from our flagship business, now known as Rocket Mortgage , which was founded in 1985. Today, we're a publicly traded company involved in many different industries, including mortgages, fintech, real estate, automotive and more. We're insistently different in how we look at the world and are committed to an inclusive workplace where every voice is heard. We're passionate about the work we do, and it shows. We've been ranked #7 on Fortune's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2022, as well as ranking #1 for Fortune's Best Large Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance List in 2021.

Disclaimer
This is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position. As with everything in life, things change. The tasks and responsibilities can be changed, added to, removed, amended, deleted and modified at any time by the leadership group.

We are proud equal opportunity employers and committed to providing an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all candidates and team members. Employment decisions, including hiring decisions, are not based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with state and federal law.

The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and does not discriminate in any hiring or employment practices. The Company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with state and federal law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation in completing the application and/or participating in the employment application process should notify a representative of the Human Resources Team, The Pulse, at 1-800-411-JOBS.

This role is open to be based from: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY

Edelman is looking for an Executive Creative Director to lead our social media offering. Edelman is a new kind of agency, at the intersection of PR, Advertising, Social, Digital, Earned Media and Experiential. We blur the lines between each medium to create smart, innovative, and powerful work that gets people talking and engaging with brands in new ways. We're passionate, unconventional and driven by a desire to do the best damn work possible. We get results for our clients and have the trophies to prove it.

Who Are You?

The ideal candidate is platform obsessed, and has deep experience leading social-first teams creating everything from organic social campaigns to war rooms to retained reactive workstreams. You have deep knowledge of content on every social and digital platform from TikTok to YouTube, Reddit to Discord, Twitch to Instagram - and everything in between. You have launched or rebranded multiple clients social presence, and deeply understand the drivers of engagement. You're accustomed to working at the speed of news and culture, and to reacting on social in real time. You are data obsessed and bake measurement and insights into every workflow and iteration. You put social strategy and listening at the heart of your process.

You will inspire and develop the creative approach within Edelman Social, while simultaneously communicating and collaborating across the agency at large. This role reports to the Chief Creative Officer, Edelman US.

Responsibilities

* Lead the creative vision for Edelman Social at large, acting as lead creative, senior approver or creative counsel interchangeably.
* Manage a team of creatives within the Content Lab, and mentor social first creatives across the agency
* Concept and pitch campaigns, platform activations, retainer and real time offerings across social media to clients both internal and external.
* Inspire the team to invent ways to engage on emerging platforms
* Leverage data to constantly evolve and improve our offering.
* Collaborate within the company at large, finding opportunities to work with creators from across the ecosystem
* Suggest new ways for brands to utilize content on social and other new digital platforms, to drive virality, engaging brand presence, high-performing ads, and impactful influencer campaigns
* In partner with the CCO and heads of content & digital; collaborate closely with social strategy, earned media, intelligence, influence and account leaders to embed social first capabilities across the agency
* Represent and evangelize Edelman Social's creative capabilities both internally and externally

Qualifications

* 10+ years of creative leadership including experience pitching and working with clients.
* 12+ years postgraduate work experience
* Demonstrated success either launching or reinventing brands on social
* Passionate and skilled mentor and team leader, willing and able to guide and collaborate with both traditional and non-traditional creatives and creators
* Demonstrated experience ideating and creating for social in real time
* Deep knowledge of production across all kinds of asset creation
* Experience taking projects from concept through activation at scale and speed
* Deep understanding of social performance data and ability to work with data specialists to extrapolate learnings and derive insights on how to evolve and iterate content.
* Obsession with social storytelling formats of today, and an interest in new and emerging social platforms
* Ability to be hands on and not afraid to be scrappy
* Super out-of-the-box creative thinker
* Very organized, able to manage multiple projects at once

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Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead and act with certainty, earning the trust of their stakeholders. Our honors include the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for PR; Advertising Age's 2019 A-List; the Holmes Report's 2018 Global Digital Agency of the Year; and, five times, Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. Since our founding in 1952, we have remained an independent, family-run business. Edelman owns specialty companies Edelman Data & Intelligence (DxI) and United Entertainment Group (entertainment, sports, lifestyle).

