Saatchi & Saatchi

Vice President, Group Creative Director

Saatchi & Saatchi$159K — $218K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of creative experience managing complex client accounts or large teams.
  • Strong background in integrated campaigns across various channels.
  • Ability to present to and advise senior stakeholders effectively.
  • Portfolio showcasing strategic thinking and high-quality creative work.
  • Experience in copy or art direction is preferred.
  • Background in energy or regulated industries is a plus.
  • Proactive interest in AI and emerging creative technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Set the creative vision for integrated campaigns across multiple channels.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a diverse creative team of 12-15 people.
  • Collaborate with executive creative leads and senior clients for project alignment.
  • Oversee creative quality from concept to execution, ensuring brand consistency.
  • Work with various teams to translate business needs into effective creative solutions.
  • Promote innovative approaches, including the use of AI for enhancing workflows.

Benefits

  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more.
  • Monetary assistance for Adoption, Surrogacy, and Fertility.
  • Support for pet adoption expenses.
  • Employee Assistance Programs and health-related reimbursements.
  • Tuition Assistance for professional development.
  • Flexible Paid Time Off and a variety of leave options.
  • 'Work Your World' program, allowing remote work from various locations.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are seeking a Group Creative Director to lead enterprise-level creative for a high-profile energy client. This leader will set the creative vision across teams and channels, ensuring the work is strategic, consistent, beautifully crafted, and aligned to business priorities.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
  • Set and champion the creative vision across integrated campaigns, digital, social, content, video, experiential, newsroom, and brand communications.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary creative team of approximately 12-15 people.
  • Collaborate and manage up to Executive creative leads
  • Partner with senior clients and internal stakeholders to present work, influence decisions, and resolve creative escalations with confidence.
  • Oversee creative quality from concept through execution, ensuring strong storytelling, polished craft, and brand consistency.
  • Collaborate with strategy, account, project management, production, and content teams to translate business priorities into creative solutions.
  • Champion innovation, including thoughtful use of AI and emerging tools to improve workflow efficiency and creative output.

What Success Looks Like
  • Provides clear, strategic creative leadership across core workstreams.
  • Elevates creative quality, consistency, and craft across channels.
  • Builds trust with senior clients and internal partners through sound judgment and proactive partnership.
  • Develops creative leaders and strengthens team performance at scale.
  • Introduces smarter, AI-enabled ways of working while maintaining brand integrity.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of creative experience managing complex client accounts, enterprise brands, or large multidisciplinary teams.
  • Strong integrated campaign background across digital, social, content, video, experiential, brand, and communications channels.
  • Executive presence with the ability to advise senior stakeholders, present independently, and navigate sensitive conversations.
  • Portfolio demonstrates strategic thinking, strong storytelling, exceptional creative judgment, and high-quality craft.
  • Background in copy or art direction
  • Experience with energy, regulated industries, large brands, or complex enterprise environments is a plus.
  • Curious, collaborative, and forward-thinking, with interest in AI and emerging creative technologies.

Additional information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources.

Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
Tuition Assistance
Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
Matching Gifts programs
Flexible working arrangements
'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Compensation Range: USD $159,695.00 - USD $218,500.00/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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