We are Digitas, a full service digital agency.

Home of 400 diverse people united in the mission to use the power of strategy, data, technology, media and creativity to get our clients future ready. 

We get our clients future ready through our Experience Consulting, Products & Platforms, Customer Engagement and Digital Media capabilities. Underpinned by a culture of experimentation, making things happen and driving results.

Part of Publicis Groupe, and a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies, we’re proud to work with some of the world’s leading brands.

Digitas is a place to work with some of the brightest minds and creative souls in the industry where design, creative, experience and technology come together seamlessly. We are curious and collaborative, with a desire to deliver original and innovative work that goes above and beyond everyone’s expectations.

We as a team of designers individually have unique and varied skillsets ranging from Graphic Design, 3D, Motion, UI all the way to VR which means not only collaboratively can we create genuinely unique work but individually can learn and develop from one another, pushing ourselves to produce the best work of our careers.

We are looking for an Executive Creative Director of Design to serve as the head of our design discipline. Someone who lives and breathes great visual design in all digital contexts, always looking for a new challenge, and driven by craft and creativity. Someone who loves to develop great teams as much as great craft. Someone who wants to help elevate the overall output of the agency to world-class standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the design team, including having a POV on team structure, growth opportunity and role of the team within the clients’ businesses and the agency as a whole
• Focus on leading and developing high quality visual design to elevate the overall craft and output of the agency
• Have a point of view on the value of design and where the future of design is going, including emerging design tools including AI
• Work with the other ECDs and ECD of Experience to co-lead cross-discipline collaboration
• Pitch ideas confidently and present the design vision clearly to clients, as well as communicate in the same manner to members of the wider creative team.
• Have strong people management and leadership skills in order to hire, develop, and inspire the Design team.
• Lead multiple projects from conception to completion in accordance with deadlines, while helping allocate the right design team members for tasks and clients.
• Ask smart questions, take risks, and champion new ideas.

• 10 or more years of experience directing complex Design Solutions.
• Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and determine a plan that will ensure they are met or exceeded.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to clearly and effectively communicate the creative vision, concepts, ideas, and solutions to stakeholders, internal teams, and clients.
• Experience working with Comms, brand and Digital sides of agency work
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting, including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design implications.
• Extensive supervisory experience (including leadership, team-building, and delegation) leading and managing a creative team.
• Have a perspective on the future of design including experience and a passion for AI (and other emerging tools) role within it. 
• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.
• Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.

Please note that Digitas is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation or gender identity.

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