Job Description
We’re FutureBrand, the flagship branding agency within the multi-award-winning global advertising agency network McCann Worldgroup.
24 years young with a head full of big brand experience and a gaze fixed firmly on the future, our work over the last two decades has changed the brand landscape today. What we do next will change tomorrow. We’re based in some of the most exciting and vibrant cities on the planet, balancing global scale with cultural connection. That means we’re on the doorstep of many of the world’s biggest brands, and within reach of the very best talent around.
Together, we are a diverse brand, experience and design community who believe that brand is how a company’s people, products and services behave wherever and whenever they show up in the world. Our work focuses on measuring and maximizing brand behaviour by connecting corporate purpose with everyday lived experience.
It's through this work that we deliver our purpose: To transform the future of businesses by changing how their brands behave today. And because we believe strongly that the future our brands create must be a future for us all, our shared values - Progressive, Adaptable, Collaborative and Empowering - put difference and diversity at our core.
We're now looking for an experienced Creative Director.
A Design master. Exceptional leader. Highly skilled multitasker and manager. A great Creative Director brings it all.
As a strong strategic thinker and a creative mind, you are adept at improving, spearheading and inspiring creative excellence at all levels. You have the agility to be hands-on designing when needed– coupled with the ability to direct your team of designers to successful outcomes. A believer of the power of leading from within, you help others seize opportunities for growth and play a pivotal role in advocating for our clients, our business and our people.
Collaborating closely with the Executive and Senior Creative Directors, you're comfortable setting direction and developing strategies needed to achieve transformative visions for the company and our clients. You move with change– whether that means innovating with technology to help take your team’s work to the next level or keeping a close, constant eye on the forces shaping our world now and into the future.
The Role :
You play a lead role in ensuring that we deliver world-class work, every time.
A respected and influential strategic voice, you set the agenda with a clear vision for business growth– for our clients and Futurebrand.
A natural storyteller, you excite, compel and inspire those around you– from clients to colleagues.
A trusted adviser, you’re seen as the go-to resource for tangible solutions to complex brand questions.
You have a deep understanding of the strategic direction and key challenges facing our clients’ businesses and are a strong, solutions-oriented partner.
You develop practices and processes to harness new ways of thinking and working .
You lead from within and ensure that our work maintains creative excellence and continually improves.
Curious and open, you champion team members and give them the chance to contribute.
You encourage your teams to look outward and bring that widely referenced perspective back in – ensuring that the teams and the wider agency maintains relevance and cultural currency.
You share responsibility for Account development and sourcing new business opportunities.
A resilient leader, you are confident in your capabilities and remain calm when working under pressure or with senior stakeholders.
You lean in to resolving any team or client’s conflicts by being empathetic but putting the work at heart of what we so.
You take control of the work, empowering, motivating and encouraging others to take ownership in delivering their best work.
You take responsibility for decisions and support other leaders in the decisions they have made.
You make things happen and give others the direction to start moving.
You see your role beyond the task at hand to seeking the next opportunity.
You are ambitious for yourself, your team and the client and place pride in preserving through difficult challenges to deliver outstanding results.
You believe that empathy is imperative when leading integrated teams of different thinking styles, subject matter expertise, experiences, and cultural backgrounds.
You ensure your team is in pursuit of a growth mindset in order to get unstuck and maintain momentum.
You are effective and open with your conversations and feedback and do not shy away from courageous conversations when needed.
Junior creatives seek your advice and guidance, knowing you’ll make time for their needs. Cultivating the talents of others is as satisfying to you as the deeply ingrained habit of delivering your own exceptional work.
You partner with the ECD to ensure the wider team develops at pace with the right combination of learning approaches.
You help make impactful and culturally appropriate hires.
You boldly encourage and develop entrepreneurialism, contributing to conversations on how Futurebrand can commercialise our ideas.
As a strategic business partner, you understand the key challenges facing our clients’ businesses.
You know what’s keeping them up at night.
You care deeply. Reassure clients that you understand and share their passion for their brand and business, as well as their pressures and frustrations.
You prioritize the development and innovation of Futurebrand’s methodologies and approaches, ensuring they stay relevant, compelling and impactful.
You continue to improve process, collaboration, failing forward faster and rapidly increasing growth.
You are accountable for the scope of work on your areas of business:. You ensure that practices are in place to increase efficiency, profit and creativity. • Knowing that working efficiently and effectively is key to profitability , you keep track of– and actively measure– your team’s time on the account. • You are an expert in remaining calm under pressure and support others in achieving the same. • You drive new business opportunities, where you can. You are present at public events and actively working to establish influence and impact in the industry
We believe that ideas get better when they are inherently diverse and shared in highly inclusive ways and we want to hear from those who think differently from us. We truly believe in the strength of diversity and the richness it can bring. By bringing different people together great things happen.
FutureBrand is an equal opportunity employer (EEO). We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
FutureBrand is a disability-confident committed employer and will guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets the minimum criteria for the role. Exceptions may apply if due to the volume of applications, we are not able to interview all eligible candidates who qualify under the scheme. If you have a disability, we want everyone to feel at ease when going through our recruitment process. We are working to make our website and processes more accessible, if you encounter any issues and would like this information in an alternative format, or if you need further support with your application, please contact us at FBHR@futurebrand.com for any adjustments you may need to perform at your best.
FutureBrand is a brand-led business transformation company. We believe that brand is behaviour. For too long, brand has been thought of as intangible when in fact, it is a highly pragmatic business tool that ensures products, services, environments, and employees show up in the world in ways that are consistent with their organisation’s purpose and ambition. We exist to make brand tangible for our clients by connecting brand to experience and design creativity that in turn connects to marketing and business outcomes. This ensures that our work stands out and endures over time.
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