Executive Creative Director

Executive Creative Director

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work.

The Executive Creative Director has a passion for bringing together world-class creative, meaningful interactions, and innovative technology to optimize the relationship between clients and their audience. You will play an executive leadership role to deliver outstanding creative strategy, shaping new and existing opportunities. Critical to this role is a pioneering spirit of innovation, collaborative approach, ability to be hands-on backed by incredibly strong communication skills and a desire to invent the new. They inspire and motivates a multi-disciplinary team to deliver on arresting campaign ideas, quality concepts, captivating stories and large complex platforms, ensuring our work is industry leading and our talent, inspired.

What you'll do

. Provides strong creative direction and drives innovation for campaign and platform based solutions that meet and exceed client objectives and target audience needs, leveraging user insights in creative strategy and approach

. Builds and grows relationships with clients, partner agencies, industry, discipline networks and internal teams to enable an environment of collaboration

. Supervises and cultivates work of a multi-disciplinary creative team, leveraging own expertise, with a solid understanding of user-centred design, content strategy, copywriting, interactive design, visual design, multi-channel brand strategy, information architecture and technology and how they come together and extend through the digital realm

. Provides creative leadership in key new business efforts and provides thought leadership within the agency, the industry, and for clients

. A superior presenter and a master of storytelling, visually and through the written & spoken word

. Balances creative expertise with strong management and delegation skills to provide inspiration and motivation, striving for continual improvement of the end product

What you'll need

. Minimum 15 years of industry or agency experience in a well-established creative role with a proven track record of success

. Minimum 8 years of creative leadership and client facing experience for campaigns and complex digital platforms

. Proven record and passion for creating innovative solutions that extend our clients relationship with their target audience, in both B2B and B2C

. Deep understanding of visual design, interaction design, information architecture, copywriting and content strategy

. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong experience in presentation skills and client relationship building.

At VML, we are committed to fostering an all-inclusive work environment that is both rewarding and career-forward. Our Inclusion, Equity & Belonging initiatives, alongside the VML Foundation, reflect our dedication to giving back and making a positive impact in our communities and beyond. Our people are the heartbeat of our organization-creators, doers, innovators, makers, and thinkers-who drive not just marketing, but meaningful experiences that resonate in every action and interaction.