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Salary: USD 125,000 - 295,000 / annual
Grey, part of WPP, is seeking a Group Creative Director for their Health practice in New York. This is a leadership role responsible for managing the overall creative direction of health-focused brands and driving creative strategy for a team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage project direction and present strategic and creative direction clearly to team and clients
- Lead development and execution of creative content rooted in insights for various clients, with responsibility for overall creative output
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with clients, agency leadership, and cross-functional teams
- Participate in new business pitches and represent creative capabilities
- Provide creative leadership by setting high creative standards for teams
- Attract, recruit, and retain top creative talent to grow agency capabilities
- Address performance issues directly and in a timely manner, partnering with Executive Creative Director and HR as needed
- Train and supervise team members, overseeing their creative efforts to ensure alignment with strategy, schedule, and creative standards
- Work hands-on during all phases of projects from concept to execution
- Reports to the Executive Creative Director or Chief Creative Officer
The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who can grow young talent, inspire teams, foster healthy work culture, and inject innovative thinking into every assignment. Grey values collaborative individuals focused on the greater good, adaptability, and the ability to embrace change.
Grey is recognized as a 2025 Fast Company World Changing Ideas winner, earned 26 Lions at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, and was named a Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace by Newsweek in 2024.
Requirements:
The posting does not explicitly state years of experience, education, or specific certifications required. However, the role expects demonstrated leadership experience in creative direction, team management, client relationship building, and new business development within an agency or similar environment.
