Creative Lead

This is a Full Time Job

Job Title: Creative Lead

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid 3 days a week)

Start Date: As soon as possible

About the role:

The Junior Creative sits at the center of the day-to-day creative work in Whalar Agency's Creative team. You'll be in the room contributing ideas, shaping concepts, and taking real creative ownership across campaigns, from first spark to Creator brief. You bring a strong point of view, deep fluency in the internet and Creator culture, and a clear sense of what great creative looks like. Everything you do is in service of one standard: creative excellence.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
• Write and develop concepts, from initial ideas through to executional ways in
• Translate approved concepts into Creator briefs that are clear, inspiring, and ready to go
• Contribute to new business brainstorms and pitch development
• Review Creator shortlists through a creative lens
• Build moodboards, source photography and visual references, and set the aesthetic direction for concepts
• Craft pitch decks and creative materials that look as good as the ideas inside them
• Conduct trend research and surface reactive opportunities for clients
• Support preliminary concept and content reviews
• Partner with the Strategy team to stay close to the Creator and social ecosystem

Here’s what we’re looking for:
• 5–7 years of experience in a creative role at an agency, social, or Creator-focused environment (this role is equivalent to a Manager-level position)
• A portfolio that shows strong conceptual thinking and a sharp aesthetic eye
• Fluency in Creator culture, social platforms, and what's actually happening online
• Strong writing skills
• Design sensibility and comfort building decks and visual materials that reflect a high creative standard
• A collaborative approach to working across teams
• Ambition to grow into more senior creative leadership