Creative Director

Job Description

The Creative Director - Copy at Critical Mass leads the creative vision for accounts, pushing work to be original, unexpected, and impactful. They actively use and teach AI tools, lead multidisciplinary teams, challenge stakeholders, oversee projects, and inspire a culture of ambition and craft.

Requirements

• 6+ years of creative leadership experience, preferably in an agency
• A portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking and craft across brand and campaign work
• A sharp, informed aesthetic sensibility shaped by deep engagement with culture, art, fashion, film, music, and the world
• Experience leading and mentoring multidisciplinary creative teams
• Proven experience presenting, selling, and defending creative work to senior clients and stakeholders
• Hands-on experience with AI creative tools, including teaching and guiding others
• Experience leading or contributing significantly to new business pitches
• A genuine passion for the craft and the relentless pursuit to protect it

Qualifications

• Sharp, informed aesthetic sensibility, shaped by deep engagement with culture, art, fashion, film, music, and the world
• Experience leading and mentoring multidisciplinary creative teams
• Proven experience presenting, selling, and defending creative work to senior clients and stakeholders
• Hands-on experience with AI creative tools, including teaching and guiding others
• Experience leading or contributing significantly to new business pitches
• A genuine passion for the craft and the relentless pursuit to protect it

Benefits

• Global maternity and parental leave
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, personal/sick days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• Early Dismissal Fridays (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts
• Internal learning and development programs

Pay

$175,000 - $230,000

Schedule

Minimum of 3 days a week in the office, with a goal to increase this requirement over time.