For more information please visit: www.edelman.com

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Employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (i.e., at least 2 weeks after last dose) and, if hired, present proof of vaccination before start date. Candidates may request an accommodation due to disability, sincerely held religious belief or exception required under applicable law.

Edelman is an equal opportunity employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Inspire and bring ideas to life

What is Avanade Experiences?

Over Avanade's 20+ years, we've delivered the most intelligent, engaging, award-winning experiences on the Microsoft ecosystem. As technology and human expectations evolve, we see incredible opportunities for customers, products, and workplaces-where imagination is the only limit.

Avanade Experiences is our way to bring unconventional thinking, exceptional creativity, and our unparalleled engineering heritage to think big and make it real. Our vision of the future goes far beyond concepts to enable and deliver the impact our clients, their people, customers, and communities need.

We support each other with great work to push boundaries, connect technology with what matters to people first, and grow with our clients. If you feel this is a great fit for your path, we'd love to talk.

About the role

As an Executive Creative Director (ECD), you set the tone and raise the creative bar in your region. Your vision plays a critical part in real impact through innovative projects for some of the world's top brands. Paired with the Area Executive Creative Director, you lead a talented multi-disciplinary team of creatives-other creative directors, designers, copy writers, content strategists, and UX designers-while closely collaborating across the Avanade Experiences team with technologists, analytics experts, product managers, client services and delivery team members. You provide guidance and mentorship to team members while providing creative work that sets new standards. You have extensive creative experience and work with different technologies and platforms. You're a master at developing creative strategy and providing direction on multiple simultaneous projects, and willing to roll up your sleeves to help to push a project over the line. You're an excellent communicator able to sell hairy, complex ideas to different audiences and are just as comfortable with business design thinking as you are with art direction. As creative director, you work with senior partners across the business, helping to pitch, sell, manage, and deliver amazing creative work. You have a deep understanding of how creativity supports profitable business growth and proven experience bringing the wildest of ideas to life.

Responsibilities

Specifically, we can depend on you to:

* Help to sell creative vision both internally and to clients

* Work with the sales team to develop world class pitches, with a focus on story telling

* Using insights, create experiences that translates into business opportunities and value

* Conduct co-creation/ideation workshops with senior executive and C-level clients

* Work with multi-disciplinary teams to define and deliver products across multiple platforms core to Avanade

* Ensure that the regional creative team collaborates with all other business functions within and outside of the Region, consistently delivering an exceptional, unified end-to-end customer experience across stages, channels, and touchpoints in the customer journey

* Build and manage a diverse and inclusive creative team with deep domain expertise

* Encourage growth mindset, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and customer-orientation among the team

* Oversee and review design deliverables; constantly up-level the creative output of the team

* Oversee the coordination of offshore creative teams for project deliverables

* Mentor direct reports and team members

* Set objectives for the team that help to drive business performance

* Some travel needed, will discuss in interviews

What you bring to the team

* 12+ years of relevant design experience

* 5+ years' experience managing people and teams

* Experience in narrative creation, storytelling, pitching, and selling innovative solutions for Fortune 100-1000 clientele

* A bachelor's degree in design, graphic design, or a similar field, or the required equivalent experience. A master's degree in a related discipline is a plus.

* An inspiring portfolio that demonstrates expertise in design principles and solutions

* Extensive experience of visual design, foundations of UI design, layouts, graphics development, typography, color, and visual theories

* Knowledge of customer experience and user experience disciplines, such as UX design, information architecture, research, usability, and content strategy

* Expert knowledge in most top creative tools and platforms (Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, etc.), and experience with W3C HTML / XHTML, CSS is a plus

* Experience working with cross-functional teams

* Trained in digital design, web, and mobile development in an enterprise environment

* Experience with B2B and B2C highly valued

* Capable of understanding and communicating the technical feasibility of solutions

* Able to work with technologists to translate design into deliverables

* Ability to coach, motivate, grow, course-correct, and guide a team

* Demonstrated history of working with external clients at the senior level (Director, VP)

* Expert level written and verbal communication skills, including ability to comfortably present to the senior level of our clients (remote and public speaking)

Avanade requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Avanade will consider requests for medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement on an individual basis.