Creative Director - Experiential

About the role

This is a rare kind of creative role. This is the world of ultra-high-net-worth audiences, intimate gatherings at extraordinary properties, and brand experiences where the floral arrangement and the keynote narrative carry equal weight. Where a misplaced font is noticed. Where the difference between good and extraordinary is felt before it's seen.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the creative authority on a prestigious global financial services account, setting and protecting the creative standard across every program, market, and touchpoint.
• Develop and direct integrated experience concepts that go beyond aesthetic wrappers, building narrative frameworks and experience pillars that inform everything from venue selection and hospitality design to scenic, content, and programming.
• Translate strategic thinking into experiential reality, partnering with a strategist to ensure the creative always serves the story, and the story always serves the client's business objectives.
• Direct the full creative process from concept through execution—from initial renders to on-site delivery—ensuring the promise made in the room matches the reality on the ground.
• Think across 2D and 3D simultaneously, spanning graphic identity, environmental design, scenic, hospitality, print, digital content, and the considered details that define a luxury experience.
• Lead junior creatives and freelance talent on a project-by-project basis, maintaining creative consistency and quality across a globally distributed team.
• Present ideas with authority and conviction to senior client audiences, building the kind of trust where your creative recommendations carry genuine weight.
• Manage, mentor, and develop junior creative talent, fostering an environment where high standards are non-negotiable and craft is celebrated.
• Contribute to a creative culture defined by ambition, rigor, and genuine pride in the quality of the work.
• Embody Jack Morton's values of creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity in every interaction with clients and colleagues.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of agency-side experience in experiential marketing or brand experience, with a track record of leading creative for large, complex programs from concept through execution.
• A portfolio that demonstrates genuine creative range, including narrative-led experiential work that is as sophisticated in concept as it is in execution.
• Proven experience leading large, complex programs while maintaining the creative vision from pitch through physical delivery.
• Deep fluency across both 2D and 3D creative disciplines. You think about environment, materials, lighting, and scenic design with the same instinct you bring to graphic design and content.
• A demonstrated aesthetic sensibility aligned with luxury, contemporary design, or premium lifestyle brands, evidenced through your work—not simply stated.
• Proven ability to work directly with senior clients as a trusted creative consultant, not just a creative executor.
• Strong production literacy. You understand what it costs, what it takes, and what has to give for reality to match the render.
• Strongly Preferred: Experience working with luxury hospitality, fashion, financial services, or premium lifestyle brands.
• Experience leading creative across international programs and managing globally distributed creative teams.
• Experience creating and directing work for ultra-high-net-worth, C-suite, or similarly discerning audiences where expectations for polish, hospitality, and execution are exceptionally high.
• Demonstrated credibility operating in formal, high-protocol corporate and financial services environments, with the professional polish and executive presence required for senior client relationships.

Skills

• Strong production literacy.
• Ability to work directly with senior clients as a trusted creative consultant.
• Fluency across both 2D and 3D creative disciplines.
• Experience working with luxury hospitality, fashion, financial services, or premium lifestyle brands.
• Experience leading creative across international programs and managing globally distributed creative teams.
• Experience creating and directing work for ultra-high-net-worth, C-suite, or similarly discerning audiences.
• Strong production literacy.

Benefits

• Hybrid work in New York City (preferred) or Boston; may consider remote candidates who can travel to NYC quickly.
• Equal opportunity employer.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Hybrid work in New York City (preferred) or Boston; may consider remote candidates who can travel to NYC quickly.