Chief Creative Officer

Client of Hanson Search Ltd

Employer Active

Posted 18 hrs ago

Experience

10 - 15 Years

Job Location

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia

Education

Any Graduation

Nationality

Any Nationality

Gender

Not Mentioned

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the General Manager, the CCO will be the most senior creative voice in the agency partnering closely with the CEO and Chief Strategy & Insights Officer to build a creative department where strategy and idea-making operate as a single discipline. This is a founding leadership role, not a continuation of an existing structure.

Key Responsibilities of the Chief Creative Officer

  • Architecting the Creative Department from the ground up team structure, standards, processes, and ways of working
  • Defining and championing the agency s creative philosophy, rooted in strategic rigour and platform fluency
  • Partnering with the Chief Strategy & Insights Officer to integrate insight and ideation as one unified discipline
  • Leading integrated creative output across brand campaigns, social, content, CRM, experiential, and emerging formats
  • Building and mentoring the creative team, with a focus on developing local Saudi talent and clear career pathways
  • Serving as a senior creative advisor in key client relationships, pitches, and industry thought leadership

Desired Candidate Profile

About You The Ideal Chief Creative Officer

  • A builder by instinct energised by designing a department from scratch rather than inheriting one
  • A systems thinker who creates frameworks and processes, not just individual campaigns
  • Deeply strategy-fluent, with genuine comfort partnering with strategic counterparts
  • Multi-platform by nature, with no bias toward a single channel or format
  • Culturally curious and humble approaching the Saudi market as a student as well as a leader
  • Confident at board level, entrepreneurial, and comfortable within a founding team environment
  • This opportunity suits someone looking to move to the GCC to expand their global experience as it includes a full relocation package

Skills and Experience Required for the Chief Creative Officer Role

  • Significant experience in senior creative leadership at internationally recognised agencies, at CCO or senior ECD level
  • Demonstrable experience building or fundamentally re-architecting a creative department
  • Significant cross-market experience across combinations of Europe, North America, Latin America, or APAC
  • A portfolio spanning sectors, brands, and platforms brand campaigns, digital, social, content systems, CRM, and experiential
  • Proven track record of integrating strategy and creative, with experience mentoring talent at all levels
  • Fluency in English required; experience with government or large international clients is a plus

Company Industry

  • Recruitment
  • Placement Firm
  • Executive Search

Department / Functional Area

  • Advertising
  • Media Planning
  • PR

Keywords

  • Chief Creative Officer

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Client of Hanson Search Ltd


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