Confidential Creative Production & Visual Strategy Company

Clinton Holmes; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 400,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive health coverage

Professional development

Senior leadership benefits

Superannuation and retirement planning

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Confidential Creative Production & Visual Strategy Company is seeking an Executive Creative & Visual Content Director in Sydney with a national remit. The role leads photography and multi-media content programmes, directing senior creative teams and coordinating with major brand clients.

The successful candidate will shape visual direction, production capability, and AI-enabled workflows, while partnering with the CEO on growth and key accounts. Hybrid work model with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience in commercial photography or related creative field.
• Ability to lead complex photography or content programmes.
• Strong creative direction and visual storytelling.
• Experience with corporate/agency/major-brand clients.
• Proven ability to lead photographers, producers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Establish the organisation's national creative and visual strategy.
• Lead high-value photography, campaign and visual-content programmes.
• Build and oversee senior creative and production teams.
• Develop relationships with major corporate and agency clients.
• Set standards for creative quality, brand consistency and production excellence.
• Expand commercial photography and visual-content capabilities nationally.
• Integrate AI, digital imaging and emerging production technologies.
• Oversee major campaign concepts from creative brief through final delivery.
• Partner with the CEO and commercial leadership on growth strategy and key accounts.
• Develop senior creative talent and external specialist networks.

Skills

Commercial photography

Visual production

Creative direction

Team leadership

Client development

Photography management

Job description

Confidential Creative Production & Visual Strategy Company – Executive Search (Pre-Publication) Job ID: ECD-26-47 Department: Creative, Brand & Content Production Location: Sydney, Australia — Hybrid / National remit Reports To: Chief Executive Officer Compensation Structure: A$400,000–A$500,000+ total executive compensation, including base, performance incentive and long-term participation Position Overview The mandate is focused on appointing an Executive Creative & Visual Content Director to lead the next stage of growth for a high-end Australian creative production platform serving major brands, corporate clients and national campaigns. The position extends well beyond individual photography. The executive will be responsible for setting the organisation's visual direction, strengthening creative standards, developing production capability and building a scalable network of photographers, directors, producers and specialist creative talent. A significant part of the mandate involves integrating photography, video, digital content, emerging production technologies and AI-enabled creative workflows into a commercially scalable offering. The successful executive will have substantial influence across client strategy, creative development, production operations, talent and major commercial engagements. This positioning is consistent with the evolution of Australia's commercial imaging and production sector, where established businesses are increasingly combining photography, technology, production capability and enterprise-level service delivery. Images for Business

Key Responsibilities

• Establish the organisation's national creative and visual strategy.
• Lead high-value photography, campaign and visual-content programmes.
• Build and oversee senior creative and production teams.
• Develop relationships with major corporate and agency clients.
• Set standards for creative quality, brand consistency and production excellence.
• Expand commercial photography and visual-content capabilities nationally.
• Integrate AI, digital imaging and emerging production technologies.
• Oversee major campaign concepts from creative brief through final delivery.
• Partner with the CEO and commercial leadership on growth strategy and key accounts.
• Develop senior creative talent and external specialist networks.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Significant professional experience in commercial photography, visual production or a closely related creative discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex commercial photography or content programmes.
• Strong creative direction and visual storytelling capability.
• Experience working with corporate, agency, luxury, media or major-brand clients.
• Proven ability to lead photographers, producers, creatives and external production partners.

Desirable

• Experience operating at Creative Director, Executive Creative Director, Head of Photography or equivalent level.
• National or international campaign experience.
• Experience combining photography with video, digital content or other visual media.
• Strong commercial and client-development experience.
• Experience implementing emerging creative-production technologies.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: A$400,000–A$450,000
• Executive Incentives: 20–30% annual performance incentive
• Equity Participation: Long-term incentive / equity participation subject to final appointment level
• Benefits: Executive health coverage, professional development and senior leadership benefits
• Retirement: Superannuation and executive retirement arrangements
• Work Model: Sydney-based hybrid model with national travel as required
• Relocation: Relocation assistance available for the appropriate executive appointment

The compensation positioning is deliberately at the upper end of the Australian creative leadership market. Current Australian compensation data includes reported Executive Creative Director packages above A$400,000, making the proposed range plausible for an unusually broad executive mandate rather than a conventional photography role. glassdoor.com

Confidentiality Notice

This opportunity is currently in a pre-publication phase and is being reviewed with select executive candidates prior to broader market circulation. The mandate is intended for an executive capable of transitioning from hands-on photographic expertise into broader creative, commercial and organisational leadership.