Creative Director, Social Creative [AQ-18020]

Aquent; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Some Travel

Job summary

Aquent Studios is seeking a visionary Creative Director, Social Creative to lead social-first campaigns for a portfolio of brands and growth businesses. You will translate audience insights and strategy into platform-native content, campaigns, and scalable creative systems to drive engagement.

Embedded with Qualcomm, this role offers remote PST/MST options with on-site flexibility in San Diego, CA. Full-Time, W2, travel required. Compensation range: $140,000-$160,000 DOE.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading social-first creative development for multiple brands.
• Strong creative strategist with audience and platform relevance.
• Deep understanding of contemporary culture and creator communities.
• Proven ability to inspire teams and influence stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with ability to manage conflicting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of social-first concepts, content ecosystems, and campaign activations for various brands.
• Provide strategic creative leadership to internal teams, agency partners, creators, and production collaborators.
• Collaborate with strategy, brand, campaign, media, PR, partnerships, and production teams to translate goals into creative solutions.
• Develop platform-native content and scalable creative systems for sustained audience engagement.
• Identify and leverage emerging cultural trends and storytelling opportunities to fuel innovation.
• Cultivate a culture of experimentation, collaboration, and creative excellence aligned with business objectives.

Job description

Step into a pivotal role where your creative vision will directly shape how cutting-edge technology stories are brought to life for global audiences. This extraordinary opportunity, in dynamic collaboration with Aquent, invites you to build breakthrough campaigns and make a tangible impact on cultural relevance and market presence, defining and delivering compelling narratives that resonate across diverse markets.

About The Company

Join a world-class team at one of the planet’s most innovative technology brands, where we are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Our mission is to create groundbreaking technologies that connect and empower people globally, transforming industries and enriching lives. We are building a future where innovation drives cultural relevance and market leadership, and we’re looking for visionary talent, partnered with Aquent, to help us tell that story.

About The Role

We are seeking a visionary creative leader to spearhead social-first creative development across a portfolio of leading brands and emerging growth businesses. This is an extraordinary opportunity to transform audience insights, channel strategies, and creative briefs into engaging social concepts, dynamic content platforms, and impactful campaigns. You will be at the forefront of creating culturally relevant content designed for today’s creator-driven and platform-native environments, driving engagement, participation, and significant brand impact. Your leadership will directly influence how global audiences connect with groundbreaking technology, shaping the future of digital storytelling and market presence, making a profound impact on our market leadership and cultural relevance.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the development of innovative social-first creative concepts, comprehensive content ecosystems, and impactful campaign activations for various brands.
• Provide strategic creative leadership and guidance to internal teams, agency partners, creators, and production collaborators.
• Collaborate closely with strategy, brand, campaign, media, public relations, partnerships, and production teams to translate strategic goals into compelling creative solutions.
• Develop platform-native content and scalable creative systems designed to foster sustained audience engagement and interest.
• Identify and leverage emerging cultural trends, creator behaviors, and novel storytelling opportunities to fuel continuous innovation.
• Cultivate a vibrant culture of experimentation, collaboration, and creative excellence, ensuring all work aligns seamlessly with business objectives.

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive experience leading social-first creative development tailored for modern platforms and diverse content ecosystems.
• A strong creative strategist who expertly balances big-picture thinking with deep audience and platform relevance.
• Profound understanding of contemporary culture, creator communities, and evolving social trends.
• Proven ability to inspire and motivate teams, effectively influence stakeholders, and consistently elevate the quality of creative output.
• Skilled at navigating and excelling across multiple brands, diverse audiences, and varied business priorities.
• An entrepreneurial spirit, adaptable mindset, and energized by solving complex new creative challenges.

Client Description

Aquent Studios is a global creative studio that delivers scale, speed and efficiency to the world’s most recognized brands. We create the work that matters the most to them—work that has a real impact on their business. As an Aquent Studios team member, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the largest and most influential companies in the world, solving design challenges and extending their brands across tactic types and platforms, including digital design, UI/UX, video, motion, content, print design, web development, and more. If you want to do work that matters in a collaborative setting that values ingenuity and personal growth, you have found the right place!

Other Requirements

Creative Director, Social Creative

Aquent Studios — Embedded with Qualcomm

LOCATION: San Diego, CA, or Remote PST or MST

Full-Time, W2

Some Travel Expected

Compensation Range: $140,000-$160,000 DOE

The range provided is our reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location.