Associate Creative Director

West Cary Group is a full-service, digital marketing and technology agency based in Richmond, Virginia, which services numerous mid-sized local and Fortune 500 clients across a vast array of industries. Hopefully you enjoy the frenetic, dynamic, and exciting environment of a fast-growing firm, because we’re looking for a dynamic Associate Creative Director.

The ideal candidate will oversee the creative team to help develop the agency’s creative product for clients.

Position Responsibilities

• Attend strategy meetings for new business with clients and internal partners 
• Meet with creative team to check the status of current projects and assign new projects
• Lead brainstorming sessions with creative team to develop ad campaigns based on clients’ needs 
• Evaluate the work and work hands on with the team to develop creative assets that meet the visual and copy objectives of the campaign
• Create advertising proposals for clients
• Pitch concepts to clients
• Work closely with Creative Directors and other marketing professionals to achieve world-class creative execution
•  Work with Account Management team to make sure clients’ needs are being met and creative goals are on track
• Manage the creative team from concept to completion of projects with strong leadership
• Lead and facilitate a variety of different creative, design, multimedia, production and marketing responsibilities while staying within the overall strategic vision outlined by company executives
• Other duties as assigned

Role Qualifications

• Must have the ability to lead a team of creatives
• Must have knowledge of communication disciplines including marketing communications, advertising, media and public relations, printed and electronic design, web design, strategy development and project management
• Must have broad-based creative experience and be able to evaluate copy and design in a wide variety of media
• Must have brand and identity management expertise

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, Advertising, Communications or a related field or equivalent professional experiences
• A minimum of 5 to 9 years of experience in a creative role (such as Designer, Copywriter, Content Developer)
• Supervisory experience in leading a creative team is a required
• Must be proficient in the entire Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) and Microsoft applications as well as Figma
• Solid background in copywriting and/or design
• Knowledge of each step of an ad campaign’s process to give creatives direction, work on schedule and meet clients’ advertising expectations
• Heavy background in Direct Mail Advertising and a proven successful track record 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously

Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
• Medical/Vision/Dental/Short-Term Disability/Long-Term Disability
• Employer paid Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Health/Dependent Care
• 401(k) matching
• Cool people to work with!