Creative Director, US — Creator-First Social Leader

Billion Dollar Boy Limited; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Billion Dollar Boy, a dynamic social agency, seeks a seasoned Creative Director to head the US creative department for a 7–8 month maternity cover. You’ll guide a multi-disciplinary team, champion creator-first, social-first strategies, and elevate client work with bold ideas and strong leadership.

Based in New York with hybrid work (2 days in office), you’ll oversee briefs, pitches, and senior relationships, driving excellence across strategy, talent, and production while ensuring continuity

Qualifications

• 10–12 years in creative, with 3+ years at Creative Director level leading teams.
• Deep fluency in social, creator and influencer marketing.
• Portfolio of social-first, creator-led work for major brands.
• Proven pitch track record.
• Productive, senior-level client relationships.
• Hands-on people leadership.
• Ability to step into an existing team mid-stream and lead through ambiguity.
• Strong concept and craft chops, from copy or art background.
• Optimistic, collaborative leadership with kindness over ego.
• Agency experience required; global/network experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the work. Lead creative across the US portfolio from brief to final, partnering closely with Strategy, Client Services, Talent and Production.
• Interrogate the brief. Define what the team should deliver on every brief — and spot opportunities the brief didn’t mention.
• Shape the thinking. Help the team turn first thoughts into fully worked-out ideas, presented with clarity and excitement.
• Push it bolder. Grow our clients' appetite for transformative social-first, creator-led ideas rooted in human truths.
• Win new business. Lead the creative side of pitches — concepts, narrative, RTBs — and develop your own creative responses for our biggest clients.
• Lead the team. Directly manage an ACD and senior creatives and designers; coach, career progression, tough conversations.
• Coach range, not just taste. Draw on broad knowledge of creative techniques to develop all kinds of thinkers.
• Own senior client relationships. Represent current work and open doors to future opportunities.
• Think commercially. Understand cost, value, and why it will work behind every idea.
• Provoke healthy debate. Challenge how to solve business challenges and seize opportunities.
• Stay connected globally. Partner with global creative leadership to keep US work aligned with Creator Instinct and agency POV.
• Hand back the keys cleanly. Document work, wins, and team progress for a smooth return.

Skills

Creative leadership

Social/creator marketing

Pitching experience

Client relationships

People leadership

Agency experience

Copy/Art craft

Collaborative mindset

Strategy collaboration

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

Billion Dollar Boy, a dynamic social agency, seeks a seasoned Creative Director to head the US creative department for a 7–8 month maternity cover. You’ll guide a multi-disciplinary team, champion creator-first, social-first strategies, and elevate client work with bold ideas and strong leadership.

Based in New York with hybrid work (2 days in office), you’ll oversee briefs, pitches, and senior relationships, driving excellence across strategy, talent, and production while ensuring continuity