Group Creative Director

Group Creative Director (REQ #R348) position available with AKQA, Inc. in New York, New York. Anticipated salary for the position: $290,000 - $310,000. Responsibilities: Provide creative advertising leadership across multiple simultaneous workstreams for one or multiple AKQA accounts. Conceive highly innovate and creative design ideas for creative campaigns across all existing and emerging digital platforms while continually developing practices and process to inspire, innovate, and harness new ways of thinking amongst junior, mid-level and senior creatives on the Creative Team. Provide creative advertising leadership across multiple simultaneous workstreams for one or multiple AKQA accounts on the AKQA DC gaming team, while participating in long and short-term planning of AKQA teams accounts. Mentorship and career management of team members as well as representing AKQA’s team and work to internal and external audiences. Direct the brainstorm, concept, and collaborative process regarding overall campaign ideas with the AKQA Creative Team. Direct the Creative Team to execute AKQA’s proprietary artful campaigns, delegating the work to Art Directors and Senior Designers while ensuring the highest quality standard. Apply a cohesive understanding and execution of the principles that make innovative and effective digital communications, interface design, and interaction design. Utilize solid understanding of digital media as well as the marketing industry at large in conjunction. Developing practices and processes to inspire, innovate, and harness new ways of thinking amongst all levels of the AKQA Creative Team.The position requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Advertising, Business Administration with concentration in Information Systems, or a related field.The position also requires five (5) years of progressive and post baccalaureate experience in job offered or in a creative or design-related occupation.Professional experience must include: Collaboration with multi-functional teams; Project management, strategy, and client services; Delivery of creative content; Defining and adjusting overall UX design strategies. * Employee may work remotelyMust be authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship and/or relocation are not available for this position.Applicants must email CV/CL to jobs.recruit@AKQA.com & reference title/Req # R348.

Minimum Salary: 290,000 Maximum Salary: 310,000 Salary Unit: Yearly