Creative Director

Creative Director

- Reports into: Executive Creative Director
- 1-3 years relevant experience in a Creative Director role

ABOUT AMPLIFY

We’re a global creative agency, specialising in experience and culture, with offices in London, Sydney and LA, and have plans for further global expansion. We create campaigns and experiences that can be amplified across every touchpoint, reimagining how we engage, immerse and entertain audiences. We strive to build worlds that place narrative design and storytelling at the heart of everything we create, captivating our audience with stories that are designed to be shared.

We have a dream list of clients, including Nike, Google, PlayStation, Samsung, Netflix and Levi’s and have delivered, and are delivering, some of the most innovative and inspiring campaigns in our category. Our ambition is to help our clients to contribute to the culturally rich world that surrounds us in a meaningful way with the work that we create.

THE TEAM

The Amplify Sydney office is also the APAC HQ. We are a small, growing team of passionate creative thinkers that have fostered a deeply collaborative inter-departmental working culture.The small but mighty permanent Amplify Sydney creative team is supplemented by our ever-expanding network of freelance specialists. On any given day you could be collaborating with designers, copywriters and animators as well as architects, fashion designers and machine learning experts.Our work spans an ever-evolving variety of mediums, including but not limited to experiential campaigns and event design (B2C, B2B and B2E), earned media promotions, world-first film and social campaigns and innovative disruptive media.

As Creative Director you will be at the forefront of defining and shaping the work with both the internal and external team across a portfolio of client projects and new business initiatives. You will be supported by the Executive Creative Director.

THE ROLE

The key things that you’re here to do as the Creative Director are;

Be curious. Bring big and brave ideas to the table
Be a creative leader across pitches, projects and campaigns
Be as comfortable creating brand experiences as you are content-led and integrated campaigns.
Work closely with business directors and strategy directors to unpack briefs
Articulate big ideas that can cascade into compelling campaigns
Build and strengthen client relationships through great creative output
Write and craft engaging presentations that will frame the big idea for our clients
Clearly present the thinking to internal teams and clients
Direct the creative process across a multitude of different disciplines including graphic design, architecture, content and beyond
Showcase ideas, collaborate with team members and continue to nurture the development of the team
Shape work that will meaningfully engage with (and possibly even shape) culture
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

You’ll be passionate about big ideas and obsessed with craft.

You’ll approach every day as a chance to challenge yourself to create work that feels fresh and innovative.

You’ll be a strategic thinker with an understanding of earned media and social engagement who will be constantly looking to disrupt and break formats.

You’ll be a self-motivated, self-sufficient, trusted creative leader, with experience in the role. Able to direct internal and external teammates across multiple disciplines to deliver exceptional results.From pitches to live campaigns you’ll be able to craft compelling narratives and deliver engaging client presentations.

You’ll be curious, engaged in culture and bring your passions to the mix of diverse thinkers that call Amplify home.

Simply put, when you work at Amplify you’re driven to make things happen, tread new ground and bring brave creative ideas to life.

HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU

We know Amplify is only ever as good as the talented people that choose to call it ‘home’. We are committed to providing the support needed for people to do their best work and have fun doing it.

These are some of the things we have in place for our employees:

22 days paid holiday plus after two years you’ll get an additional day for each year you’ve worked here (up to 5 additional days) plus we operate a day for a day lieu should you be asked to work weekends and / or public holidays
No one should have to work on their birthday, so you get that off too
Regular team and agency socials, and legendary annual winter and Christmas parties
NEXT STEPS

Due to the high volumes of applicants expected, unless you receive a response within 7 days of your application, please assume you have not been shortlisted. In that instance, we thank you for your interest and application, and wish you all the best in your search.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: $150,000.00 – $170,000.00 per year

Schedule:

8 hour shift
Weekend availability
Work Authorisation:

Australia (Required)
Work Location: In person