Creative Director (contract)

Mindgrub Technologies is an award-winning digital agency specializing in AI-enabled digital transformation through strategy creative product development emerging technology and customer experience.

We partner with enterprise organizations to design and build digital products platforms applications campaigns content ecosystems and modern customer experiences that solve complex business challenges and create measurable impact.

Who You Are

You are a creative leader who understands how design storytelling technology and AI are reshaping digital products experiences and modern brands.

You create thoughtful high-quality work while helping teams move faster collaborate more effectively and think strategically. You know when refinement matters when experimentation matters and how to balance both.

Clients trust your perspective. Teams rely on your leadership judgment and ability to bring clarity to ambiguity. Youre collaborative constructive and able to work independently while supporting the people around you.

Youre comfortable leading product experiences applications websites campaigns brand systems creative operations and multidisciplinary teams. You bring modern design sensibilities familiarity with UX/UI and accessibility best practices and a portfolio that demonstrates sophisticated visual design and thoughtful UX thinking.

Youre curious about emerging technologies but grounded enough to separate meaningful innovation from hype. You believe AI should support creativity exploration and execution not replace thoughtful creative work.

You lead with curiosity accountability empathy and a team-first mindset.

Position Overview

The Creative Director is responsible for the overall vision brand quality user experience direction and design operations strategy for Mindgrub and its portfolio of client engagements.

This role focuses on creative quality digital experience direction and the continued evolution of modern creative workflows. The Creative Director works closely with executive leadership production and go-to-market teams to ensure creative work is effective scalable and aligned with business goals.

A key part of this role is helping guide Mindgrubs continued evolution toward AI-enabled creative operations and modern production workflows. This includes identifying practical opportunities for generative AI automation rapid prototyping and emerging creative tools to improve quality collaboration efficiency and scalability.

The ideal candidate brings experience in digital product design UX accessibility analytics strategy storytelling brand leadership content and multidisciplinary creative leadership within an agency consultancy or technology-focused organization.

This role reports to the Head of Production and collaborates closely with executive leadership throughout the organization.

Responsibilities

• Brand & Creative Leadership:
  
  • Guide the continued evolution of Mindgrubs brand across products campaigns marketing thought leadership and client-facing experiences
  • Maintain creative standards across all channels and touchpoints
  • Lead the development of thoughtful differentiated and strategically aligned creative work
  • Facilitate presentations workshops reviews and creative discussions with clients and internal stakeholders
  • Help strengthen client relationships through quality consistency storytelling and user experience

• Product & Experience Strategic Direction:
  • Help define the user experience and strategy for digital products platforms applications websites and emerging interactive solutions
  • Lead UI designers in modern product and responsive web design enhancing brands through digital experiences
  • Establish scalable design systems interaction models and experience standards
  • Partner with engineering product strategy and production teams to ensure creative vision carries through to shipped experiences
  • Provide guidance on accessibility usability storytelling and customer experience best practices
  • Support enterprise client engagements requiring strategic creative and UX leadership

• AI Workflow & Production Leadership:
  • Help evolve AI-enabled creative and production capabilities throughout the organization
  • Introduce practical workflows that improve creative quality operational efficiency collaboration and scalability
  • Evaluate emerging tools and technologies related to design video ideation prototyping and production
  • Establish thoughtful standards for responsible and effective use of AI within creative workflows
  • Guide teams through evolving technologies while maintaining creative judgment originality and brand integrity
  • Oversee creative direction for product application web and digital experience initiatives along with supporting campaigns content and brand work
  • Improve creative operations and production workflows to support scalability and execution quality

• Team Leadership:
  • Mentor and support multidisciplinary creative talent spanning design UX content analytics video and production
  • Help teams strengthen both creative craft and technology fluency
  • Identify evolving skill needs and growth opportunities
  • Support hiring onboarding mentoring and professional development efforts
  • Foster a culture of curiosity accountability experimentation collaboration and continuous learning

• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Partner with sales marketing engineering product strategy and production teams to align strategy and execution
  • Translate business goals technical requirements and customer needs into compelling creative solutions
  • Participate in planning sessions innovation initiatives workshops and leadership collaboration
  • Actively participate in in-office collaboration days and strategic planning sessions

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in a Creative Director or senior creative leadership role
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary creative teams within agencies consultancies product companies or technology-focused organizations
• Background in digital product design UX/UI branding storytelling content systems and creative strategy
• Demonstrated success improving creative operations production workflows and organizational processes
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and UX/UI best practices
• Hands-on experience with Agile workflows and collaboration tools including Jira and Confluence
• Fluent with modern creative tools such as Figma and Miro and evolving workflows related to design video prototyping and production
• Ability to integrate generative AI technologies into creative content product design or production workflows
• Familiarity with platforms such as ChatGPT Claude Runway Adobe Firefly Midjourney Figma AI Canva and related tools is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite
• Excellent communication presentation facilitation and client leadership skills
• Ability to lead multiple workstreams and multidisciplinary teams simultaneously
• Systems-thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Understanding of digital ecosystems evolving customer behaviors and AI-driven experience trends
• Portfolio demonstrating leadership across digital products mobile and web applications campaigns brand systems or experience-driven work spanning multiple mediums and teams
• Strategic thinker with a collaborative adaptive and team-oriented approach

Success in This Role Looks Like

• High-quality creative work delivered efficiently and consistently
• Thoughtful digital experiences across products applications websites campaigns and platforms
• Creative workflows that improve collaboration scalability and execution quality
• Teams that continue learning and adapting as technologies evolve
• Client relationships strengthened through innovation execution quality and strategic partnership

Compensation

• $70.00 - $90.00 USD per hour based on experience portfolio strength leadership background strategic capabilities and technical expertise.
• Base compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors including skills education certifications geographic location and overall experience relevant to the role.

Inclusivity without exception At Mindgrub we value and encourage mutual respect and acceptance. We know we all have something to contribute. We work every day to ensure all are welcome and that we treat all people with fairness and dignity.

No phone calls or recruiters please.

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