Saatchi & Saatchi

Senior Vice President, Creative

Saatchi & Saatchi$180K — $256K *
Media
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred) and 15+ years in creative leadership at a digital ad or PR agency
  • Proven track record of new business wins within the last 6-18 months
  • Recognized industry leader in elevating digital advertising standards
  • Ability to set clear goals and motivate teams effectively
  • Experience in leading B2B creative work
  • Familiar with brand campaigns, social media, content production, and events
  • Experience with automotive clients is advantageous
  • Strong communication skills and passion for creativity, with a willingness to travel
  • Familiarity with generative AI tools for ideation and content generation is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Mentor and motivate a talented Creative team to inspire innovative work
  • Influence team vision, direction, and goals to boost performance
  • Build a culture of trust and recognition within the team
  • Collaborate with client leads to strengthen client relationships through creative leadership
  • Identify new business opportunities and lead client acquisition initiatives
  • Manage relationships with senior marketing executives

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability insurance
  • 401K plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Family forming assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off options
Full Job Description
Overview

Job Responsibilities:

You'll mentor, lead and motivate a mighty, tightly-knit team of all-in Creatives - keeping them inspired to shape and reshape the future of our industry. While you're doing all this, you'll expertly lead several client teams and keep tabs on all the critical details. Day-to-day, the job will look something like this:
  • Influencing vision, direction, and goals for the Creative team - getting them passionate about the task at hand and motivated to perform
  • Building a culture of trust and inspiration by recognizing talent, passion and commitment - and motivating each team member to deliver exceptional work in ways they never thought possible
  • Partnering with client leads in fostering outstanding client relationships through creative and conceptual thought leadership, and building, managing, and growing relationships with senior/C-Suite marketing executives
  • Playing an active role in new client acquisition and new business pitches - that means identifying new opportunities, establishing relationships with prospective clients and leading new business initiatives

Qualifications

What you'll bring to the table:
  • A four-year degree (master's preferred) and fifteen or more years of hands-on experience in a creative leadership position at a digital advertising or PR agency
  • An enviable track record of new business wins in the past 6-18 months
  • Recognition in the industry as someone who pushes the craft of digital advertising to new levels, exhibits exceptional fiscal management and improves the economics of the business
  • Ability to set direction and clearly define goals, motivating client teams and staff to own the challenge
  • Proven experience leading B2B work.
  • Experience leading creative work in several areas, including but not limited to brand campaigns, social media, content, production, website, and events.
  • Experience working with automotive clients is a plus.
  • Exceptional communication skills, unstoppable passion and drive - and a willingness to travel as needed
  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL• E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: USD $180,215.00 - USD $256,100.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 1/1/2027.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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