Group Creative Director

1 month ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Critical Mass Full time
Group Creative Director Job Description

As a Group Creative Director at Critical Mass, you will be a strong creative voice, leading large teams to achieve creative excellence, account growth, project delivery, and talent development. You will be a master storyteller, able to make the complex simple, the digital human, and the work the best it can be.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Drive creative discipline through operational expertise and work to improve a culture of excellence and accountability.
  • PUSH ambition and innovation of the work and reshape briefs as necessary.
  • Lead the team to conceive and develop creative that fulfills the expectation of the brief.
  • Write clear, compelling copy that supports brief objectives and resonates with target audiences.
  • Partner with other disciplines to arrive at great insights and build amazing digital solutions.
  • Effectively communicate creative ideas and strategies to all project stakeholders. Lead and partner with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Pitch to high-profile senior clients with an understanding of their motivations and objectives.
  • Integrate with partner agencies and manage collaborations with external parties.
  • Get work live, overseeing the execution process to ensure creative excellence.
  • Set and meet expectations for deliverables, estimations, and project plans.
  • Develop, implement and monitor quality standards across all creative disciplines.
  • Provide regular team mentorship and constructive feedback.
  • Develop, monitor, and modify creative department staffing strategies and plans, including team compensation and performance, skills, training, and mentorship.
Requirements:
  • 6+ years experience as a creative director or creative lead in an agency environment brainstorming, creative brief development, creative platform development, campaign development, and creative execution.
  • Exceptional writing skills, including the ability to write in a range of voices, styles, and formats.
  • A love for digital. Social, web, the metaverse, AI, gaming. All of it.
  • An understanding of the full breadth of digital platforms and solutions and how to steer creative outcomes across the full ecosystem.
  • A drive to stay on top of cultural trends, technology developments and audience insights as they pertain to the work.
  • The desire to bring your team up with you. You lead by example. You are a natural mentor, guiding with empathy and inspiration.
  • Proven aptitude for quick, creative thinking with acute attention to detail within demanding deadlines.
  • The ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and effectively juggle demand.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to us.

We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmassandus.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

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