Jobs for Associate & Executive Creative Directors

Leads brand strategy, positioning, messaging, campaign strategy, research, and creative direction for client accounts. Partners with designers, content strategists, project managers, and business development teams; presents recommendations to senior clients; supports pitches and new business; develops briefs and strategic materials; and contributes to team training and internal communications. Requires strong strategic thinking, writing, presentation, research, client management, and creative collaboration skills.

Leads NinjaTrader’s visual and creative direction across marketing. The role operationalizes and governs the brand identity system, directs integrated campaigns and storytelling, owns marketing web and lifecycle creative, and serves as the final quality gate for brand expression. Responsibilities include hiring and developing an in-house design team, managing agencies and freelancers, building scalable creative processes, partnering with product and performance marketing, and ensuring compliance in a regulated environment. The director remains hands-on in concepting, design, writing direction, and video production.

Leads Industrial Design and Graphic Design teams while directing creative strategy, customer presentations, concept development, product development, and project execution. Reviews designs for visual quality, technical feasibility, manufacturability, cost, and retail suitability. Manages workloads, resources, schedules, estimating, and design processes while partnering with Sales, Engineering, and customers. Provides hands-on support with CAD, sketching, rendering, prototyping, and concept development as needed.

Leads a large multidisciplinary creative team delivering strategic, high-visibility packaging, print, OOH, and direct mail work. Oversees conceptual development, production workflows, long-term calendars, presentations, client alignment, and creative execution. Mentors art directors, designers, and copywriters while championing design craft, collaboration, and growth in a structured agency environment supporting tobacco industry accounts.

The Creative Director owns visual identity and creative execution across IJW’s spirits brands. Responsibilities include developing brand identities and campaigns, designing digital and physical assets, leading packaging and label development, directing photography and video, supporting sales materials, managing agencies and production partners, and overseeing creative budgets, timelines, approvals, and quality. The role requires hands-on design expertise, packaging and print production experience, knowledge of spirits marketing and labeling requirements, and the ability to connect creative decisions to commercial goals.

Lead visual creative direction across integrated campaigns, brand experiences, film, digital, social, experiential, paid media, and emerging platforms. Develop compelling concepts, establish visual standards, mentor creative teams, present ideas to clients, manage complex production and stakeholder relationships, and champion high-quality execution. The role requires strong conceptual thinking, art direction, design craft, visual storytelling, strategic judgment, and 12+ years of agency, studio, or comparable creative experience.

Leads creative strategy and integrated marketing execution across communications, design, video, digital, social, email, and web channels. Develops creative briefs, oversees brand governance, directs campaigns, manages channel leaders and external resources, and establishes quality standards. Partners with marketing leadership on priorities, budgets, KPIs, performance reporting, and workflow improvements while coaching creative teams and ensuring audience-focused, consistent, measurable marketing outcomes.

Lead the brand and creative strategy for a major product launch on a dedicated enterprise account. Own positioning, messaging, full-funnel campaigns, testing, production, performance analysis, client presentations, and creative team leadership across paid, organic, and retention channels. Work hands-on with designers and editors, use AI-enabled workflows, and connect creative decisions to measurable business results.

Leads Brand Narrative, developing film-led concepts and campaigns across launches, social, digital, experiences, and partnerships. Partners with Brand Design, Writing, Product Marketing, and Production from concept through delivery. Builds the Brand Narrative function by defining its standards, hiring and coaching talent, establishing creative practices, and fostering multidisciplinary collaboration. Also identifies proactive cultural opportunities and advises leadership on where creative investment should be prioritized.

Creates and edits short- and long-form video and photo content for Big 12 social media platforms. Develops video-focused social strategies, content calendars, campaigns, and event plans; collaborates with schools, agencies, brands, and partners; manages external video initiatives; monitors platform trends; and analyzes performance metrics to guide content decisions.

Leads company-wide creative strategy, brand identity, storytelling, and integrated marketing campaigns across residential, commercial, hospitality, and corporate brands. Oversees content production, digital and social creative, photography, video, brand standards, budgets, vendors, and creative operations. Partners with marketing, sales, and operational leaders to support revenue growth, audience engagement, property sales, occupancy, memberships, and events. Evaluates performance and uses emerging technologies, including AI-assisted creative tools, to improve efficiency and innovation.

Lead creative strategy and execution for sports brands, defining visual identity, developing multi-channel campaigns, directing photo and video production, and managing an in-house creative team. Collaborate with marketing, communications, digital, event, sponsor, broadcast, and agency partners to deliver brand storytelling, fan engagement, and revenue-driving initiatives. The role is fully on-site in Miami and requires attendance at evening and weekend games, events, and shoots.

