About Us:

At Questus, we create immersive brand stories that move people’s lives forward. We believe great advertising has the power to inspire audiences, enrich communities, and energize people. Through powerful creative, impactful data, and our collaborative culture, this approach has helped Questus create groundbreaking work for world-class clients such as Discover, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Suzuki, Universal, and others.

About You:

You enjoy putting your creativity to use in order to develop ways to engage with clients and develop new campaigns and marketing strategies. You excel at conveying your vision and your leadership skills such as decisiveness, empathy and the ability to delegate all ensure you’re able to see the big picture and understand how all the pieces fit together.

Position Overview:

Manage the overall creative direction of all agency accounts and play a pivotal role in driving the creative direction of your team. A leader who can grow talent, inspire a team, foster a healthy work culture and inject innovative thinking into every assignment. Responsible for providing the kind of oversight that will lead projects into new creative territories. A strong strategic thinker ready to be hands-on during all phases of a project from concept to execution.

Essential Functions:

• Own the vision and manage the health of the creative department, meeting quality of work and department profitability standards

• Manage the direction of projects and clearly present strategic and creative direction to the team and client

• Set the creative vision, and provide creative leadership by setting high standards and ensuring effective creative development and executional brilliance

• Oversee and work with teams to develop a wide range of outstanding creative concepts and ideas to ensure the creative execution supports the brand strategy

• Collaborate with strategic and account leads to set insightful direction for brands and clients

• Build and maintain strong client relationships and leverage those relationships to sell inspired and effective creative solutions

• Build and maintain stellar working relationships with agency leadership, and cross-functional agency teams

• Lead, develop, mentor, and inspire their team to create smart, effective, and award-winning work

• Provide guidance regarding career paths and development for direct reports

• Develop and lead creative solutions, from concept to execution

• Lead creative strategy and ideation in new business pitches and represent our creative capabilities

• Remain current and forward-thinking on industry trends, culture, and technology

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of industry experience in a well-established, creative role with a proven track record of agency success

• 10+ years agency environment experience

• 5+ years supervisory experience managing creative team members

• Bachelor's degree in Advertising or equivalent

• Agency experience working across all channels

• Strong creative portfolio highlighting relevant/category experience

• Solid verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to all levels of clients

• Knowledge of marketing, all forms of advertising, and digital experiences, with proven conceptual abilities

• Experience working with teams in a client-facing role

• Excellent written and presentation skills

• Ability to gracefully handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

• Ability and willingness to travel is required

At Questus, our compensation approach aligns with a pay-for-performance philosophy, rewarding outstanding individual and team achievements. For this role, the salary range is typically $170,000 - $220,000 USD per year. The final base pay is determined by factors like location, job-related skills, experience, and internal equity. Additionally, permanent employees may qualify for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to specific eligibility criteria.

To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to careers@questus.com with the subject line "Executive Creative Director".

*This is an exempt position.