Our agency client is seeking a Creative Director with a proven track record in creating memorable and meaningful experiences that drive business results. You have worked in experiential marketing (XM) and the live events industry and understand how to bring experiences to life in a fast paced agency environment. our client is looking for a hands-on creative leader who still designs, still crafts, and understands what it truly takes to bring bold ideas into the real world.

Hands-on Creative Leader (The ‘Product’): you elevate our creative product by introducing innovative, smart and results driven solutions to clients. You lead the department by ensuring high quality creative output that is innovative and on-brand for clients and our agency. You push yourself and the whole company to bring fresh thinking and innovation to our creative product, keeping up with trends and technology solid ability to link business strategy & KPI’s back to creative recommendations You can articulate and present a compelling case to clients for buying our creative solutions.

You demonstrate a strong ability to ‘sell’ our creative solutions Managing Creative Team (The ‘People’): you are a strong creative people leader who brings out the best in your team. They’re learning and growing from you through ongoing critical thinking and analysis of their work – getting feedback in real time and growing their skills Managing the Creative Department (The ‘Operations’): you understand how to effectively and efficiently operate an agency creative department.



Demonstrate an ability to manage the business side of creative, i.e. pricing, timing, resourcing, reconciliation Identify operational issues and recommend solutions including process, software, training Set Department goals/KPI’s and help to ensure the department runs profitably and efficiently Closely collaborating with other Senior Leaders (The ‘Team’): you understand that you’re a key member of a multifunctional team and you ensure that other team members feel trust, support and collaboration when working with you.

Excellent communication skills - ensuring other leaders feel confident and in-the loop about recommendations to the creative product Excellent time management – team feels confident on delivery of creative portion of any program so they can manage client deliverables accordingly Collaboration – you’re open minded and seek input and feedback on a continuous basis to optimize our creative product and ensure the creative team is a welcome partner at our agency Strong internal creative leadership (The ‘Brand’): you are the brand steward of our agency and lead the evolution of our brand through an understanding of our unique IP and culture. Proactively lead the look and feel of our corporate branding, working collaboratively with senior leaders Recommend & oversee major tentpole initiatives including retreats, training and internal branding initiatives Other Performance Metrics: Performance Management Corporate Strategic Goals Contribution to overall corporate success #

📌 Creative Director, Brand Partnerships (Toronto)
🏢 Creative Circle
📍 Toronto