Creative Director - OnBrand Job at American Express in Atlanta

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The Global Advertising and Brand Management (GABM) organization has a mission to create marketplace demand and drive commerce for American Express through differentiated and innovative Ideas, products, partnerships, marketing, and customer experiences.

OnBrand is American Express? In-House Creative agency, our agency is on journey for an exciting expansion. Our ambition is ?Become creative partner-of-choice to build seamless customer experiences for our Business Units, essential for driving results and unlocking value through deeper knowledge of our business powered by industry-defining creative excellence?. We are focused on developing forward thinking ideas and work across channels, end-to-end experiences in digital and beyond.

To be successful in this role, the candidate must exhibit outstanding creative judgment and guide the creative team in achieving the highest possible standards. The candidate must have experience working with creative teams, guiding concept creation and setting creative direction. This individual has worked at a Group Creative Director level or is ready to step into this type of role. This individual will be responsible to connecting the creative approach to the business strategy. The candidate must be able to convincingly present creative concepts to all parties.

This individual will focus on enabling strategic and creative elements of the agency, but also playing a critical role to attract, retain and develop best-in-industry agency talent and build a culture delivering transformative work. The Creative Director will report to the Executive Creative Director.

Day to day responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

Provide leadership / motivation and convey the vision and values of the agency

Mentor multiple creative team members, providing clear direction and constructive feedback

Craft big ideas and experiences

Develop holistic and robust memorable / famous creative campaigns from start to finish

Craft Idea led campaigns across multi-channel including Video / print / Digital / Social / emails

Develop deep client relationships enable seamless delivery of high-quality creative content

Bring cohesive creative direction to ECD and assists in delivering creative ideas to businessunits where relevant

Actively identifies new opportunities and future trends

Build, mentor, and hire talent to amplify a culture of inclusion and belonging

Find creative opportunities where possible even if they haven't been assigned

Actively engage in hiring and training of creative staff alongside creative services lead

Minimum Qualifications :

12+ years of experience in Art Direction or copy, preferably within a marketing / advertising agency

4+ years at a Creative Director level overseeing multiple creative teams

Experience overseeing and guiding multiple teams

Ability to understand marketing insights and strategies to translate into compelling advertising campaigns that are digital-first

Ability to combine conceptual creative thinking with high-quality content delivery

Captivating presentation skills

Exceptional strategic thinking with experience crafting creative strategies

Ability to tailor messaging, keeping the audience in mind

Strong conceptual skills

Managing / supervising Creative talent

Industry awarded work preferred

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