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Creative Director - Marketing, Experiential

Detroit, Michigan, United States

**must be able to work hybrid in the Detroit office 3 days/week**

We are looking for a passionate creative professional with strong concepting capabilities to join our Detroit team, helping to develop breakthrough experiences for some of the world’s most iconic brands. This is a unique role where you will shape 360-degree experiential campaigns, often leveraging sports, music, culinary, art and design partners. If you’re someone who is culturally dialed-in, creates across mediums, pushes for what’s new and next, and values collaboration, let’s meet.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Develop innovative consumer-facing campaigns, activations and experiences
• Create experiences that connect consumers to brands in an emotional way, and enable rich and measurable engagement
• Craft presentations for client review and approval – including strong editorial and design that brings ideas to life and connects creative solutions to approved strategies
• Persuasively present creative concepts
• Conceptual design and creative oversight of all related graphic and video content
• Collaborate with the broader Jack Morton team and outside partners to deliver world-class creative executions

Key Accountabilities:

Creative Development

• Generate ideas that excite clients and expand their perceptions of what Jack Morton can do to help them drive results

• Work with strategists, designers and other account team members, ensure the delivery of innovative creative solutions that bring the experiential platform to life, drive client results

• Understand the clients’ business objectives and how those objectives relate to the target audience, while staying in tune to business issues, particularly in key account industries, to assist in generating relevant creative ideas
• Share industry and cultural trends with teams for inspiration

Flawless Execution

• Ability to take ownership of all aspects of a project from start to finish
• Work closely with other creative directors, designers, art directors and account team members to ensure on-brand design and focused messaging
• Follow concepts through to execution to maintain concept integrity
• Be an active voice for pushing innovation in the work and the way ideas are executed

Collaboration

• Work closely with the broader creative team to ensure on-brand design, accurate message content and adherence to the experiential platform
• Remain involved in production after the sale to ensure creative integrity, be a creative resource to the team as client needs or budgets change, and further develop the relationship with the client
• Support a culture and environment that is conducive to collaboration; making sure all participants are heard and respected

Requirements:

• 5-7 years of creative experience in the conception, development and execution of consumer engagements in areas such as event marketing and sponsorship activation
• Strong conceptual skills relating to brand marketing, campaign development and consumer engagement

• Excellent creative and artistic presentation skills
• Effective team-building skills
• Must possess excellent time management skills and have a sense of urgency
• Creative competencies: client focus, accountability for results, organizational sophistication, ingenuity and communicating ideas

How you should be wired:

• You say “yes” more than “no”
• You demonstrate a strong ability to manage multiple assignments at one time, frequently with fast turnaround
• You’re a team player who is strong at collaboration and always willing to support others
• You are highly organized, with a keen eye for detail
• You understand the reality of deadlines and can (somehow) always meet them
• You have the level of professionalism required to work alongside clients of all levels

How you can support our culture:

• You enjoy and succeed at working REALLY well with others
• You support and contribute to a positive and productive cultural environment
• You’re a creative person at heart, but you’re also very responsible and practical

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In addition to gaining invaluable experience, receiving a competitive salary, Jack’s comprehensive benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Unlimited PTO policy
• Competitive medical/dental/vision insurance plans with FSA/HSA and Dependent Care FSA options. Pet Insurance for those who need it too.
• Employee Resource Groups and inclusive diversity programming and initiatives
• Discount portal for everyday goods and services
• Personal Development programs
• Dedicated Mental Health resources including Headspace membership, Employee Assistance Program (CCA), and more
• Generous Family and Parental Leave Policy (up to 18 weeks) with eligibility extended to all parents regardless of gender or primary/secondary caregiver status
• Access to our parent company (IPG) Savings plan (401K program) with company match as well as an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• GM Supplier Discount on GM vehicle purchases/leases

Last but not least, we hold diversity, equity and inclusion to a high standard: 

Jack Morton and Genuine are equal opportunity employers; we strongly value diversity at our companies. We do not discriminate on race, religion, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. In 2022, Jack Morton and Genuine, as part of Interpublic Group (IPG), have been named to the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index (GEI), and Jack Morton has once again been designated a Best Place To Work For LGBTQ Workplace Equality by the Human Rights Campaign in their Corporate Equality Index.

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