Senior Creative (Advertising)

Raydar is looking for a Senior Creative to join their growing team. You will be an ideas-driven thinker – a talented senior art director with writing ability, or an experienced copywriter with a good eye.

Who we are

Raydar is Australasia's leading strategic activation agency. We combine intelligence, creativity and best-in-class execution to produce game-changing campaigns that influence choice for some of New Zealand's leading brands.

The role

The Senior Creative role is a vital position within our growing business. This is an opportunity for you to make a real contribution within a dynamic company, and to make a mark for your career. You will be vital in forging exciting change in a new and evolving space within the industry.

You'll join a dynamic team of creatives and designers in a pivotal position as we continue to create distinctive, award-winning work that shifts the boundaries of strategic activation campaigns.

You will be a conceptual and visual expert. Along with the Head of Creative, you will be responsible for driving the creative reputation of the agency. You will maintain a strong focus on creating brave, disruptive and inspiring ideas and will work with the Design Director and the creative and design teams to execute these to the highest standard.

The work we produce is ideas-led, wide-ranging and integrated in it's approach. So you will have a multi-disciplinary ability to develop strong ideas that can be expressed through wide-ranging channels and touch-points from outdoor, digital, social through to instore and experiential touchpoints.

You will possess strong leadership skills to provide mentorship to other members of the creative team. In this role, you will assist and coordinate the execution of projects throughout the agency team, as well as oversee external partners and resources to execute campaigns.

This role is a client facing role, so it is essential that you are a confident and clear communicator to be able to persuasively present ideas and foster strong relationships with our clients.

Qualities and experience required

• The ability to translate and develop strategic thinking into fresh and effective concepts.
• A passion for big ideas that inspire people and influence choice.
• The ability to create and direct effective campaigns across multiple channels.
• A team mindset and ability to lead and inspire.
• The ability to present persuasively and compellingly in selling our creative work.

Why work with us

Renowned for our culture, our people and our work, we are a values-based company and were proudly awarded Australasian Agency of the Year in our category at the B&T Awards 2018.

You will be part of a supportive and positive work environment, surrounded by a team who absolutely love what they do and the people they work with. You will collaborate with a team at the top of their game on a wide range of leading New Zealand brands including; V Energy, Gatorade, Anchor, Tip-Top, Heineken, DB Export, Weet-Bix, Brancott Estate, Jameson and Moccona to name a few.

We are part of the Clemenger Group, New Zealand's largest and most successful group of advertising communications companies with eight agencies in NZ and 16 in Australia –including Colenso BBDO, 99 and Perceptive. In turn, the Clemenger Group is part of the highly awarded global BBDO network.

This means, when you join us, you will be part of a highly regarded global network but working for a 100% locally managed group that truly values its employees by promoting an inclusive workplace where diversity is embraced.

The opportunities are many; from development and coaching, a staff share scheme, enhanced parental leave payments, discounted health insurance, the ability to work flexibly, an employee assistance programme and wellbeing initiatives, through to a superb agency building & location.

How to apply

If this opportunity sounds exciting and you want to find out more, please apply via the job ad.

Please note: Direct applications will not be considered and all applicants must have valid rights to work in New Zealand.