Associate Creative Director, Writer - Maxwell

At Maxwell, creativity is our power for building brands that are beloved, brands that resonate with the cultural drumbeat and ring true to their roots. To help deliver impactful work for a variety of independent category leaders and up-and-coming food, wellness and hospitality brands, we’re looking for an Associate Creative Director, Writer who plays an integral role in concepting and developing creative that engages audiences and strengthens brand relevancy across several CPG accounts. This role is primarily focused on creative content for social channels, digital content and campaigns. The ACD, Writer reports directly to the Sr. Creative Director and mainly works in partnership with the account team to understand client priorities and objectives, digital strategy to apply best practices and insights, and the creative team to produce outstanding work. The ideal candidate has experience in food brands, an appetite to be in-the-know with cultural trends, and a strength in storytelling on social platforms.

Responsibilities

• Go-to resource, helping clients articulate and achieve their business goals, to build healthy, thriving client relationships as a trusted partner, problem-solver and opportunity spotter
• Sees the big picture, endlessly curious about the business, opportunities and challenges
• Establishes account priorities and develops clear project briefs to help manage expectations between agency and client
• Leads internal and client kick-off meetings to clarify roles, and expectations, discuss the briefs, and set up the project for success
• Provides strategic oversite, sharing clear feedback grounded in a strong understanding of the client’s objectives and brand positioning
• Oversees the day-to-day running of all assigned accounts to proactively develop and sustain client relationships, continually supporting clients’ business with relevant ideas to achieve their goals
• Partners and collaborates with relevant teams and disciplines to ensure the strategic development of plans and recommendations, playing a strategic role throughout the project through review, analysis, and evaluation of the work, ensuring work is aligned with the client’s needs and objectives
• Works with project management to develop scopes of work and budgets, oversees performance monitoring and budget management, taking responsibility for leading accounts for growth and profitability
• Represents the agency’s point of view with a willingness to respectfully defend counsel and challenge push back when warranted
• Contributes to agency new business development, leading pitch deck development and presentations
• Understands and embody Maxwell’s core values, becoming a model of the company’s values for employees, clients and partners
• Holds the team accountable for hitting project milestones within budget, with the help of a Project Manager
• Works with finance and project management to ensure accounts are profitable
• Keeps work flowing past bottlenecks and stays alert to scope creep

Bring Your Experience

• 7+ years’ experience, agency experience preferred
• Background in writing, creative, advertising, or related field preferred
• Experience with food CPG brands preferred
• Ability to spot and grasp key brand insights, and transform into ground-breaking creative that supports business strategy
• Brings a fresh, energetic, human-centric style to the work
• Experience leading creative projects
• Strong ability to script, storyboard and visually communicate ideas
• Detail-oriented and attuned to delivering work that captures brand nuances
• Portfolio or work samples demonstrating brand-building ideas and executions
• Strong leadership potential
• Effortless ability to collaborate with varying teams, departments and clients
• Proficiency in tools for creating presentation decks and Microsoft Suite tools
• Experience on video and photoshoots a plus
• Ability to develop tone of voice brand guide work a plus

Enjoy the Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Robust medical, dental, vision and alternative care, as well as short-term disability
• 401K match
• Hybrid work environment
• Wellness stipend
• Generous paid holidays and vacation to include "Early Out Fridays!"
• Regular check-ins and an "always on" approach to feedback and goal setting
• Professional development opportunities
• A positive, balanced work-life including hybrid work environment

Abut Us

Maxwell is a woman-owned, integrated marketing agency serving national consumer brands in food & beverage, wellness, outdoor, hospitality and tourism. Among its clients include Bob’s Red Mill, Dave’s Killer Bread, and Mountain House. It’s tight-knit, collaborative team works with marketing leaders ready to think big, embrace new opportunities and make game-changing shifts. Based in Portland, Ore., the 24-year-old company offers a flexible, hybrid work model. Its home base is a renovated art gallery complete with fully functioning test kitchen and content production studio.

How to Apply

Please email jointheteam@thinkmaxwell.com about why you’re interested in the job and what makes you most qualified, with a resume and relevant work samples.

Maxwell is an equal opportunity employer committed to meeting the needs of a multigenerational and multicultural workforce. We believe a diverse staff, reflective of our community, is an integral and welcome part of a successful and ethical business. Maxwell is actively working to better reflect the cultures of our community and the people our clients serve. We believe different values, experiences and backgrounds are not only a better representation of society they contribute to two of our most important deliverables: fresh thinking and creativity.