Creative Director

The Role:

Hogarth Worldwide, Chennai is looking for a Creative Director with a unique blend of creative vision and business sense to supervise and lead a team that is composed of Art Directors, Creative Designers, Graphic designers, Motion Graphic artists and/or other creative professionals.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, motivate, and support the creative team within a time-sensitive and demanding environment
• Setup and implement career development plans for all direct reports and problem resolution
• Manage timely data collection to update operations metrics to achieve productivity targets, eliminate errors, and deliver excellent service
• Mentor and encourage creative team members to foster a positive work environment
• Shoulder the responsibility of the quality and completion of all work projects assigned to members of the creative team by helping them overcome obstacles that arise within a project and offer solutions
• Lead brainstorming/creative sessions to generate ideas to ensure designs and content consistently and positively reflects the brand’s image and ideals
• Anticipate problems that may impede a project from completing on time and implement solutions
• Monitor results of team efforts and propose actions for the future
• Remain actively involved in hiring and training creative staff

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a creative director or Sr. AD with the top main-line agencies
• Excellent working knowledge with a variety of software programs, such as Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator with addition to Adobe AfterEffects/Animate CC
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to inspire the creative team to give their best
• Good comfort level interacting with high-profile stakeholders and decision makers
• Recent hands-on experience with applying design, copy, or web best practices
• Outstanding leadership and organization skills with exemplary interpersonal and analytical abilities

The Company

Hogarth Worldwide is a leading creative production company, producing advertising and marketing content for many of the world’s most famous brands, across all media around the world. Hogarth was founded over 10 years ago and has grown from a start-up to over 4,000 people, across 28 cities worldwide and is now part of the WPP family. Our rapid growth continues to drive us forward making Hogarth an exciting place to work and a great place to achieve your career ambitions.

As part of the rapid and consistent growth the company has undergone over its first ten years since initial start-up, we are expanding our services and capabilities in Chennai across Moving Image, Print, Digital and Transcreation Production. Our Global Delivery Centre operation in Chennai is located in the prestigious DLF Cybercity campus, the largest operational IT SEZ in Southern India. The Chennai operation is a strategically important large-scale production hub that services all of our global hubs.

Hogarth Values

Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.

Hands on: We don’t wait for things to happen; we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don’t have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.

Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.

Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don’t lose perspective or our sense of humour.

Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working. We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn.

Our Hogarth Values:

Hands on

No egos here. Just a shared drive to roll up our sleeves and make great things happen. Every project--big or small, gets our full energy because we believe in doing things right. Every single time. It's how we deliver real results without cutting corners.

Honesty

We are real and authentic – with each other and in our work. Honest, direct communication builds the trust we need to collaborate, grow, and make meaningful things together. It’s not always easy but it’s always worth it.

Heart & Soul

We bring heart to everything we make. Passion, pride and relentless drive push us beyond “good enough” ––because we care deeply about our craft, and we’re always chasing better. We love what we do, and it shows.

Happy Family

Creating a space where everyone feels valued--even when opinions differ, makes this a supportive and inclusive environment for our people. We embrace our differences, celebrate our wins together, and never lose our sense of humor.

Hungry

Curiosity keeps us hungry. We question, experiment, and always seek out what's next. We never settle, and we never stop learning.

Inclusion and Impact

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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