Creative Director

What You'll Be Doing:

• Creative Vision and Excellence - Serve as the primary stakeholder for creative quality control.
• Ensure no work leaves the agency without a senior vision applied.
• Align creative output with brand direction and agency standards.
• Lead the development of culturally relevant work for major partners including Riot Games, Adidas, and Alienware.
• Apply a deep understanding of youth culture to reimagine marketing moments.
• Lead development of VFX-enhanced broadcast spots and platform-native content.

• Strategic Leadership - Partner with the Strategy team to integrate strategy as a service across all creative work.
• Ensure creative concepts solve deep-rooted brand problems, not just surface-level briefs.
• Champion the agency's unique selling propositions and focus on defined cultural influence.
• Contribute to agency growth by helping secure high-profile new business wins.

• Team Building - Build a permanent creative team including Art Directors, copywriters, and designers.
• Collaborate with the Operations Director on a strategic resourcing model.
• Consult on fractional creative director needs for specific contracts.
• Ensure the right creative experts are in the room for every pitch.

• Operational Accountability - Partner with the Director of Agency Operations to ensure creative visions are financially viable.
• Align creative work with project budgets and understand how creative efficiency impacts agency profitability and EBITDA targets.
• Embrace openness to hard conversations and implement changes needed to achieve scalability and professional maturity.

What You'll Need:

• 12 or more years of experience in a creative role, with a significant portion at the senior or director level.
• Agency background is required, with experience at established, high-standard creative agencies.
• Proven experience building and leading a creative department, including hiring, structuring, and developing teams across both traditional creative roles (Art Directors, copywriters, designers) and production personnel (producers, editors, motion designers, and technical specialists).
• Proven track record delivering integrated marketing work across multiple channels and platforms.
• Deep expertise in gaming, esports, and digital culture.
• Experience with immersive worlds such as Minecraft, Roblox, or Fortnite is a plus.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving agency environment.
• Passion for mentoring junior talent and building agency infrastructure from the ground up.
• Ability to travel domestically approximately 25% for client meetings, cross-functional planning sessions, and agency initiatives as needed.

Pay:

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $130,000 – $170,000 + bonus opportunities.

Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related factors such as skills, experience, education, internal equity, and geographic location, where applicable and permitted by law.

Benefits & Other Compensation:

This position is eligible for company-provided benefits, which may include health insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, and retirement-related benefits, subject to plan terms and eligibility requirements.

Disclaimer:

Team Liquid does not work with third-party agencies or agents. Official recruiting communications are only shared through verified Team Liquid channels.