Creative Director, Integrated
Something Special Studios · New York, NY · 5 mo ago
HybridArt & Creative$165k–$220k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Lead the creative vision across experiential, content, campaigns, brand development, and disruptive marketing.
- Partner on concept development with Creative Strategy, ensuring insights translate into strong, executable ideas.
- Closely partner with Graphic Design and Spatial Design to ensure visual and experiential expressions ladder up to one connected creative world.
- Guide art directors and creative teams across projects, fostering a culture of craft, clarity, and creative ambition.
- Build integrated creative concepts that work across physical spaces, content systems, social formats, and campaign storytelling.
- Develop and maintain visual worlds, image systems, and creative codes that anchor ideas across touchpoints.
- Translate early creative sparks into high-fidelity direction, storyboards, and creative playbooks.
- Lead photo, video, and content productions, from pre-production (concepting, casting styling, set design) through on-set direction and final delivery.
- Review and approve photography, motion edits, retouching, experiential renders, and final creative assets.
- Collaborate with producers to resource projects, scout directors/photographers, and ensure execution meets the creative bar.
- Work hand-in-hand with Creative Strategy to build narrative coherence and ensure ideas are insight-driven.
- Collaborate with Graphic Design and Spatial Design to bring integrated ideas to life across 2D, 3D, digital, and physical.
- Serve as a creative partner to production, accounts, and leadership throughout project lifecycles.
Qualifications
- 10+ years leading creative work across brand, campaign, experiential, and content within an agency or studio environment.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating integrated ideas, visual world-building, and best-in-class production craft.
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and partner across strategy, design, and production.
- Deep familiarity with contemporary culture, brand storytelling, and visual language.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
Pay
Salary Range: $165,000 - $220,000 annually. Salary for the prospective employee is determined by a combination of factors that include qualifications, applicable skills, relevant experience and other budgetary considerations such as location/geography.