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Creative Director

Chicago, Illinois, United States of AmericaFull-timeExecutivePosted Oct 23, 2026

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Agency: TBWA Job Function: Creative Job Subfunction: Creative Direction Job Description: Creative Director We believe in the power of creativity to create the change we want to happen in the world and develop audacious and famous ideas for our clients that help to grow their businesses and shape culture by driving behavior change at scale.

We are a global network of agencies who believe firmly in respect, kindness, openness, self-expression, and creativity, making spaces for the lived and learned experiences of all our people, and helping them to be the best they can be. We are intellectually curious about difference, embracing change for the better, and are committed to opposing injustice and constantly challenging the status quo.

We are a place packed with the energy and passion to make things happen. The Creative Director sets the vision and strategy for the growth of the creative department and providing creative leadership for the agency. They ensure an environment that motivates the department to deliver excellent, innovative creative work, with special emphasis on developed and selling integration solutions to our clients.

The Creative Director is responsible for the presentation (and selling) of creative to internal management and clients, and works closely with Account Directors to ensure innovative solutions with seamless delivery. A key task is managing a portfolio of brands and being responsible for their creative output, creative pro-activity, and business success.

They recruit, manage, lead and inspire creative professionals including Art Directors, Copywriters and Designers. Creativity

  • Provides overall thought-leadership for clients in the area of communications solutions
  • Oversees all creative development from concept to final delivery for all agency clients
  • Provides proactive contributions to the client’s business, demonstrating best-in-class product (innovation and quality)
  • Drives collaboration with mainline and marketing objectives to ensure integrated, synergistic creative approach
  • Fosters innovation and quality to ensure delivery of the best creative product in the industry Productivity
  • Creates optimum structure to provide effective, efficient development of creative product Confidential
  • Not for Public Consumption or Distribution• Allocates appropriate personnel for all creative assignments
  • Monitors all project milestones, deliverables, and risks to account leaders and senior management, communicating progress, issues, and accomplishments
  • Works with Account Directors to secure and drive new initiatives for clients
  • Oversees flawless delivery of creative deliverables in progress and the final product
  • Ensures that the effort of the creative team are aligned and focused
  • Provides clear direction to teams on their creative work, ensuring that it meets client’s goals and strategies
  • Monitors overall quality of agency creative output providing direction and leadership Knowledge and Skills
  • Prepares and delivers presentations representing the creative with in- depth knowledge of why choices are being made
  • Contributes to and fosters a growing library of knowledge around creative work and options
  • Provides insight and analysis of trends and projections in all communications channels
  • Has developed and shares a high level of visual literacy / understanding of typography, illustration, color theory, and photo manipulation
  • Exhibits exceptional verbal communication skills, including ability to speak effectively before to senior management internally and externally Relationships / Communications
  • Constantly works to improve communications and processes necessary for optimum creative output
  • Supervises, supports, and inspires creative leadership throughout the agency
  • Accurately communicates team’s efforts internally / externally and reward success within team
  • Has primary responsibility for creating, building and maintaining company creative reputation
  • Fosters strong collaborative relationship with account management and other departments to ensure innovative and seamless delivery
  • Is responsible for awareness and communication of creative successes both internally and externally Leadership
  • Is responsible for attracting, recruiting, developing and retaining top creative talent
  • Builds positive environment for the development of the highest quality creative product
  • Provides evaluation, mentorship, and counsel to direct reports
  • Demonstrates ability to lead cross-disciplinary team members
  • Stewards career management and mentorship
  • Ensures strong morale through open and constant communication and team leadership
  • Has developed a reputation that commands respect among all stakeholders Position Requirements
  • Must have 10+ years in creative role in an advertising agency including 4 years in a management position
  • Strong management experience including major and multiple client relationships and campaigns Confidential
  • Not for Public Consumption or Distribution• Experience across all communications channels, production levels and business categories (Agency) is an equal opportunity employer and does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal law. $200,000 -$270,000k To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice. Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice For US Job Seekers: It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.

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