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Associate Creative Director

SPARK needs a can-do Associate Creative Director (Art & Design) to come aboard our creative team to work with an International Travel brand. They’ll be responsible for leading teams to create brand systems and ad campaigns through every creative phase. Our Associate Creative Directors challenge teams to expand their ideas, balance generating ideas with executing them, and raise the bar of technical expertise.

 

The Basics

6-8 years experience in a similar role at an in-house, brand or advertising agency
Award-winning portfolio with Regional and National clients in a variety of media including TV, OOH, and digital and brand experiences
Strong connection to Florida or located in Florida

Strategy

  • All ideas and executions are natural answers to strategy
  • Contribute and at times lead strategy across creative teams for integrated campaigns

Integrated Approach

  • Excel in creative solutions no matter the media
  • Take an active role in shaping the full communication of creative solutions—visual, verbal and emotional

Concept

  • Focus creative solutions on becoming more integrated and holistic campaigns where the strategy, concept, visual and verbal elements connect seamlessly

Refine / Evolution

  • Challenge teams to expand creative vision through a strategic approach and showing technical expertise

Execution

  • In addition to flawless executions, provide technical guidance to ensure teams finish work with masterful quality that is on time, on brand and in spec
  • Maintain a hands-on approach to Creative execution while still leading and moving the creative strategy forward

Presentation

  • Leads development of structure and creative approach to client presentations and pitches. Translates technical approach and process to clients & production partners

Client Influence

  • Moving beyond just client presentations to have a relationship of trust and respect

Team Development

  • Experiment with leadership on smaller projects
  • Help mentor and develop more junior team members

Experience

  • 6-8 years experience in a similar role at an in-house, brand or advertising agency
  • Award-winning portfolio with Regional and National clients in a variety of media including TV, OOH, and digital and brand experiences
  • Strong connection to Florida or located in Florida
  • Mastery of creative principles for type, photography, art direction, and storytelling
  • Mastery of file and presentation prep
  • Mastery of text editor programs ( Word, Pages, Keynote )
  • Adobe Creative Cloud ( AI, ID, PS )
  • Illustration, Photo Retouching, Motion graphics, Front End Development and/or 3D experience a plus
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Communications, Marketing, or similar
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