Creative Director

Job Summary

This role requires a bold thinker with exceptional leadership skills and a deep understanding of integrated marketing campaigns. The ideal candidate will thrive on creating disruptive ideas, inspiring their team, and elevating the creative output to award-winning standards.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Strategy and Leadership

• Lead the development of bold, high-quality creative concepts that challenge conventions while staying rooted in business and strategic objectives.
• Maintain and elevate creative standards, ensuring all work reflects the brand's voice, vision, and delivers measurable impact.
• Develop compelling narratives across multiple touchpoints including digital, social media, influencer campaigns, activations, print, and experiential.
• Push creative boundaries while balancing feasibility, timelines, and budgets.
• Drive work that strengthens the agency's creative reputation and positions campaigns for recognition in industry awards.

Client Partnership

• Build and nurture strong relationships with clients, presenting creative strategies and campaigns with clarity and confidence.
• Partner closely with Account and Strategy teams to translate business needs into creative solutions that resonate with target audiences.
• Anticipate opportunities to deliver innovative, award-worthy work that exceeds expectations.

Team Management and Mentorship

• Guide, mentor, and inspire the creative team throughout the concepting and execution process.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture that values diverse perspectives and bold ideas.
• Partner with Project Management to balance workloads, meet deadlines, and deliver exceptional outputs.

Strategic Collaboration

• Collaborate with the Strategy team to strengthen briefs and campaign plans with sharp creative insights.
• Identify opportunities to connect creative thinking with business goals, even within constraints.
• Stay ahead of cultural insights, marketing trends, social media shifts, and emerging technologies to inspire forward-looking creative work

Qualifications & Skills

• 5-7 years experience in a creative leadership role, with a strong portfolio showcasing bold, award-winning ideas and integrated campaigns.
• Someone who's looking for an entrepreneurial opportunity
• Expertise in crafting work for regional and global markets, with a focus on innovative storytelling across all channels.
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills, with the ability to articulate and sell creative ideas to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of marketing principles, cultural nuances, and emerging trends in integrated communications.
• Ability to balance visionary thinking with practical execution, managing budgets and resources effectively.
• A proactive mindset, constantly seeking opportunities to elevate creative output.

Who You Are

• You are comfortable with a lot of independence and trust. You come with solutions, not problems.
• You are quick on your feet and can come up with the right response spontaneously
• You would like to have your own business someday and are interested to work with fellow entrepreneurial personalities
• You are intellectually curious and proactively identify areas of improvement and growth
• You thrive in an independent working culture where you have the freedom to define how you will achieve your goals

You'll Enjoy Working Here Because

• People first, employees second. We value work flexibility, our families and our friends, but work hard at the same time. We're looking for people who can independently work towards their goals but the way you work is completely up to you.
• We travel. Travel has been an integral part of our lives, and it has always been an eye-opening experience. We have a hybrid policy for employees in Metro Manila (once a week), but we're flexible with remote work for people who want to travel. We believe that location independence should be more accessible to everyone. We also have an annual company trip
• We want to see you grow. We appreciate the time that you would devote to us as a company and would wish that you also get a return on your investment by developing skills and capabilities.
• We offer competitive compensation. We deeply value who we work with and would like to be fair to you and what you can bring to the table. We also provide bonuses and additional incentives.
• We All Own Workplace Flexibility. Sustainable success takes effort from the whole team — embracing flexibility, respecting boundaries, and supporting work-life balance by knowing when to push and when to rest.

About Near
: Near Creative is an agency that specializes in creating influencer marketing campaigns that drive real sales and brand results. We also create social media strategies and content that align with your brand goals. Since our start in 2017, we've worked with over 200+ brands and 2000+ influencers.