Consultant Associate Creative Director

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Job Description:

Consultant Associate Creative Director

Contract Type: 6 month fixed-term contract

Your role within the Kingdom
The Associate Creative Director Consultant will join our in-house agency for a fixed-term 6-month contract to provide expert analysis and guidance to the Marketing Studio’s Performance Marketing team. This role will focus on assessing current creative workflows, advising on leadership and team development, and working closely with the Associate Production Director to implement improvements that will elevate the team's creative output and leadership capabilities.

Core Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Associate Production Director to thoroughly analyse the team’s operational workflows, balancing creativity with the high-volume demands typical in Performance Marketing.
• Evaluate current team dynamics, leadership approaches, and collaboration models within the team.
• Provide strategic recommendations and an action plan aimed at improving:
• Team collaboration: Strengthen communication, cooperation, and trust within the team.
• Decision-making processes: Offer guidance to improve clarity, consistency, and accountability in the team’s decision-making.
• Creative vision: Support the team in aligning creative strategies with business goals and driving more innovative ideas.
• Leadership development: Advise on building a sustainable, consistent leadership approach within the team, focusing on professional growth for the lead creative and senior creatives.
• Work alongside the Associate Production Director to ensure these strategies are actionable and integrated into the team's workflow.
• Conduct workshops and offer tailored coaching on creative leadership, team communication, and creating a positive team culture.
• Provide ongoing support to the Associate Production Director and lead creative, serving as an advisor on creative direction and team leadership without assuming direct leadership responsibility.
• Track progress and provide detailed reports on team improvements and areas for continued focus.

Skills to Create Thrills:

• Proven experience as a Creative Director or consultant with expertise in performance marketing or user acquisition-focused creative.
• Strong background in advising creative teams on leadership development, workflow improvements, and strengthening collaboration.
• Ability to develop strategic recommendations that balance creative exploration with data-driven performance needs.
• Expertise in mentoring and advising teams to build cohesive, empowered groups with strong leadership capabilities.

About King:

At King, we're Making the World Playful. Heard of Candy Crush? We're the creators behind it. With game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in Dublin, San Francisco, New York, and Malta, we have a 20-year history of delivering some of the world's most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry and are on a mission to level-up the little moments for our more than 200 million active monthly users. But we aren't just crushing it with candies, we're also behind Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch, Pet Rescue and loads of other sweet games. As a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, King is part of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes:

King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity, equity and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation, and that change only happens when we all come together. It’s our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community.

Making the World Playful:

Making the World Playful is our mission – it’s the thread that connects our people, our players, and our passion for our games. Let’s face it, who doesn’t love a bit of fun?

Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. But our players aren’t the only ones that can level-up. We’re always looking for ways to champion each other and make what’s already great, even better.

So, if this feels like a fun way to spend your days, and you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful.

Applications need to be in English.
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