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About the Role
Ready Set Rocket is seeking an Executive Creative Director (Managing Director) to set and steward the creative vision, turning complex client challenges into compelling stories and integrated work that resonates with audiences and drives meaningful outcomes. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can inspire teams, strengthen ideas and storytelling, and build persuasive creative narratives.
Responsibilities
- Set and elevate RSR's creative vision, establishing a clear point of view on what makes an idea compelling, culturally relevant, and worthy of an audience’s attention.
- Champion concept and storytelling across video, digital, social, paid media, campaigns, and experiences, ensuring the work has both emotional depth and measurable impact.
- Lead and develop copy and design leadership, setting a consistently high creative bar while giving discipline leads the clarity, direction, and support to produce their strongest work.
- Turn complex, technical, or institutional subject matter into accessible and compelling stories that connect with people and inspire action.
- Shape persuasive creative narratives and presentations that bring ideas to life, build client confidence, and create momentum around ambitious work.
- Use creativity as a growth lever by expanding client scopes, strengthening senior-level partnerships, and supporting new business wins.
- Lead the Creative Department as a business unit, setting standards, shaping team structure, developing creative talent, and ensuring sustainable delivery and financial performance.
- Strengthen RSR's position within Sia by demonstrating how powerful ideas and storytelling amplify consulting, strategy, and end-to-end client impact.
Requirements
- 15+ years of creative experience within a full-service digital or integrated agency, including senior-level leadership overseeing both copy and design.
- Proven experience operating as an Executive Creative Director or equivalent — leading integrated work, senior teams, and high-stakes client engagements.
- Strong creative judgment across visual systems and storytelling, with the ability to set standards without hands-on execution.
- Demonstrated business acumen, including ownership of creative staffing, project scoping, budgets, and contribution to agency growth.
- Exceptional client presence and presentation skills, with experience selling bold ideas to senior stakeholders.
Skills
- Conceptual thinking
- Narrative development
- Uncovering human stories
- Creative leadership
- Inspiring teams
- Strengthening ideas and storytelling
- Building and presenting persuasive creative narratives
- Commanding client rooms
- Cross-functional collaboration
Location
- New York City
- Charlotte
- Seattle
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 15+ years
- Senior-level leadership
- Executive Creative Director or equivalent
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree preferably in Design, Advertising, Communications, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Salary/Compensations
- Base Salary: $250,000+
- Annual Performance Bonus (appraisal)
Benefits
- Robust Health Coverage
- 3 Medical plans
- Dental and Vision
- Life, AD&D and other voluntary insurance
- Tax-Advantaged Accounts
- 401K retirement plan
- 4% matching and 100% vested upon enrollment
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health, Dependent Care, Commuter
- Family Friendly Benefits
- 100% paid parental leave for all new parents with eligible tenure
- Building Healthy Families program if enrolled through Medical plan
- Time Off to Recharge
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy
- 9 company holidays plus 1 floating holiday
- Extras that Make Life Easier
- College savings and student loan repayment assistance
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to wellness programs at no cost if enrolled through Medical plan
- Gym membership reimbursement
- LiveHealth Online virtual care
- Personalized support from a Well-being Coach
- Employee Assistance Program at no cost
- Free confidential counseling and emotional support services
- On-demand access to Emotional Well-being resources
About the Company
- Ready Set Rocket (A Sia Company), partners with ambitious brands to solve complex business challenges through integrated marketing, digital experience, customer strategy, creative, media, data and technology.
- We are building on significant momentum and investing in the next stage of our growth.
- Our clients look to us for strategic partnership that connects business objectives with measurable outcomes across the full customer journey.
Equal Opportunity
- At Sia, we believe in fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees and partners are valued and thrive in a sense of belonging.
- We are committed to recruiting and developing a diverse network of employees and investing in their growth by providing unique opportunities for professional and cultural immersion.
- Our commitment toward inclusion motivates dynamic collaboration with our clients, building trust by creating an inclusive environment of curiosity and learning which affects lasting impact.
- Sia is an equal opportunity employer.
- All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.