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As a Creative Director (m/f/d), you will be a strategic and creative leader passionate about gaming and esports. You will inspire and manage a multidisciplinary creative team, driving innovative campaign strategies from ideation to execution. Your role involves overseeing creative workflows, leading pitch processes, and acting as the primary creative contact for clients, ensuring alignment with brand identity and market trends while fostering a culture of excellence and pushing creative boundaries.

###### Permanent employee, Full-time · Köln<ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">* *</li></ul>##### HEY YOU!Are you a strategic thinker with a creative mindset and a passion for gaming and esports? Do you thrive on leading teams, shaping ideas, and driving innovation across campaigns and pitches? Are you ready to take creative ownership and guide both existing and new clients through bold, visionary work?Then you’re exactly right for us as a Creative Director (m/f/d)!##### IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL<ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Creative Leadership & Team Management: You lead and inspire a multidisciplinary creative team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence by providing strategic and content-driven guidance across projects.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Strategic Campaign Development: You drive the development of creative concepts and campaign strategies from ideation to execution. You ensure alignment with client goals, brand identity, and market trends.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Creative Process Ownership: You oversee and optimize creative workflows, ensuring high-quality output across motion, digital, and event formats. You’ll be the driving force behind the idea, rather than involved in hands-on design execution.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Pitch Leadership: You take the strategic lead in pitch processes, from initial concept to final presentation. You collaborate closely with internal teams and clients to deliver compelling, insight-driven proposals.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Client Relations & Direction: You act as the creative point of contact for both existing and new clients. You build trust through clear communication, strategic thinking, and visionary leadership.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Idea & Innovation Champion: You promote a strong creative mindset within the team and encourage proactive ideation and push boundaries to elevate our creative output.</li></ul>##### TO SUCCEED YOU NEED<ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">You bring more than 5 years of professional experience in creative agencies or similar environments.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">You have proven leadership experience and the knowledge on how to develop, inspire and manage creative talents, teams and processes.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Your strong conceptual and strategic thinking skills enable you to manage multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">You bring a deep understanding of design principles with a focus on copywriting and campaign development.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Communicating and presenting in English are second nature to you.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">You are passionate about gaming, esports and digital entertainment and can connect brands to these audiences authentically.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">You are a true teamplayer with experience in cross-functional collaboration and in jointly developing lean processes.</li></ul>##### EVEN BETTER IF<ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">You speak German fluently.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">You’ve led award-winning campaigns or pitches.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">You’re up to date with esports trends and communities.</li></ul>##### YOU WILL BE HAPPY WITH<ul class="list-disc list-inside my-5 pl-5 space-y-2 text-gray-700"><li class="leading-relaxed">Scale-up atmosphere: exciting projects with plenty of creative freedom and an environment in which everyone can thrive</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Urban Sports Club membership: We support your health with a USC membership M for 9.90 euros and L for 49.90 euros</li><li class="leading-relaxed">nilo.health: We invest in your mental health and personal development with our nilo.health tool with access to psychological counseling sessions and various training formats</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Vacation: We value your recovery with 30 days of vacation for full-time employees as well as additional days off at Christmas, New Year's Eve and, for Cologne's carnival enthusiasts, Rose Monday</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Wednesday Lunch: Every Wednesday your lunch in the office is on us</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Refreshments in the office: Enjoy a selection of drinks and (in summer) ice cream in the office</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Company parties at any time of the year: Time together is important to us - celebrate with us at the spring, summer, fall and winter parties at various locations in Cologne</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Corporate benefits: Benefit from discount codes for various brands in the areas of fashion, travel, electronics, furniture, etc.</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Company pension scheme: Get advice and insurance for your future</li><li class="leading-relaxed">Flexible trust-based working hours: Find the right work-life balance for you with core working hours from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and compensation days for your overtime.</li></ul>##### AND NOW?We firmly believe that the best ideas come from a diverse mix of perspectives, which is why we welcome everyone! Regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or whether you have a disability - we look forward to receiving your application.Does that sound exciting to you? Then let's go, we look forward to receiving your application!##### About usbuild a rocket is a consulting agency that specializes in the implementation, planning and conception of projects, strategies and campaigns in the Esports segment.We support our clients and partners in the realization of creative solutions that are always authentic and effective at the same time.The company was founded in 2016 by Alexander Albrecht and Tobias Heim. Our team operates from an office in the heart of Cologne's Ehrenfeld district. We have been part of the Sportfive family since 2021.##### Your application!We are excited that you are interested in becoming a part of build a rocket! Please upload your application using this form. A cover letter is not a must, nevertheless we are happy about a short outline of your motivation :-) If you have any difficulties uploading your application, please contact people@buildarocket.com.*

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