Associate Creative Director, Social Copy

  • Full-time

Company Description

** Due to onsite requirements, only candidates currently located in the Los Angeles area will be considered **

Dentsu Creative has an amazing opportunity for a ACD (Social Copy) to join the team. We are comprised of audacious thinkers and award-winning collaborators across the United States, Latin America and Canada who blend local knowledge with global expertise. Choosing substance over stunts, our Modern Creative mandate is about unlocking sustained growth and holistic impact for brands in ways that Create Culture, Change Society and Invent the Future.

Job Description

In this role, you will be a part of shaping the future of entertainment and media with one of the world's leading streaming services. You’d lead the way with a radically collaborative crew that thrives off audacious thinking. We want challengers who know what it takes to command attention, architect fandoms and never lose sight of even the smallest of details when it comes to opportunities for impact.

This particular account is right-fit for social-savvy, entertainment enthusiasts: 

  • Emerging platforms and the shifts that come with them don’t shake you 
  • A day spent not rehashing the latest trends in film, sports and TV is not a day lived 
  • Ability to separate substantive, brand-building moves from quick-hit stunts

Role Purpose:

  • We’re looking for a high conceptual thinker that has a deep passion for people and how they activate on the internet. You’ll need to be able to confidently and independently lead brands, connect our brands to culture and have a strong track record of consistency with groundbreaking campaigns. You will invent social tactics, mentor junior associates and manage the day-to-day progress of a project from start to finish. We want to make beautiful things for the internet in whatever format is deemed most relevant. We stand out in the market because every detail is considered. We consider the small things as much as we do the big.  

Key Accountabilities:

  • Delivers integrated communications solutions, creative platforms and executions  

  • Realizes the strategic direction and creative vision of the agency  

  • Ability to effectively collaborate with partner in craft as well as cross-department teams to develop work  

  • Works closely with the creative department to develop differentiating and original creative concepts and award-winning, media-coverage worthy creative work to impact a client’s business to great effect  

  • Takes ownership for the delivery of the client’s brand vision  

  • Creatively supports the effective use of technology and its applications to solve business problems  

  • Champions, defines and feeds back on the creative process and output 

Qualifications

Our team is searching for a social-first creative (copy) leader who is passionate about film, sports, pop culture, and art. This person must have a digital portfolio with social-first writing examples (All social channels including IG, YouTube, TikTok, and emerging platforms).  

  • 5+ years of management experience 

  • Examples of digital-first thinking. You need to love the internet and creating in that space.  

  • We move at speed, we make lots of work, we need clear-eyed leaders. You need to love mentoring junior talent, you need to have the experience navigating interagency relationships, and you need to love building relationships with our awesome clients. 

  • Detail-oriented. We need buttoned-up creatives that believe in total accountability 
     

Working with us:

Joining Dentsu Creative, you will be part of a creative network, delivering ideas that are brought alive in new ways. Along the way, you will team up with inspiring people across the world and become part of a truly inclusive culture where everyone is given the opportunity to thrive and create the best work of their careers; always learning and always listening to shape ideas, create culture and change behavior. By bringing together the capabilities, experience and relationships of our collective experts, the opportunities for personal growth and development are endless. 
 

We are united by four signature strengths: 

Boundless Creativity – Kitsune Fox: In Japanese culture – the Kitsune Fox sees the future. We run towards the future, forever asking: what’s next? Our imagination has no limit. Our clients seek us out because we believe there is no problem we cannot solve with the power of modern creativity.  

Intelligent Scale - Ryujin Dragon: The Ryujin Dragon controls the ocean and the tides.  We flow the right talent around the right brief in the right moment, wherever it sits in the world. We scale our unique ideas with precision, using intelligent technology to make personal connections with millions around the world.  

Obsessive Craft - Orizuru Crane: The Orizuru Crane carries the soul up to paradise. It inspires the most classic and iconic Japanese origami. We elevate the soul of our work with an obsessive focus on craft, nurturing the next-gen craft skills needed to soar in a modern world.  

Radical Collaboration - Kohaku Koi: The Koi swim upstream against the tide, united as one. We chart new territory through the power of radical collaboration. We seamlessly connect Creativity, Media and CXM to imagine new solutions at the intersection of craft, data, culture, and innovation.  

Our Values 

We believe our work can only resonate in the modern world if the people behind it reflect the modern work. We can only be truly relevant when we create a truly inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. That means – we are tough on the work but gentle with each other. We lead with empathy and are always listening and always learning. We support each other, we cheer for each other, we win together. We celebrate difference as the only way to make the work that makes a difference.  

Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is $113,000 - $156,850. Salary is based on a wide range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit https://dentsubenefitsplus.com/ 

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