Creative Director

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Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman’s presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.teamwass.com.

Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines. We’re a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans.

In Canada, we’ve proudly been recognized as the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada’s ‘Agency of the Year’ for 5 of the past 6 years.

As Wasserman supports hybrid working environments and also acknowledges the benefits of in-office collaboration, our global policy is 3-days per week in-office.

Job Overview

Wasserman is an innovative and creative agency that takes pride in making amazing sh*t. We speak emoji, foster a teamwork environment and embody an entrepreneurial workplace; people are recognized and rewarded for the quality of the work they do – not how long they’ve been doing it.

What You’ll Do

We are seeking a cutting edge Creative Director to create a trailblazing social media path for our top client working on content and ads for their social media channels. If you’re passionate about identifying new social trends, obsessed with product, great at identifying which partnerships can deepen a brand’s connection to culture, this is the right job for you. We are looking for someone with a social first background and a modern, refreshing aesthetic with a passion for culture and producing compelling work.

• Partner with the account and cross-functional team leaders to manage senior level clients.
• Develop and deliver thought leadership and creative solutions that strengthen clients’ visual market distinction and leadership position.
• Direct creative strategy and execution.
• Foment proactivity within the creative team.
• Continue protecting and nurturing a well-established client relationship by doing amazing day to day work, but also bringing in bonus tracks to get client motivated of what other things we could be doing.
• Inspire the team with where you want to take the account towards, define the creative north star and don't lose sight of that.
• Motivate and inspire creative teams and serve as overall creative lead across art direction, copywriting, photography, and design.
• Direct all phases of creative work from concept through production.
• Promote creative improvement and actively contribute to a culture of innovation, excellence and accountability.

What We’re Looking For

• 3-5+ years experience in a creative leadership role providing strategic brand and business counsel to top-tier clients — ideally, creating opportunities for brands in social channels.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Leads by example, with a hands on approach to concept and craft.
• The ability to develop high-level strategic creative and adjust alongside shifting goals.
• A demonstrated passion for and understanding of social media and using it to solve brand/business challenges.
• Success in developing big ideas that forge strong emotional connections between consumer and brand, and supporting those ideas with thorough research.
• The intellectual agility to look big picture instead of day-to-day.
• The charm to build relationships (internally and with clients) and collaborative leadership skills.
• Strong storytelling and presentation ability.
• Innate curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Commitment to excellence — working nonstandard hours when necessary, anticipating issues and communicating with diplomacy, identifying emerging platforms and trends to drive innovation.

Base salary range: $120-150K CAD, plus bonus potential if applicable for role. Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc. The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role.

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.