Creative Director - FP7 McCann Riyadh

Description
Position at FP7McCann
Title

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Summary

The Role:
* Creative flair.
* Responsibility for their creative group.
* To make sure the quality of work is always up to international standard.
* Responsible for coordinating between account handlers and creative group heads.
* Through demonstration will instruct and teach Art Directors / Copywriters and
Junior Art Directors / Junior copywriters.
* To share strength, knowledge and experience in different product markets with all team members and are able to groom the team to grow organically within the agency.
A strategic thinker. Who thinks proactively not reactively. A champion of
creative for the agency and the client.

Responsibilities

Professional
*
Responsible for the working wheel within the Creative groups in the
department.
* Ensuring timelines are both given and adhered to.
* Ensuring the creative department adequately contributes to the profitability of the Agency.
* Ensuring the all the requirements in the group managed effectively and efficiently.
* Liaising from initial brief with Account Handlers, Copywriters, Art Directors, Production Houses, Printers and Suppliers.
* Post-rationalize creative concept and to ensure the time management is adhered to.
* To feed and bounce strategic working ideas with off all team members
* Working closely with the engagement team to nurture and manage the client relationship
* To improve and strengthen all creative output.
* Producing timely and challenging creative solutions
* To lead and inspire - a healthy happy mind equals a creative mind.
Leadership
* Lead teams on creative and strategic new business pitches and projects.
* Utilize personal strengths to aide and develop the already existing strengths of team members.
* To gain trust and confidence from all team members
* To continuously motivate the team to produce stellar work, that wins big at different award shows.

Skills and Experience
*
Degree in Design / writing or similar professional qualification.
• Varied work experience and knowledge of relevant markets.
• Minimum of ‎7 to10 years grounding through all creative levels and mediums.
* Strong knowledge of TTL/integration.
* Confidence and self-belief.
* Strong product/brand spectrum background.
* Someone who is able to approach a brief from a fresh perspective and is creatively innovative.
* Ability to balance user needs with business requirements and technical limitations, and translating these to actionable deliverables
* Excellent communication and presentation skills
* Excellent man-management especially between Client Servicing and Creative department.