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Description
About the Role:
Are you excited by the opportunity to help define the way our diversely talented in-house agency, Creative Experiences, works? Do you believe great ideas can come from anywhere? Do you have a knack for aligning business needs with successful brand strategies? Are you the type of leader who inspires your team, and others, to think bigger and guide them to the best outcomes for all?
If so, you may be UKG’s next Sr Manager, Creative & Brand Management
At the intersection of business needs and creative strategy, you’ll be a beacon for inspiring new ideas and identifying how everyone can use their unique talents to deliver world-class creative experiences that further our brand and help us achieve key strategic business goals.
As the lead creative voice within our agency you will be a beacon, inspiring all creatives as we continue our evolution to being a team solely focused on Inspiring, Helping and Guiding UKG to showcase what it means to be a leading brand. You’ll be a key senior leader, working with your fellow leaders to define solutions and drive efficiency and impact across Creative Experiences and marketing.
And as a manager of our Creative Strategy team you will be an inspirer, defining what it means to embrace shared goals, continually ask “how might we”, and truly crave critique in service of any idea that may evolve the UKG brand to best meet our business strategy.
Are you ready to Inspire, Help, and Guide?
Responsibilities
About You:
• Drive strategic creative capability of the agency with a focus on high-level projects and priority campaigns by providing clear and consistent creative direction
• Partner with the Head of Creative Partnerships & Planning to create and implement marketing plans that align with client requirements and a balance of brand standards and creative vision
• Partner with the Head of Creative Studios to set and define creative quality and necessary brand guidelines that allow for speed and creativity.
• Train, lead, and inspire your team, as well as the broader creative team, to build a creative ecosystem based in critical critique and organic collaboration
• Establish cross-org relationships to teach and guide other creators and branders to connect
to the UKG purpose, brand strategy, and style.
• Actively refine, inspire, and guide how concepts and ideas are developed to drive new perspectives and elevate marketing plans.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
• 7+ years of leading a team focused on creative exploration, meeting business needs, and developing award winning creative in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience as a leader in a creative agency or marketing capacity driving a culture of inspiration, collaboration, and critical critique to elevate the work daily to win business.
• Proven history of developing strong pitch work in a team environment thru coaching and critique that champions your people as much as the work thru empowerment and guidance.
• Confidence sharing creative perspectives that influence shared outcomes and teaching others how to give their own creative POV in the service of smart business and brand outcomes.
• Comfort and experience working within a highly matrixed organization with a wide degree of latitude.
• Understanding how business, brand, and creative strategy intersect to gain leads, drive brand awareness, and inspire the best work
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ultimate Kronos Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.
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