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Executive Creative Director

The Mx Group
Willowbrook, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 3/11/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/10/2025

MX is searching for an Executive Creative Director who understands and embraces the complexity of B2B marketing and advertising to lead creative and inspire creative thinking throughout the agency. This person will help grow the agency by creating work that drives measurable impact for clients. A collaborative, generous culture is very important to us, and this role's perspective must be to influence and contribute positively.

What We Will Value in You

  • An individual who has held creative leadership roles at growing agencies.
  • A strong talent for uniting diverse skills to develop impactful, integrated campaigns.
  • Passion and enthusiasm.
  • A collaborative mindset.
  • An inclination for innovation and using the digital world to its fullest.
  • Ability and interest in turning complex B2B offerings into easy-to-get, persuasive, breakthrough work.

What You'll Do

  • Creative Leadership & Vision
  • Define and drive the agency's creative vision, ensuring alignment with business objectives and client needs.

  • Lead the development of B2B-focused brand strategies, messaging frameworks, and multi-channel campaigns that drive measurable business outcomes.
  • Push creative boundaries while maintaining brand consistency and market relevance.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams including content, strategy, account, digital, and media, to develop effective, integrated marketing solutions.
  • Work closely with the CEO and participate as a member of the leadership team to focus on key strategies and growth initiatives for the agency, establishing yourself as a creative and influential leader of the agency.
  • Help grow the agency's reputation and awareness of it in the industry.
  • Team Leadership & Growth
  • Establish ways of working that bring together different perspectives to increase the creative energy throughout the agency.

  • Participate in selling work to clients and prospects that builds credibility and helps the agency meet its financial objectives.
  • Inspire, mentor, and lead a team of designers, copywriters, content marketers, and video producers to produce high-impact work.
  • Foster a high-performance creative culture that attracts and retains top talent.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends and innovations in AI, personalization, and digital experiences.
  • Leverage martech, automation tools, and analytics to enhance creative effectiveness.
  • Use data-driven insights to refine creative strategies and optimize campaign performance.
  • What We're Looking For

  • Minimum 10-15 years of experience in creative roles, primarily within a B2B-focused agency, with the most recent years in a leadership position.
  • A dynamic portfolio showcasing a wide range of creative expertise, including innovative designs, compelling content, and strategic campaigns for B2B clients
  • Strategic thinking that translates into business strategy and drives impact for our clients
  • Experience leading the development and implementation of integrated marketing programs that increase awareness and drive demand.
  • A commitment to in-person collaboration and a strong desire to build relationships in the office several days a week
  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, communications, or a related field.
  • Compensation Range : $225,000 - $275,000 annually bonus potential. MX believes it will pay this pay range for this position at the time of this posting. Compensation will be determined based on the applicant's experience, skills, and qualifications in addition to the requirements of the position. MX reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. MX also offers a competitive benefits package that includes generous vacation time, group medical, dental and vision plans, disability and life insurance plans, and a 401K retirement plan.

    About Us

    A leading B2B marketing agency, MX is one of the fastest growing agencies in the U.S. and was named B2B Marketing's Agency of the Year in 2022. We consistently receive awards for both our work and our company culture, including being named one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Chicago for nine years in a row and the Best and Brightest in the Nation for the third consecutive year. We help our clients elevate their brands, drive demand & increase loyalty through a combination of : Strategy & Insights, Creative & Production, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing & Media, Lead Gen & Nurture, Channel Marketing, Digital Experience, and Martech & Data.

    MX is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. That means we not only provide equal opportunity and consideration to all employees and applicants for employment - we welcome it. We won't unlawfully discriminate on the basis of gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, and any other category protected by law, because we believe diversity drives us to deliver more valuable and meaningful experiences to clients and employees.

    During the recruitment process, MX will only communicate using our corporate domain name (themxgroup.com) and will never ask for personal information other than contact information and job history until an offer has been made. Additionally, MX will never request that you purchase anything during any part of the recruitment or hiring process. You can read more about detecting and reporting employment scams at the Internet Crime Complaint Center and Federal Trade Commission websites. If you see an MX job posting that you suspect may be fraudulent, please send an email to recruiting@themxgroup.com so we can review it promptly.

    Salary : $225,000 - $275,000

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