Contract Creative Director, Video & Virtual Production

Evolving Solution Services; East Providence (RI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Door G in East Providence is seeking Contract Creative Directors to lead the creative on video engagements from briefs to final delivery. You will own the idea, write treatments, present to clients, direct on set and in LED volumes, and guide editors and VAD teams through post.

You will shape pitches, craft story arcs, and translate production capability into client value while maintaining the high taste bar of the team. Hybrid work is offered with no relocation or visa support.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of creative direction or senior creative work in a production company, agency, studio, or comparable moving-image environment.
• Video portfolio demonstrating concept, craft, and storytelling across live action, animation, branded content, or other moving-image formats.
• Direct experience directing talent, crews, and visual execution on set and in post.
• Clear point of view and the ability to explain why a choice serves the brief, audience, brand, and business objective.
• Confidence presenting work, absorbing feedback, and turning stakeholder input into decisions in an approval process.
• Practical command of production and post workflows, including budget, schedule, technical, and delivery realities.
• Ability to adapt across creative approaches, client environments, project structures, and levels of responsibility.
• Familiarity with modern creative AI tools for concepting, visualization, and storyboarding, and knowing when they help.

Responsibilities

• Turn the client brief into a real idea — story arcs, treatments, scripts, and visual frameworks that separate the work from commodity content.
• Shape the pitch narrative and the creative spine of the deck, translating production capability into a client-facing benefit.
• Present concepts and creative recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders, and lead the room through feedback.
• Direct live action, virtual production, and animation work; manage performance, shot execution, and visual storytelling.
• Collaborate with the Producer on feasibility early to align creative ambition with budget before the shoot.
• Provide clear, decisive direction to editors, motion designers, animators, and VAD teams through post.
• Review cuts, boards, style frames, animation, graphics, and sound with actionable notes tied to the approved direction.
• Use AI tools for ideation, storyboarding, visualization, and concepting where they elevate the work and align with client requirements.

Skills

Creative direction

Storytelling

Directing talent

Video production

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Door G in East Providence is seeking Contract Creative Directors to lead the creative on video engagements from briefs to final delivery. You will own the idea, write treatments, present to clients, direct on set and in LED volumes, and guide editors and VAD teams through post.

You will shape pitches, craft story arcs, and translate production capability into client value while maintaining the high taste bar of the team. Hybrid work is offered with no relocation or visa support.