Senior Vice President, Creative

Starcom Mediavest Group Germany Gmbh

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required, Master's preferred; 15+ years in creative leadership at agencies.
  • Demonstrated success in securing new business within the last 6-18 months.
  • Industry recognition for advancing digital advertising and enhancing financial performance.
  • Ability to guide team direction and goals, driving ownership among team members.
  • Extensive experience in B2B projects.
  • Diverse creative leadership across brand campaigns, social media, and events.
  • Experience in the automotive sector is a bonus.
  • Strong communication skills, passion, drive, and willingness to travel.
  • Familiarity with generative AI tools for creative processes is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Mentor and inspire a dedicated team of creatives to innovate and excel.
  • Cultivate an inspiring culture of trust and recognition to drive exceptional performance.
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, particularly C-Suite executives.
  • Participate in new business development through networking and relationship-building.
  • Lead and manage multiple client teams while overseeing project details.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Disability and 401K plans available.
  • Parental and family care leave policies.
  • Tuition reimbursement support for ongoing education.
  • Flexible time-off policies to encourage work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Job Description

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

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.

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