Associate Creative Director - MGM Brand

MGM Resorts International; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive wellness programs

Exclusive discounts across hospitality

Complimentary parking

Health and income protection benefits

Leadership development opportunities

Job summary

MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas is seeking an Associate Creative Director for MGM Brand to lead the creative stewardship across MGM master brand and its connected sub-brands, ensuring consistent identity and high-impact campaigns.

You will oversee concept development, content creation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams, while mentoring designers and agencies to deliver premium experiences across events, hospitality, and entertainment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in design, advertising, marketing, communications, fine arts, brand management, or related field.
• Portfolio demonstrating large-scale campaigns, identity work, content, or experiential activations.
• Proven track record of managing direct reports and mentoring creative teams.

Responsibilities

• Brand & Creative Stewardship: steward the brand identity, voice, and visual expression for assigned portfolios, master brands, or strategic initiatives.
• Creative Development & Oversight: lead or support day-to-day conceptualization and execution of campaigns and signature brand moments.
• Hands-On Creative Contribution: deliver concepts, art direction, design, content, and/or copywriting as needed.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: collaborate with leadership and stakeholders to translate strategy into integrated creative solutions.
• Team Leadership & Mentorship: guide designers, copywriters, and external agencies, ensuring consistency and excellence.
• Full-Funnel & Experience Design: oversee creative across pre-event, in-event, and post-event touchpoints.
• Emerging Capabilities & Technology: evaluate and integrate new tools (e.g., AI) with quality and compliance controls.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Creative direction

Collaboration

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in design, advertising, marketing, communications, fine arts, brand management, or related field

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Collaboration tools

Job description

Las Vegas, Nevada

The SHOW Comes Alive At MGM Resorts International

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in a place full of excitement, diversity, and entertainment? Are you enthusiastic about being a team player in one of the most fascinating industries in the world? At MGM Resorts, we seek individuals like YOU to create unique and show-stopping experiences for our guests.

The Job

The Associate Creative Director, MGM Brand is the creative steward for the MGM master brand and its connected sub-brands, including MGM Rewards, MGM Live, MGM Resorts, and the Meetings & Conventions product. The role provides day-to-day creative oversight and hands-on contribution across all creative needs for these brands, including brand design, baseline content, copywriting, and integrated creative work in a multi-disciplinary environment, ensuring the master brand architecture is expressed clearly, consistently, and with appropriate distinction across each sub-brand.

The Day-to-day

• Brand & Creative Stewardship: Steward the brand identity, voice, and visual expression for assigned portfolios, master brands, or strategic initiatives, which may include luxury resorts, lifestyle properties, entertainment and sports partnerships, master brand loyalty programs, or specialized content initiatives
• Creative Development & Oversight: Lead or support the day-to-day conceptualization, development, and execution of campaigns, content, identity systems, activations, or signature brand moments, ensuring quality and brand integrity at the speed the business demands
• Hands-On Creative Contribution: Deliver original concepts, art direction, design, content, and/or copywriting as needed to support complex, high-profile, or escalated creative projects across various formats
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner closely with internal and external stakeholders—which could include Property Presidents, Marketing Leads, Entertainment, F&B, Brand Partnerships, Strategy, or venue operators to translate business strategies, audience segmentation, and guest experiences into integrated creative solutions
• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, coach, and develop direct reports, or guide and mentor matrixed designers, copywriters, external creative agencies, and production partners as assigned, ensuring creative consistency and excellence
• Full-Funnel & Experience Design: Oversee or contribute to creative programming across the full marketing funnel, which may involve designing end-to-end consumer journeys across pre-event, in-event, and post-event touchpoints
• Emerging Capabilities & Technology: Evaluate, prototype, and/or integrate emerging tools, models, and platforms (such as generative AI) into creative workflows as appropriate, with necessary quality and compliance controls

The Ideal Candidate

• This role requires a bachelor's degree in design, Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Fine Arts, Brand Management, or a related field, alongside at least 7 years of progressive creative, art direction, or content experience in an agency, in-house, or content-led environment.
• Candidates must present a professional portfolio demonstrating large-scale creative capabilities in campaigns, identity, content, or experiential activations.
• The position demands a proven track record of managing direct reports, mentoring matrixed creative teams, or guiding external agencies. Additionally, applicants must possess excellent communication and presentation skills for collaborating with senior leadership, and show high proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and modern collaboration tools.

The Perks & Benefits

• Comprehensive wellness programs designed to support employees’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
• Exclusive access to company-sponsored discounts across hospitality, dining, retail, entertainment, travel, technology, and a wide range of partner offerings.
• Complimentary parking both during and outside of scheduled work hours.
• Competitive health, wellness, and income protection benefits for eligible employees.
• Ongoing professional growth and career development through leadership programs, learning opportunities, strategic networking, and community engagement initiatives.