Job Description
Description
Day One Agency—Fast Company’s #1 on the Most Innovative list —is hiring!
We’re looking for a VP, Story to join our growing team. The successful candidate is ambitious, curious, and creative. A storyteller at your core, you thrive on audience connection regardless of the medium. You take pride in your work, sweat the small stuff, ask for forgiveness not permission, and go the extra mile (or three) to ensure you are doing your best work.
We’re looking for self-starters with creative agency experience who are excited to collaborate with our squad within a rewarding learning environment. Day one prides itself on being a place to grow and further your career.
Our company culture is at the core of everything we do. It’s what makes every day, Day One. We offer a highly collaborative environment where smart, passionate people come together to solve creative challenges. We work hard on the things we love. It’s how we produced e.l.f. SKIN’s first-ever global brand campaign based on cultural insights that our team unlocked and how we helped American Express make a high-fashion accessory for Fashion Week.
Our relationships power us. Our colleagues, clients, and partners are the most important part of our business. If you want to join a fast-growing, award-winning, creative team, we’d love to hear from you.
This role is full-time, requires a hybrid work schedule, and is available only in New York or Los Angeles.
Responsibilities
As the VP, Story you will be responsible for setting creative work with Day One. We believe the story is at the center of every big idea and how we say it can have a big impact on connecting with an audience— either client or consumer. You'll help lead the ideation charge at Day One and be responsible for making the complex simple through smart writing and the ability to connect the dots on big ideas.
A huge part of this role is leading the team out of the ambiguity and into a clear direction. To succeed, you’ll need to be someone who doesn’t wait to be told what to do or where to go, but sets clarity around work and deliverables with a vision of what success looks like.
- Oversee creative ideation and lead brainstorm sessions
- Deeply grounded in culture and focus on connecting to the things people care about.
- Attend client meetings and act a creative leader for Day One
- Manage a team of creative strategists, copywriters, and world builders
- Collaborate with teams across agency to bring ideas to life
- Lead integrated agency team and client meetings
- Develop copy for project and top-edit our biggest ideas
- Be a trusted resource for clients for your unique POV
- Bring outside thinking and new directions to each assignment
- Push us to think beyond the everyday executions
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience as part of a creative team
- 4+ years in a role overseeing a team and leading campaigns
- Background in creative writing and idea development
- Strong network of freelance writers, makers, and creative talent
- Familiarity designing across platforms from digital, print, and experiential
- High level of understanding of earned media
- Agile, nimble, and able to pivot quickly
- Have IAT experience
Major Bonus If You
- Have experience working at creative communication agencies
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The company does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of work visas.
Compensation + Benefits
We value all of our employees and are happy to provide comprehensive benefits to help support them holistically in the best way we can. We offer all our employees:
- Health Care (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- Paid Time Off and Company Paid Holidays
- Summer Fridays
- 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
- Lifestyle Spending Account
- Paid Parental Leave
- Commuter Benefits
- Company Credit Card
- Uber & Lyft Business Account
- New Business Referral Bonus Employee Referral Bonus
The Company is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base compensation range for this role is $160,000-$180,000 and this position is eligible for benefits that include medical insurance (health, dental, and vision), retirement plan, paid time off, paid parental leave, new business and employee referral bonuses, etc. Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for New York City based hires only and is provided pursuant to the New York City Pay Transparency Law. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as candidates' relevant work experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
About Day One Agency
We move the world by stopping it in its scroll with stories that earn.
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