Dentsu Creative US is comprised of audacious thinkers and award-winning collaborators across the United States 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. Our borderless approach allows us to assemble passionate team members around each brief, tapping into the expertise of the 9,000+ people in dentsu international's global creative network.

The EVP, Client Leadership will play an important strategic role for one (or more) of our most prestigious client relationships. You are socially experienced and understand the nuances of today's digital landscape - and know how to guide breakthrough creative within emerging channels. You will also help identify new growth opportunities both within your existing brands and agency new business efforts. You will report into Dentsu Creative's President. Due to the nature of this role, we do need this leader to reside in the Los Angeles area.

• You are a client and brand advisor. You express deep understanding of your clients project, with a perspective on and POV on trends to bring innovative thinking and ensure forward-looking work.
• You as an important point person for all daily client communications across the team, which includes daily updates to the more senior client-agency evaluations.
• You are a creative collaborator and creative champion, and work with your creative and strategy leadership partners to own driving a culture of creative ambition with both clients and your cross-discipline agency teams.
• You work with your cross-discipline leadership team, as a team, and deliver famously effective work and thinking to our clients every day.
• Develop accurate budgets and timelines, manage budget in partnership with Project Management and Finance, support senior Account leadership by reviewing financial performance at the top and bottom line, and forecast against a project pipeline and guide investment decisions toward healthy agency profitability.
• You lead Client Leadership team members, provide cross-disciplinary leadership by being prepared, proactive, fair, and balanced, and will do what's required by communicating and managing expectations.
• You lead through the lens of our values and ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion are core to how you lead.

• Passionate interest in your client's business while you always look for ways to get upstream
• High creative output standards, expecting the full team to be passionate, and committed to making famously effective work for our clients.
• 15+ years in a related environment (marketing, agency, product, etc)
• Experience in social-first accounts. Streaming clients and/or entertainment clients a plus.
• Experience partnering with clients and strategy team in shaping, leading the prep for, and implementing insights from market-research projects
• Experience building client relationships that result in excellent work and drive organic growth
• Experience in account housekeeping (timelines and budget development and management)

The anticipated salary range for this position is $235,500-$380,075. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. 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 dentsubenefitsplus.com

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About dentsu

Dentsu is the network designed for what's next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com.

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.

About dentsu 
Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society www.dentsu.com. 

We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

Dentsu (the "Company") is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage or citizenship, disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact your recruiter if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process or to request or discuss an accommodation in connection with a job at the Company to which you are applying.