GDD Interactive is an award-winning digital marketing and advertising agency. Built around no bullshit, high performance, results driven core, we work faster, smarter, and more intensely here than any place you’ve ever done a tour at. Trust me.

Our 5 person creative group is made up of digital experts who work on everything from web sites to banners to ecommerce pathways to mobile devices. Our approach is focused on user experience and making cash. Form is led by function here. Self-directed, smart, fast, and creative, this team brings more skill, knowledge, and innovative power than any shop you’ve seen. There hasn’t been a consumer experience challenge yet they haven’t been able to solve and blow out of the water.  They win awards and pitches because of it.

What we need from you is leadership and vision. A team that moves this fast needs a strong center. Someone with the big picture in mind at all times, able to work with all disciplines from marketing strategists to researchers to developers to copywriters to fulfill GDD’s promise of visionary creative that moves the dial for our clients. We need huge ideas unencumbered at first by technical limitations or budgetary constraints. We need to you to start from “what if.”

You’ll bring with you a spirit for ideation and brainstorming. I knack for catching miniscule drops of ideas and turning them into a geyser of an idea that can be molded and shaped into an executable strategy. You’re never bored because you always dreaming, but you know that your job is to get money out of consumers, not get your face on the cover of Creative Director Weekly. Action is your reward, not pats on the back by your peers.

If you think you’re up for this, here’s what we’ll expect:

• 10 years plus in the creative field, not necessarily the digital field. Yes, we are a digital shop but a high level of conceptual thinking is what we are looking for.  Great ideas to solve our client’s problems is where it starts. We can work together as a team to apply it across whatever media is needed for the best solution. If you’ve been in the traditional media agency world and have the moxie to break into the digital space, this could be your chance.
• NO CODE. Creative services team members at GDD are not required to code. We have a deep knowledge of code and how digital works, but coding and creative are, we believe, residents of different hemispheres of the brain and we won’t ask you to cross over. Your programmer counterparts are innovative visionaries to. They understand their job is to bring your vision to life, not put limits on you, and you’re expected to give them the same courtesy.
• You must be able to be incredibly productive and lead your team from a virtual environment. We spend two days per week in our office in Addison and spend the rest of the time working from home or wherever you like. It sounds great, and it is, but it’s not for everyone and if you can’t make it work you can’t work here. If you can, you’ll find a freedom and energy in your work that you’ve likely never experienced.
• OWN your work. Your creative thinking has to stand up to our internal processes. We are not easy. We are passionate. We have opinions. We are tougher than our clients every time. This goes for your work and the work of your team. By the time creative that you have touched or directed gets in front of the rest the team, you better be prepared to defend it and you better believe it’s the best.
• THINK.
• Work fast. Speed to market is everything in the digital space. Slow projects lose their relevance before they come to life.  We like it. We embrace it. If you think you’ve worked fast, you’ll likely be surprised. This is fast like you’ve never seen. If you’re the wrong fit, this will scare you.If you’re the right fit, this will excite you.
• DO. This is a leadership role but it’s also a doer role. We’re a boutique shop and with that comes an all hands work ethic. Your skills for putting thought to pixels need to be sharp and recently honed because you’ll be using them here. You will lead an ideation session with your team, then sit down to create one of 4 concepts to present. Titles and levels mean very little inside these walls, so be ready to get your hands dirty.

Here’s what you can expect from us:

• An incredibly fast paced, results driven, high performance environment
• A team of all stars who will never let you down, and who will expect the same from you
• An informal, drama-free, professional environment
• Freedom and support to ideate, create, and lead
• A virtual office model – we come into the office 2 days a week and work from home the rest of the time
• Un-metered vacation – we don’t count sick days or vacation days
• Monthly health insurance stipend
• Competitive salary

If you’re tired of spending way too much time getting way too little accomplished, if you are fed up with agency politics and mid-level talent, if you are ready to step into a leadership role, if you are able to keep pace with a team of outstandingly talented and smart people, if your head is filled with big ideas just looking for an outlet, you may be what we’re looking for.

If so, we want to talk to you right away. Contact Guy Dineen, Owner and Principal of GDD Interactive, at guy.dineen@gddinteractive.com. Send:

• your resume
• a link to your website with current, relevant work (doesn’t have to be all digital, but some would help)
• your philosophy on creative innovation and leadership
• why you’re interested in GDD
• why not hiring you would be the biggest mistake we will have made in our entire lives

We’re looking forward to talking to you.