Associate Creative Director Team

SPCSHP (previously known as Big Spaceship) is an independent agency of creative specialists exploring new ways to engage and connect with people. We are a diverse community of "explorers, not settlers" looking to help brands make meaningful human connections through curiosity and belief. Partnering with brands like Starbucks, Google, JP Morgan Chase, Tia, Fast Twitch, and more. Remote-first with over 100 humans and constantly growing, we are thrilled with your interest in joining our crew!

SPCSHP is looking for an Associate Creative Director Team. The team will work with the Group Creative Director to lead an exciting piece of new business for an iconic brand in the QSR space. They will be a trusted partner to clients to understand and appreciate their marketing challenges while evolving their brand for today’s competitive landscape.

Role + Responsibilities:

• Develop 360 campaigns that push the brand forward and reflect a firm understanding of the communications objective, client nuances, and timing/budget parameters.
• Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight(s) and creative inspiration.
• Set high creative standards that lead to a body of work that creates enthusiastic customers and clients, and is consistently recognized by agency management as “on strategy” and unique to the QSR sector.
• Ensure that creative presentations to the client meet the highest professional standards.
• Collaborate with all disciplines across the agency to produce projects of creative excellence.
• Be comfortable with production and post-production with minimal supervision.
• Be social-media savvy — up to date on the latest trends and conversations (specifically in the QSR space).
• Lead the creative efforts on new business assignments, as needed.  

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience at an advertising agency with QSR brands
• Must be based in NYC or Chicago. 
• Portfolio of work demonstrating conceptual capabilities in all mediums 
• A proven track record of conceptual creative ability and judgment
• Successful client contact experience and ability to grow business organically
• The ability to work collaboratively with cross-disciplinary teams
• Excellent presentation skills
• Successful experience in managing creatives