Associate Creative Director

Dentsuaegis Open · verified Sep 14, 2026

Ho Chi Minh City Full-time Director Creative

Leadership Creative role at Dentsuaegis. Ho Chi Minh City · full-time.

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

You'll build senior client relationships, understand their business, and resolve issues with practical solutions
You'll lead credentials, pitches, communication strategy, and presentations alongside GAD, BOD, and other directors
You'll form and direct cross-functional teams, coordinating timelines, delivery, quality, and client expectations
You'll oversee client budgets, contracts, financial reporting, work-in-progress meetings, and operational risks
You'll develop direct reports, support their work, and seek new opportunities with existing and prospective clients

What you bring

You bring strong knowledge of advertising, marketing, client businesses, markets, and competitors
You can assess creative concepts and copy, shape creative direction, and apply strong art direction judgment
You have advanced InDesign knowledge plus working familiarity with Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, and interactive media production
You demonstrate leadership, collaboration, problem-solving, persuasion, presentation, planning, and staff-motivation skills

Who this fits

This role suits a client-facing creative leader who can manage teams, budgets, pitches, delivery, and staff development. You’ll work full time in Ho Chi Minh City on a permanent contract and manage direct staff.

From the employer

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

Communicate with clients' key members and anticipate Client's expectation/ issues and discuss with senior levels with solutions.
Initiately create deeper relationship with client to understand more about their business, insight and passion.
Primary tracking and analysis of Clients' business/ category information…
Day to day management to make sure Client's satisfaction, build and keep relationships with clients.
Send and present the Credential for new Clients. Guide and approve the Credentail tailor-made by AAD levels downward.
In term of new pitch projects, together with GAD & BOD in leading SWOT discussion and define preliminary budget and resources.
On behalf of BOD and Client Services Team to have an offically communication with clients (verbal and email).
Assemble effective project team members within Client Services Team and from across the organization who possess the exact qualifications needed to meet or exceed client expectations.
Guide the team to delivery content of brand induction, debrief, competitive review, contact report, project timeline with Clients and internal teams.
Thouroughly master the Client's background/ categoty/ market/ competitors/ Client's brand porfolio. Deeply understanding the strategy and creative works to sell and protect agency's works professionaly.
Be in charge of presenting Credential and lead all the parts that Account team is supposed to lead.
Lead projects and co-ordinate with all departments to make sure the best quality outcomes. Solve issues and give solution for team to manage internal operational scopes and 3rd party management.
Control of client budget. Work closely team members to make sure the budget is under control.
Lead development of communication strategy with wide range of client information, cooperating with other directors.
Manage all staffs with project timeline and lead and motivate team for target goal. In addition, pursue to meet client expectations and requirements with risk management.
Manage and attend all the WIP meeting with Clients and team members to follow up process of each brand to have timely supervision.
In charge of contract, monthly financial report and new business status report
Review all outputs to make sure they meet cost / schedule / quality requirement from client and give feedback accurately to team members.
Efficiently delegates tasks appropriately to team members, within Team
Develop and manage direct staffs.
Support direct staff's jobs and motivate them to work diligently, resourcefully and enthusiastically and train them to upgrade their skills.
Report to GAD staff's results/ performance as a reliable base for GAD's determining promotions and transfers.
Deliver proper training session for direct staffs to enhance their work skill.
Make a proactive effort to explore new scope from current Clients and new business opportunities that tap into new markets and pitch proposals to potential clients with an eye to expanding the customer base.
Assume responsibility for any other duties or projects which may be given.

Requirements:

Knowledge & experiences:

Superior understanding of advertising and marketing principles
Demonstrated talent for high-caliber creative concept and writing
Ability to judge creative concepts and copy, and clearly communicate creative direction to others
Thorough understanding of clients and their business/industry
Thorough understanding of art direction
Excellent knowledge of InDesign
Understanding of interactive media production
Working knowledge of Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator

Skills/Abilities:

Superior leadership and collaboration skills
Superior problem solving and decision-making skills
Excellence in managing and motivating staff
Excellent communication and persuasion skills
Excellent presentation skills
Excellent communication, planning, time-management and follow-through ski

Location:

Ho Chi Minh City

Brand:

Dentsu Creative

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent