Sr. Creative Director

Job Description

Role Purpose

NBC Sports Marketing Creative team is seeking an exceptionally talented Senior Creative Director who can push creative boundaries with ideas and concepts that innovate and engage our audiences. The Senior Creative Director will work on some of NBC Sports most high priority properties including the NBA. The ideal candidate should be a collaborative leader who can motivate a team to generate exceptional creative executions. This position requires a person with a unique talent for creating combustible cultural moments with the invention of smart, high impact, original creative that drive viewership, make people stop and interact with our sports properties.

Essential Responsibilities

• Work as the Creative Lead on multiple campaigns, collaborating directly with social, and consumer engagement teams to make sure creative is both on brand and achieving our strategic goals.
• Interpret strategy into a clear and concise creative brief and kickstart the team by providing them all the information to guarantee success.
• Evangelize creative to senior leadership and other stakeholders.
• Work with Project Managers to manage the timeline, budget and creation of entire video campaigns including, promos, shoots, social / digital, Ad Sales deliverables (each with a unique point of view and creative purpose)
• Lead a team of writer / producer / editors and outside vendors as the head visionary of each project. Provide guidance on the creative POV of content to reach multiple audience targets with unique, individual creative executions.
• Bring big, innovative ideas to every project with work that immediately grabs attention and appeals to more than just the sports fans.
• Take big swings with big concepts and be willing to fail in pursuit of something different and extraordinary
• Collaborate with NBC Sports Production members, ideating and executing creative that is on-brand for both the Marketing content and NBC Sports production needs.
• Seek out and mentor new talent and discover new creative agencies to help elevate creative
• Be willing to jump in and get your hands dirty by writing and producing promos, sizzles, social & digital as needed.
• Be a flexible team player and self-starter, with the ability to multitask and share project responsibilities.
• Interface with the creative community as well as all levels of the NBC organization.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

Desired Characteristics

Additional Requirements

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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