JOB OVERVIEWWe're seeking a dynamic creative leader to head Billion Dollar Boy's US creative department as a 7-8 month maternity cover for our SVP, Creative. You'll champion and guide our creative talent to drive next-level, creator-fluent, social-first strategy and execution.
You'll steer the development of breakthrough solutions to client challenges, using human truths to influence audience behavior. We believe true social-first impact requires a creator-first approach - building genuine connections between brands and communities, and our work reflects it.
We're looking for someone obsessed with creators and the value they bring to brands. Someone who encourages playfulness and fuels incredible creativity, while relentlessly solving problems - the ones we bring you and the ones you uncover yourself. Someone unsettled, in constant pursuit of better. Because what's been done before isn't best practice. It's best so far.
You'll manage several team members across multiple concurrent projects, advocate for creative excellence across the agency, and inspire clients to embrace ambitious, transformative social work. You'll raise the bar on quality by bringing fresh approaches to brainstorms, sharpening cross-functional collaboration and elevating our pitches.
This role goes beyond holding down the fort. Hit the ground running, sustain our momentum, and elevate both the team and the work throughout your tenure.
Location: New York, NY - Hybrid (2 days in office)
Type: Full-time, fixed-term contract, approx. 7-8 months
Start: Mid-January 2027, with a 2-3 week handover
Reports to: Managing Director, US, during leave
Experience: 10-12 yearsWhat You'll Do- Own the work. Lead creative across the US portfolio from brief to final, partnering closely with Strategy, Client Services, Talent and Production.
- Interrogate the brief. Define what the team should deliver on every brief - and spot the opportunities the brief didn't mention.
- Shape the thinking. Help the team turn compelling first thoughts into fully worked-out ideas, presented with clarity and excitement.
- Push it bolder. Grow our clients' appetite for transformative social-first, creator-fluent ideas rooted in human truths.
- Win new business. Lead the creative side of pitches - concepts, narrative, RTBs - and develop your own creative responses for our biggest clients.
- Lead the team. Directly manage an ACD and senior creatives and designers. Coach every level day to day, guide career progression and objectives, and have the tough conversations when they're needed.
- Coach range, not just taste. Draw on a broad knowledge of creative techniques and styles beyond your own preferences to develop all kinds of creative thinkers.
- Own senior client relationships. Represent our current work with confidence and open doors to future creative opportunities with BDB.
- Think commercially. Understand the cost, value and "why it'll work" behind every idea we put forward.
- Provoke healthy debate. Internally and with clients, about how to best solve their business challenges and seize opportunities.
- Stay connected globally. Partner with BDB's global creative leadership to keep the US work aligned with Creator Instinct® and our agency POV.
- Hand back the keys cleanly. Keep clear documentation of work, wins and team progress for a smooth return.
WHAT DOES GREAT LOOK LIKE?- No dip in momentum. The work keeps moving - and gets bolder.
- Pitches won on the strength of standout, outcome-focused creative.
- A team that feels supported, stretched and steady through the transition.
- Clients who feel continuity, not change.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING- 10 - 12 years in creative, with 3+ years at Creative Director level leading teams and managing direct reports.
- Deep fluency in social, creator and influencer marketing - how creators work, what platforms reward, and how culture moves.
- A portfolio of social-first, creator-led work for major brands that drove real business results.
- A proven pitch track record.
- Productive, senior-level client relationships.
- Hands-on people leadership. You manage, mentor and make others better.
- The ability to step into an existing team mid-stream, lead through ambiguity from day one, and make great work even without a proven process.
- Strong concept and craft chops, from either a copy or art background.
- An optimistic view of what's possible, and the ability to inspire others - in presentations and in everyday moments.
- A collegiate, kindness-over-ego approach. As inspiring as you are collaborative.
- Agency experience required. Global agency or network experience a plus.
