Associate Creative Director (Copy-Based)

Job Description

Responsibility: Creative quality and day-to-day leadership of assigned projects and campaigns.

Imperative: Lead the idea.

Key Results Areas

• Product and Craft Leadership: Lead strong ideas and turn them into high-quality integrated work.

o Lead the development and refinement of creative ideas; ensure work is strategically clear, relevant, distinctive, and connected to the brief.

o Guide art, copy, and execution across channels; make timely quality decisions and stay sufficiently hands-on to raise the craft from concept through final output.

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Client and Growth Leadership: Build confidence in the work and help creativity create business value.

o Present and sell creative work clearly; explain the thinking behind the idea and respond constructively to feedback without necessarily diluting it.

o Support the Creative Director and Business Lead in pitches, organic opportunities, and key client presentations; flag implications on scope, timing, budget, or production early.

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One McCann Leadership: Bring the team together around the idea and the best outcome.

o Work closely with Creative, Strategy, Accounts, Connected Experience, and Production; bring the right capabilities in early and align the project team on the idea, roles, and decisions.

o Resolve day-to-day creative differences directly, encourage shared ownership of the work, and escalate issues when they require broader account or leadership decisions.

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Delivery and Standards Leadership: Own the day-to-day creative delivery from brief to production.

o Maintain clarity across creative tasks, reviews, timelines, and deliverables; anticipate roadblocks and keep the team moving without compromising the quality of the work.

o Ensure concepts and executions are sufficiently resolved and production-ready, with clear direction and complete handoffs that minimize avoidable revisions or delays.

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People Leadership: Raise the work and capability of the creatives around you.

o Provide clear direction, useful feedback, and hands-on coaching to Art Directors, Copywriters, MMAs, and other creative team members.

o Set expectations for assigned projects, recognize development opportunities and performance gaps, and help team members build stronger conceptual, craft, collaboration, and presentation skills.

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Reputation and Recognition Leadership: Contribute work that strengthens the agency’s creative reputation.

o Identify work with strong effectiveness, case, or award potential and actively strengthen its idea, execution, and documentation.

o Contribute to case development, award submissions, and portfolio materials; ensure the thinking, craft, and results behind the work are captured clearly.

Individual Development

• Growth Mindset & Adaptability: Willingness to learn continuously, embrace change, seek new challenges, and strengthen leadership, conceptual, and craft capabilities in response to shifting creative, cultural, technological, client, and business dynamics.

Qualifications:

• At least 7 to 10 years of experience in Creatives (advertising and media agency industry experience is a plus).
• Strong strategic thinker with the ability to ideate and deliver large and small ideas that fit within a client's strategy and brand.
• Strong ability to provide clear creative direction and provide timely, helpful feedback to keep work on track to meet deadlines.
• Excellent presentation skills and communication abilities, both internal and client-facing

McCann Worldgroup's Values:

Our shared MW Values of Bravery, Integrity, and Generosity guide our behaviors in how we work together to deliver exceptional client work.

We are currently experiencing a high volume of applications. As a result, it may take some time before you receive an update regarding your application status. We appreciate your patience and understanding while our team completes the review process.

Part of the MW Network

McCann Worldgroup, part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), is a leading global marketing solutions network whose professionals are united across 100+ countries by a single vision: To help brands play a meaningful role in people's lives. McCann Worldgroup was named "Global Agency Of The Year" by Adweek magazine, “Network of the Year” by the Cannes Lions, the world's most creatively-effective marketing services company by the Effie Awards (for three consecutive years), "Global Network of the Year" by Campaign Magazine and “Network of The Year” by The Webby Awards. Fast Company named McCann Worldgroup to its list of The World’s Most Innovative Companies.