Creative Director

Position: Creative Director

Company: AdPulse Digital Pvt. Ltd.

Location: Hyderabad (On-site)

Experience: 10–15 Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

AdPulse Digital is looking for an experienced and visionary Brand Head to lead brand strategy, creative direction, client relationships, and integrated marketing initiatives across multiple industries.

This role is responsible for building powerful brand narratives, defining creative strategies, guiding the creative and social media teams, and ensuring every campaign delivers business impact. The ideal candidate should combine strategic thinking, branding expertise, storytelling, client management, and leadership capabilities to drive exceptional results for clients.

The Brand Head will serve as the strategic lead for client accounts and act as the bridge between business objectives, brand positioning, creative execution, and marketing performance.

Key Responsibilities

Brand Strategy & Positioning

• Develop comprehensive brand strategies for clients across Real Estate, Healthcare, Education, Finance, Technology, Retail, and other sectors.

• Define brand vision, positioning, messaging frameworks, tone of voice, and communication strategies.

• Build long-term brand roadmaps aligned with business goals.

• Conduct market research, consumer insights analysis, and competitor benchmarking.

• Create differentiated brand propositions that help clients stand out in competitive markets.

Creative Leadership

• Lead and own the overall creative vision across all client accounts.

• Guide creative teams including designers, video editors, content writers, social media strategists, and marketing specialists.

• Review and approve creative concepts, campaign ideas, visual identities, and communication frameworks.

• Ensure consistency across branding, digital campaigns, websites, social media, videos, presentations, and marketing collateral.

• Drive innovation and introduce fresh creative approaches, storytelling formats, and brand-building initiatives.

Client Leadership & Account Ownership

• Act as the strategic advisor for key client accounts.

• Lead client discovery sessions, workshops, presentations, and quarterly business reviews.

• Understand client business objectives and translate them into effective branding and marketing strategies.

• Build strong relationships with CXOs, founders, marketing heads, and decision-makers.

• Ensure high client satisfaction, retention, and account growth.

Campaign Planning & Execution

• Lead integrated marketing campaigns from ideation to execution.

• Collaborate with performance marketing, SEO, content, website, and social media teams.

• Create campaign themes, communication frameworks, launch strategies, and creative roadmaps.

• Ensure campaigns are executed on time and maintain the highest quality standards.

• Monitor campaign effectiveness and optimize based on performance insights.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead and mentor creative, content, branding, and social media teams.

• Establish creative processes, quality standards, and performance benchmarks.

• Conduct brainstorming sessions and foster a culture of innovation.

• Identify skill gaps and support team development.

• Build a high-performance creative culture within the organization.

Business Growth & Agency Development

• Contribute to new business pitches and client acquisition efforts.

• Lead branding workshops and strategic presentations for prospective clients.

• Identify opportunities to expand client engagement across branding, content, social media, performance marketing, and digital transformation initiatives.

• Support agency positioning, thought leadership, and market presence.

Required Skills & Expertise

• 10–15 years of experience in Branding, Creative Strategy, Marketing, Advertising, or Agency Leadership.

• Proven experience developing brand strategies for multiple industries.

• Strong understanding of consumer behavior, brand psychology, storytelling, and market positioning.

• Exceptional creative thinking and conceptualization skills.

• Strong presentation, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams including creative, content, design, social media, and marketing professionals.

• Strong understanding of digital marketing, social media, content marketing, website experience, and brand communication.

• Ability to convert business objectives into compelling brand narratives and campaigns.

Preferred Background

• Experience in Digital Agencies, Advertising Agencies, Branding Consultancies, or Integrated Marketing Agencies.

• Prior experience managing multiple client accounts simultaneously.

• Exposure to industries such as Real Estate, Healthcare, Education, Finance, Technology, Retail, and D2C Brands.

• Experience working with founders, CMOs, and senior leadership teams.

Leadership Expectations

The Brand Head will be expected to:

• Own the complete brand strategy function for the agency.

• Drive creative excellence across all client accounts.

• Inspire teams with innovative ideas and strategic thinking.

• Elevate the quality of creative output and brand storytelling.

• Act as the face of AdPulse Digital for strategic branding engagements.

• Build long-term client relationships and contribute to agency growth.

Why Join AdPulse Digital?

• Opportunity to lead branding and creative strategy for diverse national and regional brands.

• High ownership and decision-making authority.

• Work directly with founders and business leaders.

• Build and lead a talented creative team.

• Drive meaningful business impact through strategic branding and marketing.

• Significant growth and leadership opportunities within a fast-growing agency.

Work Location: In person