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Associate Creative Director/Writer, GSD&M

Location: Austin, TX (Relocation Support Offered)

FIRST AND FOREMOST: Create award-winning work that grows our clients’ business.

WHO YOU ARE: Multifaceted team player who goes back and forth between making brilliant work on your own, leading teams on specific projects and building strong client relationships

WHAT YOU HAVE:

  • 8+ years’ advertising experience and the skills to match

  • Strong experience with broadcast, radio and digital production

  • Portfolio website with examples of produced work, including TV and interactive

  • Ability to manage and complete projects with minimal supervision

  • Some supervisory experience within a creative department

  • Responsible, humble leadership skills

  • Experience successfully presenting and selling your ideas internally and to clients

  • The ability to think on your feet and come up with solutions in response to client feedback

  • Razor-sharp written and verbal communication skills

  • A proactive, self-motivated and dependable work ethic

  • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills

  • Passion for advertising and staying up to date on the latest, greatest work

  • Knowledge of social media platforms and trends

  • Enough cultural fluency to make work that connects with a diverse range of people and an eagerness to learn more

WHAT YOU’ll DO:

  • Concept, create and sell campaigns across all platforms (TV, print, digital, social, etc.).

  • Fire off and develop more and better ideas that hit the client ask more quickly than a mid-level or even senior creative.

  • Write for any media and quickly capture any brand voice.

  • Lead projects with minimal supervision.

  • Guide creative teams and help them make their work better every step of the way.

  • Work well alone, with a partner and with others on your client team.

  • Find opportunities to make great work on projects large and small.

  • Create engaging presentations to sell your ideas.

  • Sell your ideas and your team’s ideas internally and externally.

  • Turn feedback into even better work and help your teams do the same.

  • Juggle multiple projects, clients and deadlines without you or your team dropping the ball.

  • Nurture, lead and motivate junior creative talent.

  • Foster and maintain client relationships.

 

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

  • How to lead fully integrated projects that check all the boxes

  • How to bring out the best in your teams in order to make great work

  • How to manage an account and build client relationships that lead to more opportunities and even better work

 

KEY CHARACTERISTICS FOR SUCCESS:

  • You’re always happy to pitch in on whatever and to mentor junior creatives.

  • You stay on top of your clients’ businesses, new technologies, social trends and more.

  • You aren’t afraid to do the heavy lifting. People trust that your projects will get done right.

  • Integrity—If you need to ask, you don’t have it.

  • Never satisfied with just okay, you always look for ways to make things better.

  • You produce campaigns that make people jealous.

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