Creative Director
Creative Directors are the driving force in all creative departments and are responsible for leading the creative output of the agency, ensuring that the best possible work is being produced for clients at all times. They are the figurehead for the agency’s creative reputation.
Creative Directors will have come through the creative ranks, most often from either an Art Director or Copywriter background. Having said that, away from the advertising agency world Creative Directors in brand, design, or digital agencies will more likely have come through the design ranks. What’s always consistent is their creative vision and their clear leadership qualities.
What sets them apart and allows them to make the transition from talented creative, to leader, is their ability to inspire their teams to develop the best possible creative ideas and to build an environment that allows creative talent to flourish and ideas to thrive.
Creative Directors need to combine outstanding creative vision with a strong commercial understanding and an ability to inspire both their teams, the wider agency and their clients. As such they’ll invariably be a skilled presenter and story teller. Creative Directors are a key part of the agency management and leadership team, with overall responsibility for the creative department.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Establishing the agency’s creative philosophy, strategy and objectives,
- Representing the agency at industry events, panels and groups.
- Managing the work, performance and professional development of creative teams
- Ensuring that work is both creatively outstanding and effective, whilst also consistent with client’s brand guidelines/objectives
- Pitching ideas and campaigns to existing and potential clients.
Depending on the size/type of agency, Creative Directors are sometimes also called Creative Partner, Design Director, Executive Creative Director and other such combinations. Salary wise outside of London the role generally pays between £68,000 to £120,000 depending on regional variance and level of experience.
Derby
From our Birmingham and Manchester offices, through our 10+ years experience operating within the Marketing, PR, brand and communications industry, we have gained valuable knowledge of how our markets operate.
Supplying both Permanent and Temporary staff, we specialise in the FMCG, Software, Manufacturing, Retail, E-Commerce, Charity, Technology, Agency and Professional Service sectors to name a few.
Below you will see all the roles we are currently recruiting for in Derby. However if you are willing to search outside of this area, also have a look at all of our current roles.
Considering relocating:
Derby was one of the crucibles of Britain’s Industrial Revolution: a sleepy market town was transformed almost overnight into a major manufacturing centre, producing everything from silk, to bone china trains and Rolls-Royce aircraft engines.
Derby is a city that is undergoing a period of transition and redevelopment that will ensure its growing appeal as an ideal place to live and work, having received significant investment in the last few years thanks to a major regeneration plan. This will include a new hi-tech business park, which will further strengthen its role in the aerospace, rail and automotive industries. Other key industry sectors in the region include software and IT, Creative and Nunclear research & development. All of this means Derby has one of the highest skilled workforces in the UK and boasts the highest average salary outside London.
The city centre has a rich mix of arts, tourism and cultural venues that will appeal to all tastes, along with a passionate sporting tradition, in particular for football, cricket and motor racing.