Develop and art direct conceptual creative for shopper marketing, retail activation, point-of-sale, commerce, experiential, and omnichannel campaigns. Translate insights and brand strategies into visual executions across physical and digital channels, lead projects through execution, present work to clients, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor junior creatives. The role requires weekly onsite collaboration in New York or Chicago.

Leads paid social creative strategy across multiple client accounts, overseeing testing agendas, creative roadmaps, performance analysis, and client presentations. Manages and develops strategists and designers while translating data into actionable creative recommendations. Partners with media, analytics, and account teams, champions AI-enabled workflows, and stays current on paid social platforms, ad formats, and creative trends. The role also supports client growth, pitches prospective clients, and ensures high-quality strategic and creative deliverables.

Leads creative content strategy and production for university athletics across video, photography, graphic design, social media, websites, LED signage, and digital channels. Coordinates student workers, game-day media coverage, equipment inventory, promotional videos, media days, and basketball highlights. Collaborates with communications, marketing, audience development, digital product, and event production teams to strengthen brand awareness and audience growth.

Develop and art-direct shopper marketing, retail, point-of-sale, commerce, experiential, and omnichannel campaigns for a beverage alcohol brand. Create visual concepts and executions across physical and digital touchpoints, lead projects from concept through delivery, present work to clients, collaborate with strategy and production teams, and mentor junior creatives while ensuring brand consistency and quality.

Develops and leads consumer-facing campaign creative, visual identity systems, brand assets, motion graphics, advertising, digital experiences, and multiplatform design for A+E brands. The role translates brand strategy and audience insights into visual storytelling, directs agencies and creative partners, manages concurrent projects, oversees photoshoots, collaborates cross-functionally, and mentors designers while maintaining brand consistency and creative quality.

Leads and develops a creative team delivering cohesive, brand-aligned experiences across digital, e-commerce, social, email, retail, and other channels. Owns creative workflows, post-production asset adaptation, brand standards, seasonal storytelling, and execution quality. Partners with marketing, merchandising, digital, retail, and project management teams to translate business priorities into impactful creative solutions. Uses customer insights, performance data, and market trends to improve creative effectiveness and engagement.

Leads and develops a creative team delivering cohesive, brand-aligned work across digital, e-commerce, social, email, retail, campaigns, and emerging channels. Owns creative workflow, post-production, asset adaptation, quality standards, and seasonal storytelling. Partners with marketing, merchandising, digital, retail, and project management teams to translate business priorities into effective creative solutions informed by customer insights, performance data, and market trends.

Lead Engine’s end-to-end creative strategy and production across digital, experiential, event, brand, and performance marketing. Build AI-assisted creative workflows, tooling, prompt libraries, asset systems, QA processes, and testing frameworks. Partner with Growth and Brand to improve creative velocity, performance, and brand consistency. Lead designers, editors, AI specialists, and producers while contributing hands-on creative direction and craft.

Leads creative direction, design, and production of motion graphics and animated video board content for athletics. Oversees volunteer motion graphics staff, maintains brand standards, and produces 2D and potentially 3D graphics for broadcast and digital platforms. Responsibilities include sports storytelling, animation, compositing, typography, and collaboration in a deadline-driven environment with evening, weekend, holiday, and travel requirements.

Lead Recom’s creative expression across campaigns, sales materials, events, and digital channels. Establish visual standards, develop campaign concepts, direct design, copy, and video execution, and oversee creative production. Manage workflows, budgets, resources, and external partners while collaborating with marketing and commercial teams. Use buyer feedback and performance insights to improve creative effectiveness without compromising brand quality.

Leads Magic Spoon’s creative and communications function across social, design, influencer marketing, affiliates, PR, and earned media. This hands-on working manager will set creative direction, produce content, art direct the team, build creator and influencer programs, manage agency and freelance partners, oversee the creative budget, and identify culturally relevant opportunities. The role manages three team members and partners closely with Brand, Innovation, Growth, and the CMO.

Leads copy and messaging strategy across campaigns, websites, email, social, paid media, video, and UX. Manages and develops creative teams, maintains brand voice, oversees quality, budgets, and timelines, and collaborates with clients and cross-functional teams. Writes and edits persuasive content, translates complex topics, uses performance insights to optimize messaging, supports pitches and RFPs, and contributes to process improvements.

Lead video and visual design teams while shaping Kikoff’s visual identity and performance advertising across TV, paid social, and digital channels. Direct creative strategy, brand systems, post-production, and high-volume work across multiple products and external resources. Coach creative talent, provide strategic feedback, collaborate with Growth Marketing and Product Marketing, and use performance insights to improve acquisition-focused creative. The role requires extensive advertising leadership, measurable TV and paid social results, and practical AI tool experience.