We are Iris

About the Opportunity

We’re hiring! We are currently looking for an Account Director to join our team.  This role will focus on a top automotive experiential client. While primarily focusing on Experiential activation development and execution, an understanding of the wide variety of integrated marketing needs is essential. Building and managing relationships with external client stakeholders is essential for success and critical to the ongoing success of our growing agency.

The Account Director will work closely with our experienced Account, Strategy, Creative & Production teams to lead efforts towards helping our clients deliver elevated and luxury experiences. This is a client-facing leadership role responsible for coordinating all aspects of client interaction both virtually and on-site at events. Uniquely for this role, an automotive experiential production background is required, and a true love of the automotive industry is key.

We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment where you can jump in, quickly figure things out, roll up your sleeves, and actively push the boundaries.

Why come work for us, you ask? 

We are an award-winning multinational, integrated agency network with deep expertise in all aspects of marketing, including Brand Strategy, Experiential, Social & Content, Customer Experience and Data Science. We offer competitive benefits, a dynamic work environment and opportunities for career growth and satisfaction.

Location: Atlanta, GA

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• You will lead a luxury automotive client, which is a long-retained relationship and a tight knit team. This includes owning client satisfaction as well as finding new opportunities for our team to deliver value.
• Become and remain knowledgeable about assigned clients’ business, including marketing/communication objectives, KPIs, category, competition, etc.
• Cultivate strategic business opportunities, building key relationships, team leadership and serving as a catalyst for growth among assigned accounts. Seek out opportunities to bring additional value to clients through our capabilities and our extended network.
• Qualify client requests and develop agreed priorities by balancing level of effort and impact.
• Manage client expectations with respect to scope of work and campaign status.
• Lead the brief development process. Lead client briefing sessions and the development of Iris solution proposition. Then take part in the written and verbal creative brief in partnership with strategy counterparts. Lead client presentations, creative feedback, project implementation and scoping/budgeting, and evaluation.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and colleagues, as a strategic advisor. This role requires regular interaction with C-level clients, so professionalism is essential.
• Represent the client internally; echoing client goals and business objectives in all deliverables and communication; ensuring that all deliverables exceed client expectations and enhance our reputation.
• Schedule and lead regular and ad hoc meetings/calls/business reviews with clients.
• Communicate account successes and issues/challenges/risks in a timely manner both internally and externally. This includes ongoing needs, as well as both internal and external business reviews.
• Build and maintain trusting client relationships – be an integral part of the project delivery team and transform internal & external challenges into opportunities for growth.
• Fiscal responsibility for the client as well as for Iris.
• Proactively pursue opportunities to improve the agency beyond your day-to-day responsibilities. Be energetic about what you do, take pride in your work, and be the one bringing new ideas to the team every week.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Automotive experiential experience – this spans ideation to execution
• 12 + years’ work experience and deep experience leading a team
• Keen discernment. You will be representing the company at events and making decisions on its behalf. Professionalism, insightfulness, and remaining calm under pressure are crucial
• Evidence of effective client management and growth skillset
• Strong leadership skills and attention to detail 
• Strong relationship management skills and ability to work collaboratively across multiple groups, both internally and externally 
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment 
• Ability to travel for events
• A hybrid model. 3x/week in office (T-Thursday) minimum for non-event weeks

Education: Bachelor’s Degree (required)

About Iris

Participate or perish. It’s not just our rallying cry – it’s a creative imperative. Iris is the global creative micro-network built for brands that refuse to blend in. With 650 people across 11 offices, we help clients like Samsung, adidas, Barclays, Bentley, California Pizza Kitchen, Beiersdorf and Samsonite show up in culture with work that stands apart. Powered by Participation, and brought to life across paid, earned and owned media, our agency model is big enough to be dangerous, small enough to stay agile. Founded outside the ad establishment in 1999, Iris has always been defined by its outsider mindset – one that still drives our mission today.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and recruit on talent alone, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, education, class, sexual orientation or disability. We champion diversity and believe it not only benefits, but enhances our creativity, our company and the wider society at large.

Creative Director, Copywriter

Location: New York, NY

Hybrid: 3 days in-office per week

Purpose

• Responsible for developing great ideas and the supervision and guidance of the total creative effort of a number of copywriters and/or art directors.

