Creative Director

We are partnering with our Portland, OR agency client to recruit a Creative Director to join their team on a permanent basis. In this role, you will leverage consumer brand expertise and a passion for tactical, thoughtful consumer design and storytelling to guide clients and internal teams in creating and curating cutting-edge work. While this is a senior-level opportunity to define creative direction and strategy with clients, no one in this organization is completely hands off when it comes to ideation and tactical creation. You will touch on all ends of the design process, establishing visions that guide output with client partners and internal teams, and keeping agency creatives aligned to ensure client satisfaction. You will oversee creative output on a wide variety of platforms, including print and digital design, video and ad production, OOH and more. To be a fit, you should bring in-depth experience leading creative in the agency space, with a portfolio that reflect consumer-centric brands and cutting-edge work. Your history should demonstrate 8+ years of agency experience with a history of upward growth, landing in a CD role or similar title. Experience working with Fortune 500 retail, consumer products and/or entertainment brands in required.

This is an agile agency working with Fortune 500 consumer products brands and local Pacific Northwest organizations to curate unique brand experiences. If you are a consultative creative leader with B2C expertise, this might be a match! Compensation for this role ranges widely depending on your level of relevant experience, with base salary ranging from $120,000 to $180,000 annually, with some potential flexibility for the right fit. This is a primarily onsite role in Portland, OR, and the team offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage, stellar 401(K) match, 18+ days of PTO and sick time (grows with tenure), frequent holidays and office closures in December and January, and other unique benefits like wellness and transit subsidies. This team is also open to candidates outside of Portland, OR exploring relocation – some assistance may be provided for the right fit!

You will:

• Serve as a partner to account teams in pitching new business, working closely with clients to develop early rapport and aligning needs with team output
• Manage team output and design execution, aligning timelines, resources, budgets and project goals to exceed client expectations
• Lead internal design staff in designing, curating and aligning cutting-edge work with client goals with the goal of breaking the mold and driving innovation
• Drive creative visualization and strategy with clients and agency leaders, identifying opportunities for innovation

Your experience should include:

• 8+ years of agency creative and design leadership experience – flexible on titles and level based on work and historical clients
• Consumer and retail design expertise with experience working with Fortune 500 clients
• Track record of consultative client work, participating in winning pitches, strategy conversations and feedback opportunities that drive clarity, cohesion and client satisfaction
• Deep passion for hands-on, tactical design leadership with comfort jumping in to design work, as needed
• A tactical design background with experience creating assets and campaigns, with the ability to guide and mentor from that perspective
• Digital portfolio showcasing award winning, high profile design work across digital, print, brand, experiential, OOH and similar campaigns

Sound like you? Apply here for consideration. Web portfolios highlighting relevant work are required.