Associate Creative Director: Design & Motion (Amsterdam)

Doist; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

In-office collaboration days

Job summary

AKQA in Amsterdam is seeking an Associate Creative Director to lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team across CGI, motion design, and interactive media. You’ll direct CGI artists, shape concepting, and guide cross-disciplinary collaboration to deliver cinematic, technically precise, and emotionally resonant work.

You will shape foundations for production and motion graphics, maintain creative cohesion, and drive projects from concept to delivery, including new business pitches and AI-driven

Qualifications

• Proven experience at Associate Creative Director level or comparable leadership in art/design.
• Experience leading award-winning creative work across European/global markets.
• Experience with AI production using state-of-the-art models and JSON-based prompting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and lead award-winning work that meets client needs while influencing culture, blending art direction, design craft, and innovative use of technology.
• Direct and Lead autonomous teams to bring cinematic vision, technical precision, and emotional storytelling into every project — thinking like a filmmaker, building like a technician, and creating like a storyteller.
• Establish and direct creative foundations in concepting art directions for production and motion graphics, ensuring ideas are strategically sound and visually compelling.
• Ability to direct specialised CGI artists across animation, modelling, rigging, lighting, and compositing to maintain creative cohesion and quality.
• Apply craft knowledge across CGI workflows, including modelling, lighting, animatics, grading, and retouching.
• Provide hands‑on expertise in retouching, compositing, grading, and finalising large-scale projects, guiding teams through complex production pipelines.
• Implement advanced workflows such as EXR and ACES to ensure colour accuracy, consistency, and creative control.
• Contribute to and lead the development of creative briefs, collaborating with clients and strategists to define opportunities and deliver visionary outcomes.
• Collaborate across disciplines — including design, UX, and development — to integrate creativity, craft, and strategy seamlessly into final outputs.
• Creatively lead new business pitches, presenting ideas and executions with confidence and clarity to global clients.
• Explore and implement AI‑assisted workflows (e.g., ComfyUI with open‑source models, LoRa training, Google partnerships) to push creative boundaries.
• Demonstrate proficiency in editing (Adobe Premiere, After Effects), motion retouching (DaVinci), and emerging AI generation tools.

Skills

Art direction

Design craft

Team leadership

CGI production

Motion design

AI workflows

Client collaboration

Storytelling

Editing

Tools

Adobe Premiere

After Effects

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

AKQA in Amsterdam is seeking an Associate Creative Director to lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team across CGI, motion design, and interactive media. You’ll direct CGI artists, shape concepting, and guide cross-disciplinary collaboration to deliver cinematic, technically precise, and emotionally resonant work.

You will shape foundations for production and motion graphics, maintain creative cohesion, and drive projects from concept to delivery, including new business pitches and AI-driven