Executive Creative Director

The executive creator director (ECD) is responsible for establishing and infusing the creative vision and beliefs within the Landor creative community. They are accountable for setting the direction of the creative process within the office, and providing inspirational leadership for the creative team. They are a visionary, a storyteller, a brand strategist through design and an advocate for the creative process. The ECD partners with clients and client teams as a leader and individual contributor. In conjunction with the creative leadership team, they are responsible for career development within the wider creative team. The ECD will be responsible for leading a team that inspires great work that drives business results.

The ECD should be a master new business developer, presenter and partner with the new business teams and regional leadership as an effective, compelling champion of Landor and our offering. The ECD should have a commanding and compelling presence, be able to weave stories about our work and process, and connect each to the prospect’s challenge. The ECD must be a major force in winning new business.

The ECD must also be a compelling and adaptive presenter internally and with existing clients. The ECD should be able to inspire and teach the internal teams through thought provoking stories about his or her experience, our work and the navigation of journeys in the pursuit of great work. The ECD should establish a strong relationship and rapport with major clients, be able to effectively present our work and influence the adoption of our recommendations. In so doing the ECD should also be helping others develop their own, effective presentation styles. 

Duties and responsibilities:

Landor fundamentals -

• Understanding/awareness of the local aesthetic and culture when solving client branding challenges (particularly with world class corporate/CPG clients/B2B clients). 
• Partners effectively with all departments to ensure delivery of on-time, high-quality deliverables that address client challenges. 
• Communicates findings and recommendations in a clear and compelling manner in written, oral, and presentation forums. 
• Master story-teller with the ability to command a room and build strong client relationships. 
• Coordinates projects with outside resources (freelancers) to facilitate production of deliverables, always with understanding of and sensitivity to both client deliverables and office finances 
• Ensures all correspondence, materials, presentations, proposals, etc., seen by prospective and existing clients are of highest quality and always relevant to the client’s issues. 
• Sharing and importing best practices and resources with peers within broader Landor and WPP network. 
• Interacts in a positive, professional, and motivating manner. 

Organizational skills -

• Establishes and assigns creative lead to client engagements. May be day-to-day creative lead for some clients. 
• Facilitates the development of innovative, client-focused cross-discipline team structures and ensures the organizational structure of the creative team helps support the office’s overall strategy. 
• Partners with other executive team members to ensure quality, profitability, and client satisfaction. 
• Partners with creative leadership to ensure maximum utilization and efficiency of permanent and freelance design resources.

Ideal profile -

• Bachelor of Fine Arts or equivalent education and experience

Experience -

• 15+ years of broad creative and management experience; experience in both consumer and corporate and digital; world class CPG is a must. 
• Experience leading cross-discipline teams and leaders. 
• Global sophistication and ability to adapt to different cultures.