Creative Director | Growth Marketing & Performance Creative

Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)

Compensation: $120,000–$150,000 base + bonus eligibility

Employment: Full-Time

The Opportunity:

We're partnering with a leading, tech-enabled growth marketing agency to find a Creative Director who knows how to build great creative, lead strong teams, and drive measurable business results.

This isn't a traditional creative leadership role focused solely on brand aesthetics or big ideas. It's an opportunity to lead creative in an environment where strategy, performance marketing, data, and storytelling come together to drive growth.

You'll oversee creative strategy and execution across a diverse portfolio of clients spanning lifestyle, consumer brands, CPG, and B2B , working alongside experts in paid media, analytics, and growth strategy.

The agency manages billions in media spend and has built its reputation on challenging conventional marketing approaches through experimentation, technology, and measurable results.

You'll have real ownership: Lead and develop a team, influence the creative direction of key accounts, strengthen client relationships, and help evolve the agency's creative capabilities.

This is a player-coach position for someone who enjoys leading people but still wants to be closely involved in the creative work, strategy, and client conversations that matter.

What You'll Do:

Creative Strategy & Execution

• Own creative direction, strategy, and quality across a portfolio of client accounts.
• Develop compelling, multi-channel creative that balances strong storytelling with measurable marketing performance.
• Lead concept development, creative reviews, experimentation, and continuous optimization.
• Stay hands-on with high-priority accounts, bringing strategic thinking and creative expertise to complex challenges.
• Integrate AI, emerging technologies, and new creative approaches to improve efficiency, innovation, and outcomes.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of creative professionals across multiple disciplines.
• Oversee hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development.
• Build a culture of creative excellence, accountability, collaboration, and constructive feedback.
• Manage team capacity and resources to ensure quality delivery across client accounts.

Client Leadership & Business Growth

• Serve as a trusted creative advisor to senior client stakeholders, confidently presenting strategies, ideas, and performance insights.
• Partner with media, strategy, and account teams to connect creative decisions to broader business objectives.
• Navigate complex client challenges, provide strategic solutions, and maintain high standards of execution.
• Help strengthen client retention and identify opportunities to expand creative services.
• Collaborate with agency leadership to improve creative offerings, processes, and capabilities.

What We're Looking For:

• 7–8+ years of experience in digital marketing and creative, including at least 5 years in an agency environment .
• 5+ years of creative team leadership , with demonstrated experience managing performance, developing talent, and building effective teams.
• 5+ years of deep, hands-on creative expertise across disciplines such as creative strategy, design, copywriting, production, or post-production.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating high-impact, multi-channel creative campaigns developed and executed at scale.
• A solid understanding of performance creative, paid media, consumer behavior, and the role creative plays throughout the marketing funnel .
• Experience translating data, testing insights, and performance metrics into stronger creative strategies.
• Executive-level communication skills and the ability to confidently present, defend, and refine creative recommendations with senior stakeholders.
• Strong creative judgment, balanced with an ability to prioritize business outcomes, client needs, and team development.
• A leadership style that combines strategic vision with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and execute.

What Makes This Role Different:

Creative leadership with measurable impact. Your work will be evaluated not just on creative quality, but on how effectively it contributes to client growth.

Variety and scale. Work across established and emerging brands, multiple industries, and sophisticated marketing programs supported by significant media investment.

Ownership and influence. Help shape creative standards, develop talent, influence client strategy, and contribute to the evolution of the agency's creative services.

Stay close to the craft. This isn't a role where you simply review work and manage meetings. You'll remain actively involved in the creative decisions and strategic challenges that make the work interesting.

Remote flexibility. Work from anywhere in the U.S. while collaborating with a team of creative, media, and growth marketing professionals.