Creative Director: AI-Driven Brand Experiences

Thesis; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

In-office Tue-Thu

Job summary

Thesis is seeking a Creative Director in Portland to establish the creative vision for clients, lead multidisciplinary teams, and own the creative outcome from opportunity through execution.

You will turn business and audience insights into bold ideas, mentor rising leaders, and partner across Strategy, Technology, Production, and Operations to deliver transformative work in a hybrid environment. The role emphasizes AI-enabled exploration and strong client storytelling.

Qualifications

• A multidisciplinary creative leader with experience leading significant creative work, teams, and client relationships.
• An ideas person, thinker, and maker who can move between strategy, creative direction, and execution.
• A creative with exceptional taste and judgment across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Establish the creative vision for assigned clients, accounts, and opportunities.
• Turn business, audience, and cultural insights into strong ideas and creative opportunities.
• Lead concept development and ensure ideas maintain their integrity as they scale across channels, experiences, and content.
• Partner with Strategy and clients to define the problem and opportunity before defining the deliverable.
• Connect creative decisions to audience needs, brand ambition, culture, and business objectives.
• Look beyond the immediate ask to identify opportunities for greater client and creative impact.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across design, writing, motion, experience, content, and emerging disciplines.
• Set a high creative standard while staying close enough to the work to meaningfully shape and elevate it.
• Manage, mentor, and develop creative talent and emerging leaders through clear expectations, feedback, and meaningful opportunities for growth.
• Build teams that can increasingly operate with ownership and autonomy.
• Serve as a trusted creative partner to senior clients.
• Build belief in ideas through clear, compelling storytelling and presentations.
• Navigate feedback and business constraints while protecting the creative ambition.
• Build relationships that expand Thesis's creative influence and uncover new opportunities.
• Use AI and emerging technology to expand exploration, prototype ideas, accelerate learning, and increase the leverage of teams.
• Partner with Technology and Production to explore new ways of making and bringing ideas to life.
• Use technology to scale strong ideas without replacing human judgment, originality, and taste.
• Own the creative outcome from opportunity through execution.
• Build the smallest, strongest team capable of solving the problem.
• Partner across Strategy, Technology, Client Leadership, Production, and Operations to reduce handoffs and create clear ownership.
• Balance creative ambition with scope, timing, resources, and business realities.
• Identify opportunities to grow existing client relationships through creativity, strategy, and technology.
• Play a leadership role in new business, from opportunity framing and concept development through pitching.
• Bring proactive ideas and provocations to clients before they're requested.

Job description

Thesis is seeking a Creative Director in Portland to establish the creative vision for clients, lead multidisciplinary teams, and own the creative outcome from opportunity through execution.

You will turn business and audience insights into bold ideas, mentor rising leaders, and partner across Strategy, Technology, Production, and Operations to deliver transformative work in a hybrid environment. The role emphasizes AI-enabled exploration and strong client storytelling.