Vml - Kansas City, MO

posted about 2 months ago

Full-time - Senior
Kansas City, MO
10,001+ employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse. Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work. VML is seeking a brilliant Associate Creative Director, Art to join our world-class creative team: A next-level conceptual thinker and artist who knows all when it comes to creating work that demands attention. You should be able to work independently as well as collaboratively - owning a project with some oversight, without hand-holding. Client relationship and presentation skills are expected. We're looking for someone who can do the job, and then surprise us with something we've never thought of with both confidence and inspiration. Someone who possesses a talent for transforming great ideas into award-winning creative, and has a passion for bold storytelling through beautiful craft and tactful execution. In this role, you will partner with Account Leadership to oversee the translation of our clients' vision into a roadmap that will achieve client goals, while generating work that is creatively brilliant, measurable, and has a cultural impact. You'll be the point person for all day-to-day client communications across multiple teams. You will manage, inspire, and motivate project, product, and development teams for the new .com experience, reviewing team deliverables and providing strategic oversight to ensure the work gets noticed, used, and appreciated. You will drive profitability at scale within the teams and as POSSIBLE sells in new offerings, finding innovative ways to build new best practices. Constant ideation and a passion for bringing new ideas to every brief, tactic, execution, and conversation will be key to your success.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Account Leadership to oversee the translation of clients' vision into a roadmap that achieves client goals.
  • Serve as the point person for all day-to-day client communications across multiple teams.
  • Manage, inspire, and motivate project, product, and development teams for the new .com experience.
  • Review team deliverables and provide strategic oversight to ensure the work gets noticed, used, and appreciated.
  • Drive profitability at scale within the teams and as POSSIBLE sells in new offerings.
  • Find innovative ways to build new best practices.
  • Ideate constantly and bring new ideas to every brief, tactic, execution, and conversation.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 7 years of experience in a creative agency.
  • Specific experience managing complex website builds with multiple work streams.
  • Familiarity working in an agile environment.
  • Proven ability to negotiate Statements of Work and contracts.
  • Ability to effectively forecast and scope work with teams in close collaboration with Project Management.

Nice-to-haves

  • Passion for building relationships that result in new, profitable revenue opportunities.
  • Ability to adapt to solve clients' challenges.
  • Creatively brave with a passion for the power of creativity.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) matching
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