Responsibilities

• Able to function as a leader in the conception, design, and creation of content for television, print, websites, and multimedia creative on projects assigned by the CCO.
• Ability to ensure the quality, craft and implementation of all work done on given projects.
• Ability to manage and mentor team of creatives including conducting performance reviews.
• Provides opportunities for learning and growth for all creative team members.
• Delegates or shares tasks/responsibilities to improve workflow.
• When necessary, presents creative strategies and concepts to clients, both internal and external.
• Understands the Client’s business, brand, products and their customers.
• Is responsible for presentation to clients when needed and structures selling arguments for work.
• Must be a player/coach, still creating much of their own work while mentoring those around them to create and produce great work.
• Strategize with brand team to anticipate problems, analyze solutions, identify alternatives and suggest recommendations.
• Partners with CCO, ECD and Strategy to inform creative strategies that will lead to great work.
• Collaborates with other departments, account management, strategy and clients to ensure extraordinary work.
• Reviews new creative design ideas and implementation tools.
• Remains current with and ahead of creative trends in the industry.
• Ensures management practices within the department are professional, timely and in the best interest of Iris’s profitability.
• Always, always, leads by example.

Competencies

• Creative Stewardship. A high standard of creative work that is award-winning, applauded by the industry and appreciated by existing clients and new business prospects.
• Relationship Management. A professional role model with positive influence who motivates colleagues. Ability to collaborate with all key stakeholders across all offices.
• Cultural Leader. Help activate and foster the Iris culture and serve as an Iris Brand Ambassador to the advertising industry.

Professional Skills & Knowledge

With a background in art direction, there must be a demonstrated working knowledge in all forms of media, traditional and nontraditional with familiarity with Macintosh software and the Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator with familiarity of .pdf and .jpeg file conversions. Must also demonstrate previous management and or mentoring experience, excellent presentation skills, strong relationship and customer service skills.

Required Experience

• Experience 10+ years in a creative leadership role, preferably in an agency, with strong collaboration with an Art Director for at least two years.
• Portfolio: A diverse portfolio showcasing work across TV, print, digital, social, and experiential mediums in various industries.
• Team Management: Ability to manage and inspire a creative team, including Art Directors and Designers, while fostering collaboration.
• Collaboration: Works well with account and strategy teams to ensure deliverables exceed client expectations.
• Technical Skills: Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides, and Microsoft Office.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal presentation skills to convey ideas effectively.
• Leadership: Excellent management skills and potential to lead teams toward achieving goals.
• Adaptability: Flexible in handling changes to briefs and priorities while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Continuous Learning: Passionate about self-improvement and driven to take initiative in projects.

Required Education & Training

Bachelor’s degree and/or two-year portfolio school preferred.

About Iris
Participate or perish. It’s not just our rallying cry – it’s a creative imperative. Iris is the global creative micro-network built for brands that refuse to blend in. With 650 people across 11 offices, we help clients like Samsung, adidas, Bentley, California Pizza Kitchen, Beiersdorf and Samsonite show up in culture with work that stands apart. Powered by Participation, and brought to life across paid, earned and owned media, our agency model is big enough to be dangerous, small enough to stay agile. Founded outside the ad establishment in 1999, Iris has always been defined by its outsider mindset – one that still drives our mission today.

Senior Art Director 

Location: Atlanta, GA

Hybrid: 3 days in-office per week

Purpose

You will be responsible for conceptualizing, creating, and producing compelling creative ideas that resonate with target audiences and align with our clients' brand identities. 

Responsibilities

• Able to function as a leader in the conception, design, and creation of content for television, print, websites, and multimedia creative on projects assigned by the Group Creative Director.
• Ability to ensure the quality, craft, and implementation of all work done on given projects.

• Create exceptional advertising concepts and take responsibility for the art direction
• Demonstrates the ability to share a compelling POV and sell work to internal stakeholders and external clients.
• Understands the Client’s business, brand, products, and their customers.
• Is responsible for presenting to clients when needed and structuring selling arguments for work.
• Strategize with the brand team to anticipate problems, analyze solutions, identify alternatives, and suggest recommendations. 
• Partners with Group Creative Directors and Strategy to inform creative strategies that will lead to great work.
• Collaborates with other departments, account management, strategy and clients to ensure extraordinary work.
• Remains current with and ahead of creative trends in the industry & culture. 

Competencies

Creative Stewardship. A high standard of creative work that is award-winning is applauded by the industry and appreciated by existing clients and new business prospects.

Relationship Management. A professional role model with positive influence who motivates colleagues. Ability to collaborate with all key stakeholders across all offices.

Cultural Leader. Help activate and foster the Iris culture and serve as a Iris Brand Ambassador to the advertising industry.

