Director, Creative Development

Condé Nast; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Condé Nast in New York is seeking a Director, Creative Development to lead the growth of AD’s global digital video business. You will shape a portfolio of original video franchises, collaborating with editorial, video, audience, talent, social, and global teams to create compelling, scalable entertainment.

The role requires a senior creative voice, developing IP and guiding franchises across platforms, formats, and markets while setting creative vision and standards for AD video.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience developing and producing premium original digital video, entertainment, or editorial programming.
• Proven track record developing successful original formats, franchises, or series from concept through launch.
• Exceptional creative instincts and editorial judgment for AD.
• Ability to lead creative teams and translate vision into execution.
• Deep understanding of YouTube, social video, and emerging platforms.
• Strong knowledge of design, architecture, and culture.

Responsibilities

• Help define and execute AD’s creative development strategy for video across platforms.
• Own the creative development pipeline from ideas through greenlight and launch.
• Develop original video IP and scalable franchises for multiple platforms.
• Partner with editorial and video leadership to identify stories and talent.
• Lead creative development for pilots and evolving formats with clear direction.
• Uphold a high creative bar across the portfolio and provide feedback.
• Lead brainstorms and develop pitches for senior leadership.
• Collaborate with Talent/Casting and editorial teams to identify talent.
• Use audience insights and trends to reach new viewers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to extend IP across markets.
• Mentor collaborators and direct pilots as needed.

Skills

Video development

Franchise development

Editorial storytelling

Team leadership

Platform strategy

Audience insights

Job description

Job Description

AD is the international authority on design and architecture. AD provides exclusive access to the world’s most beautiful homes and the fascinating people who live in them, bringing its audience a wealth of information on architecture and interior design, art and antiques, travel destinations, and extraordinary products; its AD100 list of top architects and designers is one of the industry’s most relied-upon indexes of talent. Every day AD inspires millions of affluent readers to redesign and refresh their lives through a multiplatform presence that includes print and digital editions, social media, signature events, and the brand’s website, archdigest.com.

Location

New York, NY

Director, Creative Development

Architectural Digest is seeking a Director, Creative Development to help lead the continued growth and evolution of AD’s global digital video business. Working closely with the Executive Director, Video Programming, this role will shape a distinctive portfolio of original video franchises, developing ambitious ideas that extend AD’s authority in design and reach new audiences across platforms. The Director will be a senior creative voice within AD’s video organization, responsible for developing original IP, evolving successful franchises, and helping set the creative vision and standards for AD video. This role will collaborate across editorial, video, audience, talent, social, commercial, and global teams to create compelling, scalable entertainment. This role is based in New York.

Primary Responsibilities

• Help define and execute AD’s creative development strategy for video across O&O, YouTube, social, and emerging platforms
• Own the creative development pipeline from early-stage ideas and pilots through greenlight, launch, and franchise evolution
• Develop original video IP and evolve successful franchises with the potential to scale across platforms, formats, and global markets
• Partner with editorial and video leadership to identify stories, talent, cultural moments, and areas of AD authority that can become compelling video formats
• Lead creative development for new pilots and evolving formats, shaping format, talent, visual approach, storytelling, and platform positioning.
• Establish and uphold a high creative bar across the portfolio, reviewing treatments, scripts, rough cuts, and final cuts and providing clear creative direction
• Lead brainstorms and develop compelling pitches, treatments, and programming recommendations for senior leadership
• Partner with Talent/Casting and editorial teams to identify and develop internal and external talent, from designers and creators to high-profile celebrities
• Use audience insights, platform behavior, and cultural trends to inform development and identify opportunities to reach new audiences
• Collaborate with social, commercial, and global teams to identify opportunities to extend AD’s IP across platforms, markets, cultural moments, events, and partnerships
• Lead and mentor creative collaborators, producers, and freelance partners, and direct or produce select pilots and priority projects as needed

Skills And Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience developing and producing premium original digital video, entertainment, or editorial programming, including experience leading creative development
• Proven track record developing successful original formats, franchises, or series from concept through launch and iteration
• Exceptional creative instincts, visual sensibility, and editorial judgment, with a strong understanding of what makes an idea distinctly right for AD
• Demonstrated ability to lead creative teams, provide clear and actionable feedback, and translate creative vision into execution
• Deep understanding of YouTube, social video, and emerging platforms, including how storytelling, talent, packaging, and audience behavior differ across them
• Strong understanding of design, architecture, celebrity, lifestyle, entertainment, and culture
• Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to use audience insights to identify new formats, audiences, and business opportunities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across matrixed teams, senior leadership, and high-profile talent
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to balance creative ambition with timelines, resources, production complexity, and scalability

Compensation

The expected base salary range for this position is from $105,000-$171,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.
In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates may also be eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation.

Equal Opportunity

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.