AKQA Sweden AB - Creative Director

At AKQA we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful ideas, products and services. With an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach, we design innovative brand campaigns, adaptive digital services and applications that capture the imagination, delivering impressive returns for our clients.
Creatives at AKQA apply artistry and craftsmanship to strategic insight, to create and bring to life beautiful ideas that move the world.
As Creative Director of the AKQA Creative department you will inspire and lead a creative team to make a difference to consumers’ behaviour by influencing change through ideas, creativity and the use of interactive media. Your role is to make a difference to digital communications, marketing and advertising, and to inspire the best global brands.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS
Deliver and inspire award-winning work from your team, influencing change through ideas, creativity and the use of interactive media.
Consistently deliver a number of successful solutions and high-quality work to clients on time.
High level internal and external client and team satisfaction.
High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Learn new skills and stay abreast of technical and digital design developments, and successfully apply them to work practices to help improve processes and procedures.
Contributes to strategic development of a well-defined creative brief and any additional briefing documents, speaking with client directly where necessary.
Leads by example to consistently inspire creative colleagues to originate world-class, pioneering ideas that conceptualise world-class solutions. Generates useful, usable ideas across all existing and emerging digital platforms. Continually develops practices and processes to inspire, innovate and harness new ways of thinking.
Sets creative direction and offers hands-on guidance throughout client team projects/s.
Displays a cohesive understanding and can execute principles that make innovative and effective digital communications, interface design and interaction design
Selects most appropriate supplier for required task. Successfully manages multiple suppliers, partners and clients to ensure outsourced projects are creatively delivered on time, within budget and to the highest standards.
Ensures AKQA always obtains the most cost-effective solution.
Oversees creation of award entries and case studies of key projects, ensuring they are distributed across the business to relevant people (e.g. client team, Business Development Director).
Creatively leads new business pitches. Responsible for ideas and creative work, and competently presents pitch.
Develops strategies to build a climate of trust, openness and respect; forges strong relationships to drive successful outcomes.
Possesses highly advanced writing skills to effectively present a point of view, using logic, fact and a compelling storyline via any medium.


QUALITIES AND EXPERIENCE
Extensive experience working at an Associate Creative Director or Creative Director level in a similar agency environment.
Demonstrated creative success in leading collaborative multi-functional teams, including project planning, to winning a number of industry recognised awards.
Considerable experience of European and Global projects.
Experience developing/leading client relationships.
Proven track record generating new business.
Exceptional information presentation (visual and written) experience.
Experience in, and enthusiasm for, a broad range of online and offline marketing platforms, including ad campaigns, HTML/rich media emails, online campaigns, microsites, websites or mobile.
A strong track record in large-scale project planning, including accurate estimation of costs and timing, with limited overruns.
Design, animation and film-based individuals should have extensive experience with all the relevant software packages and hardware, and a working knowledge of emerging platforms.
A degree in Design, Interaction Design, Visual Studies or other design-related field preferred but not compulsory.