Etaash Consultants
Website:
etaashconsultants.com
Job details:
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 client’s US leadership, the team combines world-class creativity, business knowledge, and client’s powerful brand equity to help its teams make an impact with buyers.
The Key Responsibilities Will Include
Leadership and team inspiration
- 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.
- Coach and oversee professional growth for India-based team leaders and members.
- Create a collaborative, empowering environment that delivers creative excellence and attracts, develops, and retains top-tier creative talent.
- Understand the go-to-market strategies for each business and the development and adoption of best practices across businesses.
- Lead the integration and alignment of India based professionals across geographies, including parts of North America.
Creativity strategy and persuasive communication
- Set the creative vision and strategy, guiding teams in leveraging advanced art, design, and branding principles to deliver engaging visual stories and proposals.
- Champion the use of “design thinking” methodologies to turn complex business ideas into compelling creative solutions.
- Establish standards for communicating creative visions clearly to diverse audiences (clients, internal stakeholders, etc.).
- Guide teams and professionals to create innovative solutions within the framework of the proposal and other deliverables.
Business acumen and innovation
- Demonstrate and cultivate across teams’ full expertise and understanding of the end-to-end proposal process.
- Align creative solutions with business objectives and client requirements, maintaining a strong brand identity throughout.
- 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.
- 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
- Provide strategic direction and oversight on creative support for the pursuit pipeline in close collaboration with US leadership.
- Establish frameworks and best practices for resource management, empowering teams to efficiently deliver high-quality outputs.
- Deliver regular utilization and efficiency reports to leadership.
- Set and uphold standards for accuracy and quality across creative outputs.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- MBA or master’s 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 rajesh@etaashconsultants.com for a discussion.
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