Creative Director — Architecture Brand & Storytelling

Archinect; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

PTO 20 days

401K matching

Technology stipend

Job summary

Pfeffer Torode Architecture in Birmingham, AL is seeking a Creative Director to lead brand, imagery, and storytelling across publications, website, and presentations. The role blends hands-on craft with strategic leadership, shaping how PTA’s work is seen and understood.

You will direct layouts in InDesign and Photoshop, coordinate with Principals and teams, and travel to the Nashville studio to ensure firmwide presentation standards are met.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in architecture, interiors, graphic/brand design, creative direction, or related design discipline.
• Portfolio demonstrates exceptional layout, typographic, and image craft; visual storytelling with a clear point of view.
• Demonstrated ability to produce finished work at a high level of craft and to direct others
• Experience directing photography: shot planning, art direction on site, and image editing
• Core proficiency: InDesign, Photoshop, and Acrobat; working proficiency: CMS/website platforms and Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

• Hold and extend PTA’s visual and verbal identity across touchpoints.
• Translate direction into concepts, narratives, and finished pieces.
• Establish and maintain firmwide presentation standards and craft.
• Produce high‑craft layouts, presentations, and visual storytelling in InDesign, Photoshop.
• Review and approve external presentations, messaging, imagery, and collateral.
• Oversee the photography program end to end and manage publications and awards.
• Set social strategy and provide art direction across channels; review web and social reports.
• Lead embedded creative direction on high‑profile projects and coordinate with teams and clients.
• Lead and develop the Creative Lead and manage budgets/timelines.

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand direction

Storytelling

Communication

Layout craft

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Photoshop

Figma

Job description

Pfeffer Torode Architecture in Birmingham, AL is seeking a Creative Director to lead brand, imagery, and storytelling across publications, website, and presentations. The role blends hands-on craft with strategic leadership, shaping how PTA’s work is seen and understood.

You will direct layouts in InDesign and Photoshop, coordinate with Principals and teams, and travel to the Nashville studio to ensure firmwide presentation standards are met.