Associate Creative Director

Sensis is looking for a brilliant ACD to come help lead our Creative Team.  You MUST have had similar experience before at an Agency, or at the least been a very high-level Art Director specializing in DIGITAL.  You will lead some projects solely, make client presentations, work closely with UX (knowledge of the field is ESSENTIAL), concept, mentor and also roll-up-your-sleeves and design using Adobe products yourself.  This is not a role for those who just want to walk around and direct!  We're a small agency that wants a grounded (i.e. NO EGO) ACD that wants a great home where he/she can develop their career working with multiple clients across many verticals.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work directly with CD to help establish the creative/marketing objectives, strategies, tactics and final creative executions for primarily Digital campaigns (websites, microsites, apps) and also some traditional (TV, Radio, Print, OOH)
• Collaborate with graphics team to develop fresh visual approaches to both project deliverables and presentations
• Work with account services team to develop research-based brand messaging; ensure brand identity is integrated into all mediums and communications
• Assume responsibility for creative concepts and marketing strategies based on input from client, account service and other internal/external team members
• Actively participate in client presentations (both upfront fact-finding meetings, as well as the presentation of finished creative strategies and executions
• Review and approve art and copy materials developed by staff
• Operate in a high-energy, “can do” environment while displaying an ongoing understanding of roles, responsibilities, schedules and deadlines
• Continually grow, learn and experiment with new and innovative ways in which to solve client problems, and how to turn those solutions into innovative, dynamic, creative executions
• Keep up with the latest digital, social and mobile trends in advertising and marketing
• Know when to push the creative envelope and when to pull back
• Maintain a positive creative culture
• Continually learn and embrace new ideas and approaches

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) from an accredited 4-year college or university
• 5 - 7+ years of experience in Art Direction or Creative Design for advertising, marketing, PR or a related field
• Awareness / understanding of digital communication and trends
• Previous supervisory experience necessary with strong leadership and team-building skills
• Experience in all levels of creative development, from defining a concept to delivering a final product on time within budget, with specific emphasis
• Excellent communication, team-building and presentation skills are a must as well as strong customer service skills to build and maintain relationships

Please submit resume, cover letter, portfolio if required and answer all questions in our online interface for consideration.

About Sensis
Sensis is a cross-cultural marketing agency driving behavior change. Moving beyond cultural boxes, we create useful, digitally relevant content to drive consumer action. Ads don't work. Content does. Because people experience content. To change behavior, you need to engage people first—through useful, digitally relevant means. These are the tools we use to build engagement, spark motivation and drive action among the cultures our clients look to influence. Along with our integrated advertising services, Sensis offerings include specialty practices SensisHealth, SensisChallenges and SensisCMO.
In addition to a competitive compensation package, we offer a generous amount of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, health/dental/vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, along with other benefits.