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Creative Director, Copy
About Ogilvy
Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.
About The Role
The person in this position plays a decisive role in increasing creativity and improving working capacity. Guarantee work achieves and even goes beyond Ogilvy’s creative standard, and always ensure actual effectiveness in terms of the brand and Client’s business. Responsible for all creative output and managing the creative process. The CD works as a team manager, motivator, and supervisor on a day-to-day basis.
What You’ll Do
Client Management
Actively collaborate with Account department, and be willing to communicate with Clients in person as needed.
Strategy
Provide helpful feedback to Strategy, and generate inspiring ideas in order to create even more high-quality works.
Creative Leadership
Effectively transfer the message from Creative Committee to Creativity Team to ensure that all parties reach an agreement on how to achieve positive results and drive the performance of Ogilvy Creativity.
Coordinate and manage creative resources reasonably to improve both effectiveness and efficiency.
Review works monthly and quarterly, and report to GCD.
Organize the team to participate in different national and international creative competitions, and report to GCD.
Be passionate about innovative ideas, and encourage others to generate different ideas.
Maintain the belief in being creative, and display the power of curiosity and creativity in daily life.
Keep being patient, persistent and hopeful in pursuing the “Big Idea”.
Earn respect and trust of colleagues.
Ensure that creative ideas are executed in an exceptional way.
Create a productive and “Big Idea” creative environment.
Responsible for creative and effectiveness recognition at local and international awards competitions and new/existing business growth.
Leadership & People Management
Be able to identify, attract and retain talents.
Be inspiring, encouraging and friendly to others, always work hard to make positive progress.
Build trust and respect with others, provide training opportunities to ensure others’ development, and develop a team with professional ethics and effective performance.
Take responsibility and keep commitments when facing huge challenges or mistakes.
Provide different possible solutions to broaden horizons and achieve goals.
Abide by the WPP Code of Business Conduct.
Have cost management skills, and ensure that creative ideas can be executed.
What You’ll Need
10+years’ experience in an agency setting
Excellent management and leadership skills
Experience building strong and successful partnerships with clients
Expert knowledge of current creative trends
How We’ll Support You
Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.
The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details.
Pay Range$100,000—$230,000 USD
At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.
We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.
Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Seniority level
Director
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries
Technology, Information and Internet
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