Associate Creative Director

The role

You will set the creative direction for projects and campaigns and lead the creative team. You will also build partner relationships with clients and present creative concepts to them.

What you will do

• Set the creative direction of projects and campaigns and keep them consistent with brand strategy
• Lead and develop the creative team, share knowledge and grow team members' skills
• Build partner relationships with clients and propose solutions to their business challenges
• Present and sell creative concepts with clear arguments
• Identify new business opportunities and start actions to grow client work
• Create creative concepts and oversee their execution across channels, from digital and social media to ATL, TV and outdoor
• Coordinate the team, set priorities and keep projects on schedule
• Work with strategy, media, client service and production teams
• Follow trends and look for new formats, technologies and creative offer opportunities

Required qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in advertising, creative or marketing, including at least 3 years in a senior creative role
• Experience leading creative teams and developing others
• Experience working directly with clients and presenting and selling creative concepts
• Proactive business approach and ability to spot new collaboration opportunities
• Strategic thinking and the ability to turn business goals into creative ideas
• Experience creating and running integrated advertising campaigns across channels
• Very good knowledge of creative processes, visual communication, storytelling and concept building
• Ability to manage several projects at once, set priorities and make independent decisions
• Highly developed communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Knowledge of tools that support the creative process and of copyright and intellectual property issues
• A portfolio of completed projects and creative campaigns
• English good enough for free, everyday communication

Benefits

• Employment contract
• Hybrid work: 3 days in the office, 2 from home
• After the first month: life insurance, funding for English or a sports card, medical care
• Discounts at the employee canteen
• Workation after six months of work
• Weekly breakfasts in the office for everyone
• Regular team-building meetings
• Broad offer of internal and external training
• Option to join the Innovation Community, a MARTECH innovation programme run with Mspark
• Access to technologies that can optimise your working time
• Referral programme for external colleagues
• Career development within the group, including expert or management paths

Before you apply

• Your portfolio is required, along with your CV
• You may be asked to complete a recruitment task
• The final step is a meeting with your future manager and HR

About the company

WPP Media is a global media organisation within the WPP group, bringing together the brands Choreograph, EssenceMediacom, Mindshare and Wavemaker. It is recognised as a Top Employer in Poland and Europe 2021–2025.