Description

Job title – Creative Director, Quasar, GroupM, India

Overview of job

Quasar is looking for a Creative Director with more than 10 years of experience with maximum years spent in Digital and has an inclination towards blending creative ideas with technology. You will lead the creative team in Mumbai and should be focused not only in award winning, but also pitching and winning creative work.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the National Creative Director.

3 best things about the job:

1. To lead a bunch of hardworking and fun-loving people in the Mumbai branch
2. Have complete responsibility and freedom of creating award winning creative work
3. Develop and establish a content practice within Quasar’s Mumbai branch

Measures of success –

In three months:

• Build from scratch an ethos of creativity in Quasar and maintain the same consistently
• Evaluate the current creative team and accordingly build a team of highly motivated creative individuals
• Set KPIs and evaluate members of the creative team on a quarterly basis

In six months:

• Evaluate client expectations regularly, build strong relations by delivering high quality creative work on time
• Needs to be awards focused and should be in a position to impress the same upon the members of the team

In 12 months:

• Drive ideation with the intention of bringing in convergence of technology and creativity
• Win a metal or two at a well renowned award ceremony

Responsibilities of the role:

• Product

The person we are looking out for should be a leader with an entrepreneurial mind-set. This person should have a clear focus of driving the creative team under him or her to deliver quality creative work by creating benchmarks.

• People

The person needs to have a pulse of his/her team members and should always be on the look out for improving or further develop their capabilities with the help of training or mentoring.

• Client

This person will also have to build and maintain excellent client relations with the existing clients. He/she should also ensure complete understanding of clients business and should ensure that the team is conversant of the same

• Profile

Ensure that Quasar’s Mumbai branch wins at least one or more award at award functions like Abby’s and Kyoorius.

What you will need:

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Technology Industry experience especially in the areas new media
• Multi-tasking in terms of daily deliverables and top quality work
• Lead and train teams to deliver quality creative work

About GroupM

GroupM leads and shapes media markets by delivering performance enhancing media products and services, powered by data and technology. Our global network agencies and businesses enable our people to work collaboratively across borders with the best in class, providing them the opportunity to accelerate their progress and development. We are not limited by teams or geographies; our scale and diverse range of clients lets us be more adventurous with our business and talent. We give our talent the space, support and tools to innovate and grow.

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About India

Digital media advertising in India continues to grow at 35% since 2014, cementing India’s position as the third largest internet market with close to 250m users. The Internet growth is driven by mobile data and connectivity, making it an exciting market for digital advertising and content over the next five years. India also has a booming e-commerce industry with remarkable growth potential. With a new stable government in the centre and renewed foreign investments into several industries, India is an exciting market for any media and advertising professional.