Creative Director, Beauty Experiences

CNC Agency; United States; On-site; USD 165,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CNC Agency, a premier experiential marketing agency, seeks a Creative Director to lead immersive brand-driven experiences from concept through delivery. This role translates high-level vision into cohesive execution across physical and digital touchpoints, guiding teams while ensuring craft and feasibility.

The CD represents the creative team in client and internal forums, driving decisions with strong judgment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in experiential, environmental, or integrated creative roles with 3+ years in senior leadership or CD-level positions.
• Portfolio showing beauty brand experience in experiential, brand stunt, or activation spaces.
• Proven experience leading large-scale experiential projects from concept through build and live execution.
• Strong understanding of spatial design, graphic systems, copy, interactive, and AV for live experiences.
• Exceptional creative judgment and ability to give clear direction across disciplines.
• Experience presenting work to senior clients and stakeholders with confidence.
• Deep familiarity with production processes, fabrication methods, materials, and on-site execution.
• Ability to collaborate with Production, Account, Strategy, and external partners.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple work streams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt in fast-moving environments.
• Excellent communication and leadership with a collaborative, respectful approach.
• Passion for live experiences, storytelling, and meaningful moments for audiences.

Responsibilities

• Oversee creative execution across beauty experiential work streams from concept through delivery.
• Interpret and steward approved creative vision across every touchpoint of the experience.
• Identify components and assemble internal teams and external partners to execute each project.
• Guide and elevate work produced by designers and writers without absorbing executional tasks.
• Present executional work to clients and internal stakeholders, articulating intent and evolution.
• Collaborate with Production and Account to align scope, budget, timelines, and feasibility.
• Work with fabricators, AV partners, and external specialists to uphold creative intent and quality.
• Maintain cross-functional alignment, identify risks, and solve problems throughout lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions meet brand standards, audience needs, and experiential best practices.
• Support handoff, installation, and on-site execution to deliver the experience as intended.
• Participate in post-project reviews to evaluate outcomes and inform future work.
• Manage and mentor junior-to-senior creatives.

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand experience

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Client presentation

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design/Marketing/Related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

3D visualization

Job description

CNC Agency, a premier experiential marketing agency, seeks a Creative Director to lead immersive brand-driven experiences from concept through delivery. This role translates high-level vision into cohesive execution across physical and digital touchpoints, guiding teams while ensuring craft and feasibility.

The CD represents the creative team in client and internal forums, driving decisions with strong judgment.