Creative Director, Sport

Innovation and creativity only thrive in a truly inclusive culture. At M&C Saatchi Group, we celebrate people who embrace these values.

People with an innate curiosity - who appreciate different perspectives and respect others. People who hunger for the new, the brilliant, the unexpected.

**Creative | Sport & Entertainment**

The Creative Director at M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment will oversee the creative output of the agency, bringing to life integrated campaigns with both our PR & Partnerships teams.

The Creative Director will think differently to a traditional advertising creative, with a focus on storytelling across multiple channels with a big focus on earned. Our work reflects the new ways audiences cultivate their passions, consume media and share stories by delivering integrated communications campaigns including but not limited to sponsorship, experiential, PR, social and content.

The role demands brilliance in ideas, craft, strategy and story-telling, inspiring and influencing the broader agency team to think differently, challenge the clients to think boldly and to produce the most ‘talked-about’ work in the category, and in the media.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Drive brilliance in ideas, craft and strategy across all channel touch points whilst ensuring that creative work delivers against the brief and brand strategy
- Directly contribute to new business pitches for the Agency, and across the group.
- Partner with all Sport & Entertainment team members to help identify possibilities for creative solutions that connect consumers with clients’ brands in personal and memorable ways
- Collaborate and contribute to the creative process to deliver world-class, award-winning work, specialising in Social Content and Earned Media, on behalf of group clients
- Lead key creative meetings with clients, ensuring the creative view is well presented and will play an active role, along with Account Leads and Strategy Director in the presentation of creative and strategic work.
- Build and nurture positive working relationships with the team, key Agency departments including PR & Communications, Partnerships, Production and Strategy as well as key Group colleagues, across M&C Saatchi Sydney and Melbourne, Greenhouse, and Re.
- Report the state of creative on accounts and current projects to the LT on a regular basis

**Key Strengths**
- Deep understanding of social & content creative solutions and PR-able ideas
- Natural ability to identify and nurture ideas & talent
- Creative ideation and writing
- Understanding of digital, social, PR, experiential, emerging platforms, and the evolving media landscape
- Experience of working seamlessly with people outside of Creative to deliver non-traditional creative, including but not limited to documentary series, innovative tech, social movement, consumer PR or socially amplified campaigns
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple projects
- Written communications at a professional standard
- Good technical knowledge of social platforms and digital production process

**Our Values**
- Walk in different worlds
- Make Uncommon Sense
- Run Towards the Fire (except if there is an actual fire when we run away from it)
- Roll as one
- Be excellent to each other

**What's in it for you?**
- Our big benefits fuel our big ambitions.
- A fun, inclusive and high-performance culture, where you can bring your best and true self to work every day.
- Our fully flexible approach to support your individual flex needs - including hybrid working.
- An integrated way of working - you're joining a creative advertising group with an appreciation for the unique skills each team brings to the table.
- You can choose to Work From Anywhere in the world for up to 30 days a year
- You feel supported in planning a family with Family First paid leave policies.
- Plus, you’ll enjoy a program of inclusive initiatives with our people led networks supporting what we care about with our groups: Wellbeing, Queer & Proud, Climate Action, Parents Pod, FemM&C & Bipoc.
- Newly renovated offices overlooking the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and Botanical Gardens

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