Creative Director - Political Consulting Firm

Role : Creative Director

Job Type : Full time position

City : Flexible

Country : India

Company Description :

- We are a political consulting organization that is working with a leading National Political Party on strategizing and operationalizing various political campaigns and initiatives.

- We seek to professionalise politics, political campaigns and electioneering in India in the coming decade. Our focus is on innovative citizen-centric advocacy through data and technology driven tools.

- The team comprises former management consultants, lawyers, engineers, political theorists, public policy professionals and other professionals from similar, yet diverse, backgrounds.

- The team has the experience of working on several successful political campaigns across the country at both the state and national levels.

Position Description :

- The role is similar to those in a large digital marketing, communication and advertising agencies. However, given the political nature of the client, it will stand you in good stead to note the following-

- You will have an opportunity to experiment and spearhead various creative approaches to media and advertising campaigns at varying scales, and expected to lead these initiatives upfront.

- While this is an interesting proposition and comes with enormous exposure, it also raises expectations on maintenance of confidentiality, innovation and creativity, display of exemplary program management skills and most importantly, on performance.

- You will have a lot more autonomy work-wise coupled with less interference, but it also requires you to be a self-starter with strong problem solving, and project management skills.

The role would be multifaceted and would require the following of the candidate :

- Experience working in Brand Identity Design, Packaging Design and Communication Design.

- Ability to understand business and conceptualize brand and design solutions.

- Strong understanding of global practices in branding and print design.

- Experience in digital, print, directing photography / shoots and production of design for spaces.

- Ability to manage a team of 5-7 highly talented designers and provide creative direction for all projects.

- Ability to work independently on projects and managing team responsibilities.

- Comfortable with ambiguity and unpredictable work hours

- Essentially, we offer an opportunity to be part of an emerging sphere with an immense opportunity to help shape the destiny of our country and enjoy personal growth, success and excellence at the same time.

Experience : 5 -10 years - experience ideally from a PR and/or Advertising background.