Creative Director - Associate Vice President

Our client, a leading global professional services organization is looking for a Creative Director – Associate Vice President for its multi-functional captive Shared Services Center (SSC) in India.

Role: Creative Director - Associate Vice President

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Timings: 2:00 PM–11:00 PM (IST)

Company Description

A leading Global Professional Services Organization - Client of Etaash Talent Solutions

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role. This role involves leading a team of 70+ India-based creatives responsible for the ideation, execution, and production of high-impact, memorable proposal and sales deliverables. Aligned with the vision and priorities of the clients US leadership, the team combines world-class creativity, business knowledge, and clients powerful brand equity to help its teams make an impact with buyers.

The Key Responsibilities Will Include

Leadership and team inspiration

1. Inspire and guide an India-based creative team (designers, copywriters, videographers, UI/UX specialists) to achieve and align with the priorities of US creative leadership.
2. Coach and oversee professional growth for India-based team leaders and members.
3. Create a collaborative, empowering environment that delivers creative excellence and attracts, develops, and retains top-tier creative talent.
4. Understand the go-to-market strategies for each business and the development and adoption of best practices across businesses.
5. Lead the integration and alignment of India based professionals across geographies, including parts of North America.

Creativity strategy and persuasive communication

1. Set the creative vision and strategy, guiding teams in leveraging advanced art, design, and branding principles to deliver engaging visual stories and proposals.
2. Champion the use of design thinking methodologies to turn complex business ideas into compelling creative solutions.
3. Establish standards for communicating creative visions clearly to diverse audiences (clients, internal stakeholders, etc.).
4. Guide teams and professionals to create innovative solutions within the framework of the proposal and other deliverables.

Business acumen and innovation

1. Demonstrate and cultivate across teams full expertise and understanding of the end-to-end proposal process.
2. Align creative solutions with business objectives and client requirements, maintaining a strong brand identity throughout.
3. Respond to evolving industry trends, client expectations, and competitive landscape, and recommend new areas for development and training to enhance the skills, knowledge, and capabilities of the creative team.
4. Champion the integration of AI-powered and other automation tools to streamline and drive efficiencies in the strategic creative process and deliverable production and scale across the broader pipeline

Project management and organizational management

1. Provide strategic direction and oversight on creative support for the pursuit pipeline in close collaboration with US leadership.
2. Establish frameworks and best practices for resource management, empowering teams to efficiently deliver high-quality outputs.
3. Deliver regular utilization and efficiency reports to leadership.
4. Set and uphold standards for accuracy and quality across creative outputs.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• MBA or masters degree in related fields from a reputed business school
• Overall 15 to 18 years work experience in Creatives field including relevant work experience of 3 to 6 years with strong understanding of emerging technologies and digital transformation trends.
• Creative design experience with agencies is a must.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail and ability to work independently.
• Client-service exposure or experience working directly with senior leadership is preferred.
• Should possess understanding of Pursuits/presales function.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills; outstanding analytical, research and presentation skills. Knowledge of emerging technology trends and their business implications.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Solid research skills and familiarity with various research tools (Gartner, IDC, Forrester Research, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to present complex ideas succinctly to senior executives.
• Ability to present strategic insights and recommendations clearly and persuasively to various stakeholders.
• Good data visualization skills and ability to present data analysis in intuitive graphical and tabular formats.
• Hands-on experience working on Generative AI tools. Exposure to prompt engineering is an added advantage.

Interested Please submit your resume and cover letter to [HIDDEN TEXT] for a discussion.