Digital Media - Creative Director

$152,000 - $195,000/Yr

Creative Artists Agency - Los Angeles, CA

Full-time - Senior

Los Angeles, CA

Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

About the position

The Creative Director will oversee social media design and creative for CAA's clients, playing a pivotal role in driving digital strategy that resonates with personal brands. This hands-on role is ideal for an energetic and ambitious individual with an entrepreneurial mindset, tasked with developing and leading the overall look and feel of clients' social media presence while collaborating closely with client and social media managers.

Responsibilities

• Own creative and visual execution of client social media and content across all major platforms (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X).
• Audit client's existing social media accounts, distill personal brand qualities, and present proposed social look, feel, and mood to client and team.
• Develop and articulate a compelling creative vision that reflects the client's preferences, personal brand, and business objectives.
• Coordinate content categories and formats to align with platform requirements while leveraging industry best practices.
• Conceptualize and oversee production and post-production of long and short-form videos, still images, graphics, copy, captions, memes, and more.
• Develop integrated marketing and sponsorship activation plans, working with client and social media team to support partnership initiatives.
• Grow CAA network and visibility in social media space by attending conferences and functions.
• Manage, train, and lead day-to-day social creative team.
• Provide onsite client support for events, activations, shoots, and other to ensure social media coverage.

Requirements

• 12+ years' experience in agency, platform or brand in creative or social media department.
• 7+ years' experience working on social media at the Associate Creative Director or Creative Director level.
• An impressive portfolio of work that demonstrates creativity and ability to work in the digital/social space.
• Mastery at presenting and selling ideas to both clients and teams.
• A strong work ethic and total owner mentality with experience overseeing the process from concept through to final delivery.
• Excellent knowledge of YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, and social media best practices.
• Experience with content creation tools like Premiere Pro, CapCut, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign, and Canva.
• Established relationships in social media space.
• Best-in-class client servicing and relationship building.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to think on one's feet in a fast-paced, agency environment.
• Solution-oriented.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to travel and attend work outside normal business hours on an as needed basis.

Benefits

• Annual base salary range of $152,000 - $195,000.
• Eligible for benefits and discretionary bonus.