Creative Head - Advertising Agency

Opening for an advertising agency

Business Strategy, Direction & Positioning

- Owner of the creative and content strategy to be created by ARM for its clients.

- Involvement in brand strategy discussions and brainstorming sessions

- Develop creative programs and design concepts that meet the business objectives of the organization and that advance the brand strategies.

- Lead initiatives and define future brand design direction

- Ensure design quality and that design directives are followed.

- Knowledge of the strategic direction of all accounts handled by his/her team.

Account Mining & Partnerships

- Get the team to work collaboratively with the SMM and strategy team to develop innovative concepts and identify potential problems, and formulate recommendations.

- Contributing to pitch presentations from Creative and Content stand point.

Account Management

- Detailed knowledge of the design strategy formulated for different brands.

- Ensure effective and timely implementation of strategies

- Communicate and represent the brand from the design perspective, in and outside the design team.

- Briefing and managing social media and development teams

- Take regular feedback from the client regarding the quality of work and areas of Improvement.

- Attend important and strategic Client meetings.

Team Management

- Foster growth and skill development of team members and delegating responsibilities.

- Helping to drive innovation and creativity within the team

- Internal communication to streamline and standardize service quality.

- Provide leadership of the account team and client, and ensuring best in class work is delivered consistently.

- Improving the tracking and monitoring of team members as they progress through their work and skill set, and providing supports such as counselling and extra training, where needed.

- Active participation in the hiring process as part of interviewing and assessing candidates for their team as per the requirements of the accounts.

- Keep a tab/lower the attrition factors within the team and advice and inform the management accordingly.

- Track and report the trainings required on various training modules and suggest improvement to the company

- Perform Quarterly Evaluation and Annual Appraisal for the team member periodically and update the HR and Management of the progresses

Supplier Management

- Recruit and manage third party design and related firms as well as internal design resources.

- Develop, maintain and manage critical supplier relationships

Driving Organization Culture

- Play an active and supportive role in driving the vision for the company in coordination with

With the other heads and communicating the same to the employees within the Team.

- Focus on Leadership actions impacting team member's performance to create better customer experiences and business results.

- Key focus on trying to plug any existing issues within the Organization as a whole.

- Setting the democratic leadership tone for the organization.

- Stay on top of all trends and maintain best practices.