Creative Director/executive Creative Director

Toronto, ON, Canada

Job Description


About Hill & Knowlton

Hill & Knowlton is the global strategic communications leader for transformation. We help brands, businesses and leaders build reputation, manage risk, and create breakthrough opportunities for growth. Founded in 1927, today\'s Hill & Knowlton operates 70 offices in over 30 countries, providing advisory, public relations and creative solutions to local and global clients. Our global team offers integrated strategic services, grounded in deep sector expertise, and enabled by creativity and intelligence. Headquartered in New York, Hill & Knowlton is part of WPP, one of the world\'s largest communications services groups.

H&K Canada is in search of an experienced and dynamic Creative lead to assume the functions of Creative Director or Executive Creative Director to further our Creative Excellence mandate.

This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious Creative Director to serve as one of the leads within our Canadian Innovation + Creative Hub (one of H&K\'s 12 global hubs) and drive the growth of our Creative Studio.

You are a strategic visionary with a relentless passion for innovative and award-winning client work, who knows how to get your ideas heard and isn\'t afraid of getting your hands dirty while building up a craft-based team around you. Your entrepreneurial spirit is your driving force.

You will work alongside Creative Strategy, Content + Publishing, Digital Planning + Optimization and Data + Analytics to develop earned-first, award-winning and innovate ideas for transformative, industry-leading clients across our portfolio, including Interac, Nespresso, Adidas, Snap, Campari, Mazda, and KitchenAid.

Here\'s What You\'ll Be Doing

  • Serving as a lead within our Innovation + Creative Hub, building our reputation for creative excellence in an evolving industry
  • Driving innovation by continually pushing the boundaries of our creative product into new and relevant areas
  • Driving true collaboration, establishing creative as a lead component of integrated client programs across multiple industry sectors and teams
  • Executing current client projects that exceed expectation and deliver on client objectives
  • Building a team of creative talent
  • Storytelling with channel neutral ideas that break through and command attention
  • Hunger, passion, and tenacity; you don\'t wait to be told, you go out and do
What You\'ll Need to Get Here
  • Experience building and leading creative teams
  • Impressive online portfolio showcasing a variety of work from traditional to social and digital
  • Proven track record of success leading small and large creative programs across a wide variety of industry sectors by linking creative strategy to client objectives
  • Ability to take an idea and transform it into a 360, multi-channel campaign
  • Ambition to push yourself and your team outside of the traditional lines, being agile, adaptable, and able to work around roadblocks
  • Willingness to roll up your sleeves and get into the work
  • Superb presentation and communication skills, bringing charisma and passion to sell ideas to both client contacts and internal stakeholders
  • Ability to thrive under pressure, juggling multiple clients, teams, and deadlines
  • Love of business development and the ability to grow the business through new client wins and organic growth of existing clients
Hill & Knowlton is dedicated to employment equity, welcomes diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all qualified applicants. If you require any accommodation during the recruitment process, please reach out to us.

We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Hill & Knowlton is more than an agency. It\'s a collection of thousands of brilliant, collaborative and driven employees - all united around a single vision of transforming our clients, our company and the world.

Across 70 offices in 30 countries our people are the heartbeat of our business. Bridging countless cultures, backgrounds and lived experiences, we are drawn together by a common drive and a collaborative spirit - called to our craft each day by the desire to deliver the best work.

And at H&K, diversity, equity and inclusion are not just values; they are strategic imperatives that fuel our future in an industry built on the art of understanding, connecting and developing relationships. We believe that a diverse workforce is essential for inspiring bold ideas, fostering constructive dialogue and cultivating meaningful experiences that drive innovation and creativity.

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  • Job Id
    JD2277459
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
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  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Education
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