Head of Creative Services

Whizz HR is on a look for Head of Creative to work with a leading digital brand at Gurgaon

The Head of Creative is responsible for leading the creative work. This leadership role includes assigning teams, inspiring those teams to consistently product exceptional concepts and final work, and working closely with account management to ensure that our clients are satisfied with the quality of our creative work, the value of our services, and our responsiveness to their needs.

Specifically, the Head of Creative has the following responsibilities:

Creative/Hands-on Work

Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration

Work with CD, Art to produce standout and strategically focused concepts and campaigns

Take on appropriate projects and own them, start to finish

Manage and work independently, under tight deadlines, while juggling multiple projects

Estimate copy hours

Participate in client meetings

Lead concept presentations

Attend market research as appropriate

Share responsibility with planning to shape strategic branding

Management

Assign creative teams best suited for each project based on ability and workload

Manage workloads to maximize productivity of the copy team, ensuring that everyone is busy and billable

Work closely with art, editorial and traffic departments to ensure that deadlines and budgets are met

Provide written and face-to-face feedback for annual performance reviews, as well as ongoing feedback throughout the year (written when requested)

Identify and Interview prospective creative candidates

Leadership

Become the creative voice for your accounts

Develop good relationships with your clients

Work with account management to grow our business at existing clients

Work with creative management to address performance, workflow, and quality issues and develop long-range plans for the creative group

Lead the creative teams in development of concepts and execution of all projects

Assure that all copywriters are trained and, where needed, mentored to maintain the standards and expectations of the agency and the client, and to meet their own career goals

Demonstrate to clients that you understand their products and marketing challenges and are responsive to the strategic and creative needs

Represent the agency at client meetings and social events as appropriate

Qualifications

You must be hungry

Your spirit must be infectious

18+ years agency experience

BA degree (Advertising, Communications, Fine Arts or related field preferred)

A proven track record of creative ability and judgment, successful client contact experience, the ability to work collaboratively with account management, excellent presentation skills, successful experience in managing creative teams and multiple accounts, and the commitment to go the extra mile in time and effort to produce the very best work

Interested candidates, please mail us your resume and portfolio at [Confidential Information]

Warm regards,

Sairose Mosani

Whizz HR