CREATIVE HEAD RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: August 29, 2024 - The Creative Head leads the creative development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns across various platforms, ensuring alignment with brand strategy and maximizing creative impact. This position utilizes consumer insights to craft compelling content and manage digital collaborations with influencers while optimizing performance through setting and analyzing key metrics. This role oversees the recruitment and retention of top creative talent, negotiates critical contracts, and fosters cross-functional relationships to enhance creativity and drive business results.

Tips for Creative Head Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume

1. Creative Head, Aquent Studios, New York, NY

Job Summary:

  • Drive overall creative output in every area of execution for the best performance for the business.
  • Create engaging & responsive, customer-focused communications across all vehicles and channels.
  • Drive and inspire creative ideation and new ideas
  • Identify and scope areas of creative work that should be brought in-house and help build infrastructure to facilitate
  • Working with Finance, determine ROI for In-house model and ensure the projected ROI is attainable each year.
  • Determine Org structure to support capability
  • Develop PMs and Account Service teams to build an agile workflow that is flexible to execute all levels of creative
  • Establish a hiring practice that attracts the best talent
  • Fiscal responsibility for the production budget
  • Employ Production Consultation to ensure all productions are being executed in the most cost-effective way without compromising creative output
  • Stay abreast of evolving industry and emerging trends & technologies


Skills on Resume: 

  • Creative Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-Channel Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Ideation and Innovation (Soft Skills)
  • In-House Creative Development (Hard Skills)
  • Financial ROI Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Organizational Design (Soft Skills)
  • Agile Workflow Management (Hard Skills)
  • Talent Acquisition (Soft Skills)

2. Creative Head, Blue Sky Studios, Greenwich, CT

Job Summary:

  • Recruit, manage, and retain brilliant creative talent
  • Drive creative development and lead integrated performance and brand marketing campaigns across social, programmatic, TV, OOH, and other formats as applicable in partnership with media buyers and external creative partners
  • Ensure maximum creative effectiveness by setting, measuring, and optimizing short and long-term key performance indicators
  • Embrace consumer insights and research to deliver creative that resonates with the target audience
  • Develop and maintain cross-functional relationships and best practices that delivers high-quality creativity while ensuring brand alignment and performance
  • Negotiate critical contract terms and escalate to key stakeholders when necessary
  • Identify, evaluate, and select appropriate vendors, tools, and software
  • Planning & execution of digital media content across channels like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, etc.
  • Styling & art direction for photo & video shoots
  • Managing digital collaborations with social influencers


Skills on Resume: 

  • Recruitment and Talent Management (Soft Skills)
  • Integrated Marketing Campaigns (Hard Skills)
  • Performance Measurement (Hard Skills)
  • Consumer Insights Application (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Contract Negotiation (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor and Tool Selection (Hard Skills)
  • Digital Media Content Planning (Hard Skills)

3. Creative Head, VMLY&R, Kansas City, MO

Job Summary:

  • Building a recognizable and consistent visual brand identity across core marketing assets including the blog, email, downloadables, social, web, video, and product marketing. 
  • Align with key brand stakeholders in leadership, product, and content to ensure the visual brand matches developments within Recruitee.
  • Encourage open feedback loops with the aim of improving quality and visual consistency throughout Recruitee (not limited to the creative team).
  • Understand what customers want to see from the recruiter by conducting regular customer research on visual brand identity and lead adjustments accordingly.
  • Assess creative workflows to improve efficiency.
  • Led the creative team (currently 4 FTE) and maintained oversight into all ongoing projects in marketing design, video, web design, and motion design.
  • Lead brainstorming/creative sessions to generate ideas for all three verticals such as consumer digital, consumer and corporate multimedia, and consumer visual merchandise
  • Set team strategies, action plans, and processes for the creative verticals. 
  • Identify and set up best-in-class organizational practices and operating processes
  • Take complete ownership of quality across all output from the creative verticals


Skills on Resume: 

  • Visual Brand Development (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Feedback Integration (Soft Skills)
  • Customer Research (Hard Skills)
  • Workflow Optimization (Hard Skills)
  • Creative Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Idea Generation (Soft Skills)
  • Strategic Planning (Hard Skills)

4. Creative Head, Big Spaceship, Brooklyn, NY

Job Summary:

  • Creating, developing, and growing NFT's creative direction, engaging users with only the highest quality digital assets and collectibles
  • Develop a creative strategy for the NFTs that spans all channels including marketing, product, and partnerships
  • Provide art direction guidance to team members
  • Explore, problem-solve, and communicate creative ideas to stakeholders in the form of visual explorations and inspiring presentations
  • Communicate design direction, decisions, and rationale directly with Co-Founders, PR/marketing and growth team
  • Ensuring the quality, performance, and timely execution of creative initiatives
  • Engage with stakeholders on milestones, providing clear communication of plans and providing visibility of progress, risks, and deliverables
  • Work closely with the Growth and PR/Marketing team to build all materials
  • Concept and develop high-profile brand marketing campaigns while guiding junior members of the team, including designers, writers, editors, and motion support to execute on that vision.
  • Partner with Creative and Business teams to come up with and execute ideas with lasting impact on the brand.
  • Make sure work is brief, in the YouTube tone, and help lead it through from conception to approval, and into production.


Skills on Resume: 

  • NFT Creative Direction (Hard Skills)
  • Creative Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
  • Art Direction (Soft Skills)
  • Stakeholder Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Quality Control (Hard Skills)
  • Campaign Development (Hard Skills)
  • Collaborative Execution (Soft Skills)
  • Conceptualization and Leadership (Soft Skills)

5. Creative Head, Clique Studios, Chicago, IL

Job Summary:

  • Led the conceptualization and implementation of all internally produced digital media creatives, art, and copywriting materials, for consumer, B2B, corporate, and retail merchandising
  • Conceive, implement and oversee creative strategies in various formats such as digital, print, and multimedia, that are contextualized using multidimensional knowledge of media, data-driven design, and the customer
  • Develop a creative strategy that not only meets customer requirements but delivers the core values and attributes of the brand
  • Deliver cutting-edge creative solutions to drive the brand forward
  • Act as a thought leader within the business around creative concepts and brand experience
  • Owning the creative output across the board and driving excellence through every area of the business through collaborative working
  • Coach and lead the creative team to deliver high quality, multi-channel campaigns
  • Own and contribute to creative campaigns, ensuring designers are producing work to a very high standard in an efficient manner.
  • Approve all new campaigns and creative sign-off
  • Proven track record of creative leadership


Skills on Resume: 

  • Creative Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
  • Digital Media Production (Hard Skills)
  • Brand Management (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-Channel Campaign Leadership (Hard Skills)
  • Team Leadership and Coaching (Soft Skills)
  • Art Direction (Hard Skills)
  • Copywriting Expertise (Hard Skills)
  • Quality Assurance (Soft Skills)