Creative Director

4 days ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Wilson Recruitment Full time

We want a hungry Creative Director who will push creativity and growth of the agency to the next level. Who enjoys challenging clients through intellect, creativity, and charisma. An individual who inspires and delivers award winning work. Who drives decisions for the team and business as part of the managing team, leads the way by providing inspiration, and expertise internally and externally.

The experience and requirements below outline the responsibilities of the individual

Thinking and making:

- Can lead varied sized international multi-stream engagements
- Can drive creative content, through collaboration, and sparring with client leads and project teams
- Has experience in aligning department growth plans and strategy with local business growth plan and strategy
- Can coordinate and lead international project teams consisting of local office/ inter-office/inter agency employees
- Has the ability to frame the central challenge on briefs (diagnosis)
- Can build on the teams’ ideas and transform them into platforms for growth
- Brings a provocative and constructive edge to the work
- Presents with charismatic persuasiveness

Relationships:

- Can Lead the creative charge and challenging C-level clients
- Has a proven track record in maintaining relationships with prospect clients
- Has a proven track record of influence with clients and able to follow through
- Can begin, develop, and reignite relationships with clients
- Encourages collaboration within teams and across disciplines

Commerciality:

- Can take responsibility for profitability of department
- Has experience in monitoring and leading business performance
- Has a passion for selling, leading and scoping significant client engagements and mentoring team to be able to undertake this
- Can qualify new business leads and identify growth opportunities with existing and prospect clients
- Negotiates confidently, acting as a broker between client and the agency
- Can use commercial understanding and emotional intelligence to ensure client return on their investment
- Is fluent in activating the levers that can improve the business’ performance
- Has a passion for identifying, exploring and winning new work.

Leadership:

- Can take the lead in representing the business goals and needs in front of the employees
- Is experienced in providing impulse and inspiration as industry thought leader internally and externally
- Has experience in people management including providing guidance, coaching, sparring and feedback
- Has a passion for taking responsibility for professional and personal development of the department’s employees
- Can lead internal and external culture initiatives
- Will provide the team with inspiration from internal and external sources
- Can empower the team with personal development and identifies opportunities to coach

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