Associate Creative Director

Description :

Role & Responsibilities :

- Delivers integrated communications solutions, creative platforms and executions

- Realises the strategic direction and creative vision of the agency

- Works closely with the creative department to develop differentiating and original creative concepts and award-winning creative work to impact a clients business to great effect

- Ensures the best creative resource is allocated to the correct projects by liaising with traffic and project managers

- Takes ownership for the delivery of the clients brand vision

- Creatively supports the effective use of technology and its applications to solve business problems

- Champions, defines and feeds back on the creative process and output; quality of briefs, regular reviews, feedback channels, creative quality and collaboration

- Proactively identifies opportunities to increase depth and breadth of creative work performed for clients, both from an understanding of the clients business and needs, but also from a knowledge of the industry, innovation and competitors

- Leads the creative team through regular work reviews, check-ins, goal planning and training. Mentors direct reports, creates a supportive culture and encourages people to consistently excel

- Identifies opportunities to create high profile blog posts, industry articles, internal presentations, industry presentations

Ideal Candidate

- Strong Art / Creative Director or Marketing Design Leadership Profile

- Mandatory (Experience 1) : Must have 10+ YOE in Graphic Design, Art Direction, Visual Communication, with significant exposure to leading Integrated campaigns across digital and print channels.

- Mandatory (Experience 2) : Must have hands-on experience across the full creative lifecycle from brief and concept through execution, production, and final delivery.

- Mandatory (Skill 1) : Must have deep expertise in digital design websites, landing pages, email campaigns, social media, digital ads, interactive content, and UI/UX for marketing touchpoints.

- Mandatory (Skill 2) : Must have strong knowledge of traditional copywriting and a demonstrated ability to integrate copy and design into cohesive creative output.

- Mandatory (Leadership) : Must have experience leading and mentoring a creative/design team conducting regular work reviews, check-ins, goal planning, training, and building a supportive, collaborative team culture.

- Mandatory (Stakeholder Mgmt) : Must be comfortable partnering directly with senior marketing leadership (Sr. Director level Digital Marketing & Operations), project management leads, and a Global Brand Design Manager to ensure all work meets the highest brand standards.

- Mandatory (Market Exposure) : Must have experience working with US / European markets understanding of Western design sensibilities, brand standards, and stakeholder expectations.

- Mandatory (Hands-on Execution) : Must be willing and able to step in and design when team capacity is limited, ensuring projects continue moving smoothly.

- Mandatory (Portfolio) : Must have a strong portfolio showcasing Marketing Campaigns for large brands across both Digital and Print works

- Mandatory (Exclusion - No Poach) : Candidate must NOT be from the following companies - Publicis Groupe and all subsidiaries (Publicis Worldwide, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH, MullenLowe, Digitas, Razorfish, Publicis Sapient, Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Performics, Epsilon, CitrusAd, Profitero, Publicis Health, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, Digitas Health, Publicis India, Publicis Sapient India, Leo Burnett India, Saatchi & Saatchi India, Digitas India, Starcom India, Zenith India) and YUJ Designs

- Preferred (Education) : Design Education background from Tier-1 Colleges