Creative Director, Experiential - Brand Consulting

Global Sports Jobs Limited; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical Insurance

Bereavement resources

Educational Assistance

Paid Vacation / Holidays

Telemedicine

Parental Leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) seeks a hands-on senior creative leader to drive experiential initiatives across sport and entertainment. You will direct a talented team, shape strategies from planning to execution, and present bold ideas to clients and account teams.

With 12+ years in experiential or related fields, you will combine visual and written storytelling, manage complex activations, and mentor designers and art directors in a fast-paced, collaborative agency setting.

Qualifications

• Management experience leading a creative team and conducting performance reviews.
• Demonstrated conceptual thinking and applied design across channels.
• Portfolio showing creativity across sports, entertainment and partnerships.
• Strategic thinking with ability to advise accounts, production and clients.
• Strong relationships, high organisation, and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Direct all aspects of experiential creative for sport and entertainment partnerships.
• Lead a creative team and nurture a positive, energetic culture.
• Develop concepts into detailed activations and oversee on-site delivery.
• Collaborate with account and production teams to meet brand goals and budgets.
• Craft compelling client-ready presentations to secure buy-in.

Skills

Leadership experience

Creative thinking

Strategic counsel

Interpersonal skills

Organization & attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Design degree or equivalent

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role

The role leads experiential creative across sport and entertainment, directing and inspiring a talented team to create stand-out, ambitious ideas and experiences that drive brand love for clients. It sits within a strategy-led, full-service marketing agency whose integrated capabilities span cultural and consumer insights, data and analytics, talent, influencer and property partnership advisory, experiential, social impact, creative services, and content and digital strategy. The postholder works closely with account, production and client partners, shaping creative strategy from planning through execution with a collective, diverse perspective. The role requires a confident, hands-on creative leader who is adept at thinking in both the visual world and the written word and who can present and sell ideas to clients and account teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct all aspects of experiential creative, working with internal and client partners to understand marketing objectives, consumer insights and market research that inform creative strategies and determine how brands show up across sport and entertainment partnerships.
• Manage a team of art directors, designers and experiential specialists, fostering an energetic and positive creative culture that inspires them to perform at their best.
• Lead the development of concepts into detailed, integrated activations and the delivery of assets, and oversee the creative installation of activations on-site.
• Partner with account and production teams to develop solutions that satisfy brand goals while delivering against operational schedules and budgets.
• Craft and lead compelling presentations that demonstrate strategic and conceptual thinking and secure client excitement and buy-in.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in the experiential creative space.
• 7+ years of creative, experiential, advertising or design agency experience at associate creative director or creative director level.
• Management experience leading a creative team, including writing and conducting performance reviews and delivering positive and constructive feedback.
• Demonstrated conceptual thinking and applied design.
• Design practitioner credentials supported by a portfolio of work that demonstrates creativity and the ability to work across multiple marketing channels.
• Strategic thinking, with the ability to offer creative counsel to account and production teams and to clients.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships.
• Highly organised and detail-oriented, with the ability to work under pressure and against tight deadlines.
• Strong understanding of, and working experience in, partnership marketing.
• A passion for new ideas and innovative thinking.
• Expert knowledge of graphic design, advertising, branding, customer communications, content and social media.
• Expert working technical knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft software packages.
• Ambitious, energetic and hands-on, approaching each day with a can-do attitude and an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Ability to multi-task.
• A flair for interior design, materiality, prop styling, furniture selection and vignette creation.

Workplace

• Flexible work schedule, with a minimum of three days per week on-site.

Salary

• The position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus.
• Final salary may vary based upon factors including relevant experience, time in the role, business sector and geographic location, among other criteria.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation and benefits package for all regular full-time employees.
• Medical Insurance, with the company paying 80% - 100% of the cost.
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance, with the company paying 80% - 100% of the cost.
• Telemedicine.
• Employee assistance and mental health counselling in person, virtually or through text.
• Paid Vacation / Holidays.
• Paid Sick Time.
• Paid Parental Leave and other paid leaves of absence.
• NICU leave.
• Bereavement resources.
• Adoption Benefits.
• Educational Assistance.

About the Company

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, licensing, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy.