Mars United℠ Commerce is a global commerce marketing practice that aligns people, technology, and intelligence to make the business of our clients better today than it was yesterday. Our worldwide capabilities coalesce into four key disciplines — Strategy & Analytics, Content & Experiences, Digital Commerce, and Retail Consultancy — that individually deliver unmatched results for clients and collectively give them an unparalleled network of seamlessly integrated functions across the entire commerce marketing ecosystem. These disciplines are powered by our industry-leading technology platform, Marilyn®, which helps marketers understand the total business impact of their commerce marketing activation, enabling them to make better decisions, create connected experiences, and drive stronger, measurable results. Learn more at https://www.marsunited.com/.

Mars United Commerce is currently seeking a Creative Director/Art to work in an onsite capacity from the client's office in the Stamford, CT area. This position leads their creative team on all strategic projects, co-manages the client relationship and oversees the quality of the team’s work. Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate strategic thinking skills through examples of their work, be a dynamic presenter, and have recent experience working on innovative, integrated campaigns. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Mentor, inspire and develop team & individual talent
• Know the business of your client’s brand, their competition and the category
• Build relationships across your cross-functional team and the agency
• Put action to the department vision and goals as it relates to your team
• Create and maintain standards for quality of your team's work
• Solve complex business problems with innovative and pragmatic creative solutions
• Lead and assign the work to secure new business wins for the agency
• Collaborate with your business partners on opportunities for growth for our clients
• Bring killer presentation style and able to add theater to virtual presentations 

SKILLSETS REQUIRED:

• 10+ years of experience in art direction in an agency environment
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic arts, communications or related field
• Conceptual leader who is still hands on and can lead by example
• Passion for business and not satisfied with status quo – always thinking of ways to improve/grow assigned client/business
• Deep knowledge of retail channels and the omni-commerce marketing principles
• Motivational leadership, inspiring cross functional team to deliver top performance against assigned business
• Dynamic, creative personality effectively engaging and influencing a variety of audiences
• Forward-looking and staying on top of trends and technology in the creative industry and related fields
• Highly organized, self-motivated
• Experience managing small-medium sized team previously
• Mastery of applicable Mac software programs.
• Expert category knowledge in the businesses you lead
• Dynamic, creative personality effectively engaging and influencing a variety of audiences
• Ability to inspire, mentor and lead with servant leadership
• Agile working style with the ability to adapt to various creative challenges while managing multiple businesses