Associate Creative Director
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
at Optimist, Inc / Los Angeles or Brooklyn
Optimist is a creative experience agency that bridges the gap between brand culture and human emotion. In a world that’s ever changing, we find innovative ways to move people through unexpected and unforgettable moments. From concept to execution, we blend creative, strategy, design, digital, content, innovation and production to make big ideas a reality all over the world.
Summary
As Associate Creative Director, you are the driving force behind all things Optimist creative and responsible for setting the creative tone - internally and with our client partners. Candidates should be conceptual thinkers who are willing to challenge the status quo, can ideate and execute effectively, and achieve client and partner goals while maintaining our standards of creative excellence, timeliness, and profitability.
This Associate Creative Director role will report to the Chief Creative Officer.
Role Priorities
Creative Leadership: Set the vision, collaborate with account management and strategy teams, and drive the team toward innovative and impactful creative output. Collaborate with agency leadership to identify areas for creative growth.
Lead Concept Ideation: Responsibilities include building concepts from strategic reasoning, defining consumer journeys, guidance of design direction and deliverables, and collaborating with the team to produce impactful articulation in whitepaper, concept deck, and campaign deck formats.
Excellence in Execution: Translate marketing objectives into creative tactics by producing strategic and creative solutions that bring brands to life and meet set goals. Hands on production and execution as needed across the client portfolio.
Additional Responsibilities
- Direct cross functional teams and collaborate to build tactical needs of campaigns, inclusive of design, interactive, content, influencer, partnership strategies and deliverables
- Ongoing innovation research to identify new partners, solves, and tactics that enhance and evolve creative output
- Collaborate with creative services, strategy, account, and production teams to meet deliverables
- Present dynamic, engaging, and clear plans internally and with clients
- Concept, develop, manage and inspire top-level creative strategy to produce exceptional visual experiences
- Mentor, manage, and build creative talent so that the company is continually attracting and retaining top-level talent
Qualifications
- Proven track record of creative execution and direction with 7+ years of experience, agency experience preferred
- Understanding and past professional experience in experiential event design and brand experience
- Ability to think creatively and strategically about brand identity and translate into physical experiences
- Intimate knowledge of the creative process from brand development and campaign to content and physical execution
- Proven ability to work and thrive within a team in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
- Confident leadership, communication, and organizational skills - including client and partner interaction
- Passionate about current trends, design, culture and technology
Who We Are
Optimist is an award-winning global collective of creatives, strategists, artists and entrepreneurs who move people, brands and culture forward to create impact. Our independent agency believes in making the impossible possible; and we're positive that optimism is the lifeblood of possibility. At our core, we celebrate diversity by allowing our distinct viewpoints to shape a shared vision. We're looking for people to join our team who share our commitment to challenging convention and making an impact. Interested candidates may submit a resume, portfolio and cover letter to careers-acc@optimistinc.com.