As Creative Director, you will be responsible for taking the creative lead on projects for GPJ.
Working within a project team, your role is to drive the creative vision to ensure the delivery of effective solutions.
Your role is pivotal to the success of both winning and executing excellent work and you will be vital in shaping the creativity of the whole company.
Key Responsibilities
Lead project-specific creative process, both pre and post sale
- Enthusiastically contribute to a culture and environment that is conducive to creative excellence
- Experienced in motivating creative development in an atmosphere where all participants are heard and respected, leading teams to inspiring work, and making the process fun
- Work in collaboration with account teams to develop realistic client proposals given the constraints of time and budget, to focus on the high impact areas of opportunity, and to create and deliver outstanding presentations
- Oversee production after the sale to insure creative integrity, be a creative resource to the team as client needs or budget changes, and further develop the relationship with the client
Collaborate within Account Teams to generate business
- Help develop new and existing client business development strategies
- Participate in key capabilities presentations
- Clearly articulate our brand promise and provide anecdotal examples of how that promise can provide value to our clients. Collaborate in preparing and presenting new business proposals and pitches to clients
Develop and manage relationships with a broad range of freelance creative resources
- Continually seek out new creative talent and actively manage existing vendor/talent relationships.
- Help facilitate interactions between freelance talent and the account team ensuring that there is clear direction and an accurate understanding of the team’s expectations.
About you
We seek a passionate, original thinker with proven creative expertise across a range of media.
- You have a ‘roll-your-sleeves-up’ approach and a strong portfolio to show
- You like to challenge the status quo
- You have an agile mindset. You keep everything in perspective
- You are culturally aware and move with the times
- You demonstrate ‘active’ listening skills in a variety of situations, seeking out others’ ideas, are open to them and are able to take action where appropriate
- You understand the marketplace (client and talent) and use this information to inform project & business decisions
- You are able to build effective relationships, able to understand and respond to the agenda of others and are able to help unlock future client opportunities
- You think creatively to deliver ideas/ solutions & solve problems; are able to demonstrate the ability to enhance the client’s or team’s outcomes or business impact through actions & contributions
- You are a collaborative, consultative team player with enthusiasm, passion and drive
- You have a holistic approach to the marketing mix and integrating live, experiential, and digital platforms/communication ideas
- You understand the marketplace and use this information to inform project & business decisions
- You are a collaborative, consultative team player with enthusiasm, passion and drive
- You’re at ease in a fast-paced environment
- You are a champion of high quality outcomes and demonstrate an affinity with the brands you lead
- Strong appreciation of different creative disciplines and methodologies
- Knowledge and understanding of emerging technologies and trends
- Ability to design and develop customer journey maps
- Able to communicate and influence demanding clients, across all levels of seniority, as well as co-workers
- Empathetic – ability to explain concepts in language relevant to the audience