Professional Skills & Knowledge

• Demonstrates excellent communication, selling, and presentation skills and strong relationship and customer service skills.
• Strong multidisciplinary creative portfolio demonstrating proficiency in content creation, photography, graphic design, motion graphics, and illustration
• Strong understanding of various social media platforms, their unique audiences, and content requirements.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Background in art direction

Experience

The ideal candidate has 5-6 years of experience in advertising; exceptions are made based on the level of work pertaining to creative product and creative management abilities. Presentation of a strong personal, creative portfolio.

Training

In art, design, photography, journalism, videography or related field is a plus.

About Iris

Participate or perish. It’s not just our rallying cry – it’s a creative imperative. Iris is the global creative micro-network built for brands that refuse to blend in. With 650 people across 11 offices, we help clients like Samsung, adidas, Barclays, Bentley, California Pizza Kitchen, Beiersdorf and Samsonite show up in culture with work that stands apart. Powered by Participation, and brought to life across paid, earned and owned media, our agency model is big enough to be dangerous, small enough to stay agile. Founded outside the ad establishment in 1999, Iris has always been defined by its outsider mindset – one that still drives our mission today.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and recruit on talent alone, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, education, class, sexual orientation or disability. We champion diversity and believe it not only benefits, but enhances our creativity, our company and the wider society at large. 

Strategy Director (Temporary)
Term: March 2026 - August 2026 (Approximately 6 months) 
Location: Atlanta, GA or New York, NY
Hybrid: 3 days in-office per week (Tues-Thurs)
Compensation: $145,000-$170,000 annual

About the Opportunity

The Strategy Director (Temporary) is a senior-level role responsible for leading integrated brand and communications strategy across priority client work during a defined period of agency momentum. This role acts as a strategic anchor, bringing clarity, point of view, and cultural intelligence to brand, social, and communications efforts. 

Ideal candidates are experienced, hands-on strategists with a strong communications and earned-first lens, able to quickly step in, guide teams, and elevate thinking across channels. You’ll partner closely with creative, account, and social leadership to ensure work is insight-led, cohesive, and built to perform in the real world. 

Responsibilities: 

Strategic Direction 

• Lead integrated brand and communications strategy across assigned client accounts
• Set clear strategic direction from brief through execution 
• Develop concise POVs, frameworks, and narratives that guide creative and channel decisions 
• Ensure brand, social, and communications efforts work together as a cohesive system 
• Translate research, data, and cultural signals into actionable strategic insight 
• Guide audience definition, messaging architecture, and communications planning 
• Bring a strong comms-led perspective to campaign development, including earned and social considerations

Client + Team Leadership 

• Serve as senior strategic lead in key client conversations and presentations 
• Partner with account and creative leadership to shape strategic approaches and deliverables 
• Provide clear direction, feedback, and mentorship to strategists and cross-functional teams 
• Facilitate strategic working sessions, brainstorms, and workshops as needed 
• Collaborate closely with creative, social, and media teams to move work forward 
• Contribute to agency culture through POV development and cultural fluency

Professional Skills and Knowledge 

• Senior-level experience in integrated brand and communications strategy 
• Strong understanding of social, earned, and culturally driven marketing
• Confident strategic storyteller with a clear point of view

Competencies 

• Integrated thinker. You connect brand, comms, social, and culture instinctively. 
• Clear decision-maker. You bring focus and direction in fast-moving environments. 
• Culturally fluent. You understand what matters now—and why. 
• Collaborative leader. You elevate the work and the people around you. 
• Creative partner. You push ideas forward without over-owning them. 

Experience  

• 8–12+ years of experience in brand, communications, or integrated strategy 
• Advertising or integrated agency experience strongly preferred

Education 

Bachelor’s Degree preferred 

About Iris

Participate or perish. It’s not just our rallying cry – it’s a creative imperative. Iris is the global creative micro-network built for brands that refuse to blend in. With 650 people across 11 offices, we help clients like Samsung, adidas, Barclays, Bentley, California Pizza Kitchen, Beiersdorf and Samsonite show up in culture with work that stands apart. Powered by Participation, and brought to life across paid, earned and owned media, our agency model is big enough to be dangerous, small enough to stay agile. Founded outside the ad establishment in 1999, Iris has always been defined by its outsider mindset – one that still drives our mission today.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and recruit on talent alone, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, education, class, sexual orientation or disability. We champion diversity and believe it not only benefits, but enhances our creativity, our company and the wider society at large.

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