Hybrid Creative Director, Experiential Marketing Leader

George P. Johnson Experience Marketing; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k) plan

Healthcare option

Job summary

George P. Johnson Experience Marketing in Los Angeles is seeking a Creative Director to lead a growing team, mentor creatives, and drive innovative ideas across events and experiential campaigns.

You will supervise 1-4 direct reports, collaborate with strategy, production, and accounts, and guide pitches with high-quality presentations while maintaining brand integrity and client impact.

Qualifications

• Minimum of four year degree in Design, Advertising, Theater or related creative discipline.
• Minimum 10 years industry experience or related creative process experience combining strategy, content, message with creative deliverables.
• Event and Experience Design expertise desirable.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills required.
• Ability to lead, motivate and inspire the creative team, while keeping the creative process in alignment with GPJ business goals and objectives

Responsibilities

• Supervise account-based creative teams day-to-day to ensure their success
• Manage 1-4 direct reports and invest in their career path, growth and development
• Collaborate in NBD efforts, developing mind-blowing ideas and pitching to success
• Contribute to creative and agency culture, inspiring teams to do their best work
• Collaborate with creative leadership to create high-quality, strategic presentations that exceed client expectations through copywriting, sketches, renders, mock-ups, and presentations
• Excel at managing team workload and meeting tight deadlines
• Lead planning and strategy sessions resulting in clear creative briefs
• Lead project creative teams, overseeing work and ensuring execution is consistent and of the highest quality output
• Work closely with Creative leadership to establish agency best practices and standard ensuring our leadership within the industry
• Push the development of multiple concepts and solutions to meet client objectives, while also understanding impact to the larger business and GPJ
• Develops personal client relationships that inspires them and manages expectations
• Collaborate with IP, graphics production, fabrication and creative tech to set agency standards and solve design and budgetary challenges while maintaining design and brand integrity. Always find a way to make it work.

Skills

Team player

Broad-based exposure to art & design

Creative leadership

Oversee creative teams

Deliver authentic experiences

Pitching and presentation

Education

Design/Advertising/Theater degree

Job description

George P. Johnson Experience Marketing in Los Angeles is seeking a Creative Director to lead a growing team, mentor creatives, and drive innovative ideas across events and experiential campaigns.

You will supervise 1-4 direct reports, collaborate with strategy, production, and accounts, and guide pitches with high-quality presentations while maintaining brand integrity and client impact.