Executive Creative Director

Accommodating the client's needs and requirements according to the goals and strategies.

Collaborating with partners for strategising the progress of creative functionalities, such as making relevant changes for competing with market standards, focusing and developing strategic plans when focused on threats from the competition.

Planning and preparing a strategic developmental plan for creating the agency's marketing strategies and business development plans.

Making important decisions that ensure profitability without compromising the creative output and directing improvement in creative quality.

Managing external agents like photographers, printers, freelancers, web developers, etc., and coordinating them according to the work of art directors, copywriters, and other post-production workers.

An understanding of various production process, computer software and web design principles.

Working knowledge of photography, typography, and other growing techniques and platforms.

Creativity, insightfulness, a unique understanding of the creative process.

Leadership and client facing qualities.

Tools to be able to inspire a team.

Ability to marry up data and insights with creative output.

• Capable of developing and sharing a strategic vision that others can aspire and commit to, having the confidence to adjust and adapt in the dynamic world.
• Able to use storytelling to connect with internal and external stakeholders in a compelling manner to influence and inspire.
• Able to handle complex issues and make decisions even when missing information.
• Able to proactively develop meaningful relationships with key decision makers across functions.
• Accepts responsibility for client problems, manages conflict and actively works to solve issues internally and externally.
• Able to build succession plans and grow and mentor future talent.
• Encourages others to value difference, collaboration and positive spirit while getting the best out of their diverse teams.
• Listens and proactively seeks views from others to create an environment that is transparent and comfortable for others to share.
• Able to understand, inspire and motivate their team to pursue goals and deliver beyond their beliefs.
• Able to assess ideas and people on merit alone, without bias or favoritism and gives recognition when due.
• Capable of coaching and supporting others by aligning career expectations, defining success criteria and providing actionable, open and constructive feedback.
• Capable of persuading others with integrity by understanding their motivations and identifying their concerns and work toward solving them.
• Able to handle complex messages and is able to convey issues to facilitate others' understanding.
• Able to manage multiple viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all stakeholders.
• Initiates and leads open conversations with internal and external stakeholders to build trust and ensures long term influence, partnership and support.
• Empowers individuals to solve problems and creates opportunities for others to grow and demonstrate their learning agility.
• Capable of breaking down silos to enable cross collaboration by leveraging expertise resulting in cross-selling across different Groupe verticals and practices.
• Able to encourage their team to evolve processes and improve collaboration to drive efficiencies, quality and effectiveness.
• Steers teams on key-clients strategies and ensures delivery of a superior output.
• Drives a culture of trust with peers, clients and other stakeholders.
• Showcases agility and ability to adapt to different situations based on past experiences, feedback and industry changes.
• Is able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance.
• Demonstrates the Growth Mindset and is capable of taking ownership of personal development to continuously evolve and futureproof their capabilities.
• Able to constructively challenge the status quo and take risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.
• Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity, transparency and humbleness.
• Able to stay resilient and maintain drive and a positive outlook when faced with challenges.
• Actively listens and is receptive to others' feedback on performance.
• Able to take justified risks when appropriate and takes accountability and responsibility when things don’t go as planned.
• An early identifier of change, is able to proactively develop and share plans to seize the opportunity.
• Acts ethically and makes ethical decisions in line with local regulations and contracts, even in the face of ethical challenges.
• Able to listen to other people in a way that they feel understood, and is respectful of others.
• Capable of making timely decision that take into account different factors in ambiguous circumstances, considering impacts internally and externally.
• Able to build initiatives despite doubts or resistance from others to deliver strategic impact.
• Able to promote, champion and model wellbeing to sustain high performance.

Graduate or postgraduate degrees and over 8 years of experience in the advertising, marketing or design fields.