SVP, Creative Director

Barkley is looking for a Creative Director with a copy or art background to help lead our Kansas City office. 

You're a driven, passionate, buttoned-up creative leader who wants to help build a creative department to be proud of. You're a mentor, a great thinker and presenter, and someone who collaborates openly and eagerly, while also bringing a strong perspective to every project. 

This gig is leading, making, and bringing others along for the ride. It's helping steer the brands in our creative department, being a cultural leader, and being a trusted partner to every client on your roster. 

You'll partner with strategy directors and brand leaders, and grow your team by challenging them and supporting them. 

This role will report to an EVP, Creative. 

Qualifications

• You have a book that shows your conceptual prowess and proves you're passionate about work that spans the modern consumer journey, from TV, digital, social, mobile, experiential, and the unknown. 
• You understand, appreciate, and are a student and teacher of the craft of copywriting or art direction. 
• You have experience leading creative teams, mentoring your creatives, helping them grow, and succeed.
• You are a skilled presenter and active listener, taking clients on the journey of how we got to our recommendation, with an ability to defend our work without being defensive about our work.
• You play well with others, respect other disciplines, and are ready and willing to roll up your sleeves, get in the trenches, and make great work together. 
• You get a rush out of using creativity to solve real business problems, and have no problem sitting across from CMOs and CEOs and championing our ideas. 
• You have at least 3+ years in a creative leadership role.