Vice President, Group Creative Director

Starcom Mediavest Group Germany Gmbh

$159K — $218K *
Media
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of creative experience managing complex client accounts, enterprise brands, or large multidisciplinary teams.
  • Strong integrated campaign background across various channels including digital, social, content, video, and experiential.
  • Executive presence to advise senior stakeholders and navigate sensitive discussions.
  • Portfolio showing strategic thinking, strong storytelling, and exceptional creative quality.
  • Background in copy or art direction preferred.
  • Experience in energy or regulated industries is advantageous.
  • Curious and collaborative mindset with interest in AI and new creative technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Set and advocate for the creative vision across multiple channels and campaigns.
  • Lead and mentor a diverse creative team of 12-15 professionals.
  • Collaborate with executive creative leads for alignment and direction.
  • Present work confidently to senior clients and manage creative escalations effectively.
  • Oversee creative quality from initial concept to final execution, ensuring brand consistency.
  • Work with cross-functional teams to translate business priorities into creative solutions.
  • Champion the use of AI and new tools for improved workflow and creative output.

Benefits

  • Paid Family Care for up to 12 weeks for parents and caregivers.
  • Financial support for Adoption, Surrogacy, and Fertility needs.
  • Assistance for pet adoption.
  • Employee Assistance Programs and reimbursement for health and wellness.
  • Tuition Assistance for continued education.
  • Flexible Paid Time Off including vacation, holiday, and identity days.
  • Opportunity to work remotely for up to 6 weeks annually during designated periods.
  • Supportive Business Resource Groups for diverse affinities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

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.

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