Creative Director

Crown + Conquer; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Crown + Conquer in Los Angeles seeks a Creative Director to shape the agency's creative voice across brand partnerships, campaigns, and experiences. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, fuse strategy with culture, and deliver bold concepts that translate clients' truths into compelling work.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in strategic brand direction, strong leadership, and mastery of Adobe Creative Suite, with a proven ability to inspire teams and win client confidence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of developing strategic brand and creative direction at a leading creative agency.
• 5+ years of experience managing teams within a fast-paced agency environment; expert in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Proven track record mentoring creatives across varied personalities and experience levels.
• Superior presentation and communication skills; thrives in a collaborative agency environment.
• Strong understanding of the social ecosystem and brands engaging with culture to solve objectives.

Responsibilities

• Direct the creative direction for brand partnerships, campaigns, and experiences.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative concepts that resonate with culture.
• Prepare and present strategic plans and promotional concepts to clients.
• Oversee production from concept to post-production including video and digital work.
• Ensure high-quality creative work aligns with market standards and profitability.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and technologies to maintain a competitive edge.

Skills

Brand strategy

Creative direction

Team leadership

Presentation skills

Cultural storytelling

Tools

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Job Overview

The Creative Director at Crown + Conquer is a visionary leader responsible for thoughtfully shaping the creative voice of the agency and driving bold, culturally relevant work across brand partnerships, campaigns, and experiences. Sitting at the intersection of strategy, creativity, and culture, the CD leads and inspires multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative concepts that bring our clients' truths to life. This role demands a sharp creative eye, strategic thinking, and a deep understanding of how brands authentically engage with culture to create meaningful impact.

• Directing the creative functionalities of concept development, collaborating with team members, creating a work environment, meeting work expectations, and discussing team goals and achievements
• Ensuring the effective maintenance of creative functionalities, developing the creative products as per the market standards, maintaining the quality of creative work projects, and operating the designing firm in a profitable manner
• Providing strategic solutions to the company and clients considering their market stakes involved in creating a brand reputation for their organization
• Accommodating the client's needs and requirements as per the marketing goals and strategies, creating unique brand promotion concepts in accordance with the client's promotional scheme, prioritizing the creative work as per the client's demands, and translating the client's profile into a creative visual experience
• Leading the creative team for processing the client's projects in a specified manner, assigning duties to the creative/account management team, and leading the team in carrying out post-production activities like video graphics, motion graphics, interactive web integration, and web marketing
• Developing and writing the plans of promotional campaigns, preparing it's detailed presentation report, and assigning various responsibilities to team members for carrying out the promotional campaign effectively
• Keeping track of the latest advancements in the technologies used in creative direction and understanding the progress in marketing technologies like digital marketing technology
• Collaborating with working partners for strategizing the progress of creative functionalities, making relevant changes for competing with market standards, focusing on threats from the competitors, and developing the strategic plans for combating the threats
• Directing activities for professional development of organizational team members, conducting creative workshops for staff members, implementing corrective strategies in promotional activities, and recommending promotion of team members based on their productivity
• Taking important decisions that ensure the organizational profitability without compromising the creative quality of the project, directing constant improvement in creative quality, and enhancing the designing capability for accomplishing the task
• Conducting market study for understanding the competitors' creative art, planning, and preparing a strategic development plan for creating the agency's marketing strategies, branding functionalities, and business development plans
• Managing external agents like photographers, printers, freelancers, web developers, etc., and coordinating them according to the work of art directors, copywriters, and other post-production workers
• Team Oversight: Spearhead the Experience Design team, encompassing 2D/screen design, data-informed, and social media campaigns.
• Partners with all creative, production and accounts teams

Highly self-motivated and self-driven.

Qualifications + Requirements

• 10+ years of developing strategic brand and creative direction at a leading creative agency
• 5+ years of experience managing teams within a fast-paced agency environment. Expert level in Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
• Experience leading, managing and mentoring creatives across a range of personalities and experience levels.
• Superior presentation and communication skills, interpersonal skills, and ability to thrive in a collaborative agency environment.
• Expert understanding of the social ecosystem and how brands should participate in authentic ways to solve business objectives.
• Ability to successfully organize, prioritize and manage multiple projects under strict deadlines.
• Expert ability to work with and manage across different personalities and disciplines to push work forward.
• Strategic and creative thinker who can proactively problem solve and prioritize tasks.
• Innately curious, with insight into human behavior and an instinct for popular culture.
• Passion for working in a fast-paced environment with enthusiastic teammates.
• Highly self-motivated and self-driven.