Creative Director

Liquid Agency is looking for a bold, visionary, Creative Director to lead and elevate the creative expression of brands to create category leadership. This is a remote, work-from home position, but you must be based in the U.S. and available to work primarily Central hours. If you thrive at the intersection of brand, business, design, and creativity, leading teams, shaping breakthrough ideas, and translating strategy into meaningful, high-impact experiences, we want to meet you! As a Creative Director, you will own the creative vision across key assigned client accounts. You’ll ensure that every idea, every executing, and every experience aligns with strategy, exceeds expectations, and drives measurable business impact. You’ll partner closely with Strategy, Client Services, and Program Management, to shape briefs, guide teams, and deliver work that builds belief and fuels growth. You are both an inspiring leader and a decisive operator-able to push creative boundaries while maintaining accountability to scope, timelines, and outcomes. You bring gravitas in the room, clarity in storytelling, and the ability to turn a strong idea into a compelling narrative that resonates with clients and audiences alike. This role requires a balance of creative excellence, strategic thinking, and business acumen-along with a passion for developing teams and building lasting client partnerships. What you’ll do: You will serve as the creative lead across client accounts, ensuring all work is grounded in strategy and aligned to the brief You will partner with Strategy to shape clear, inspiring briefs and lead concept development across brand, digital, and campaign work You will present and sell ideas with confidence, translating creative into compelling narratives for clients, including senior stakeholders You will push our already boundary-breaking creative teams to leverage the rapidly expanding AI tools, platforms, and workflows to the next level of innovative, effective, and efficient outcomes You will guide teams through execution, aligning with Client Services and Program Management to ensure timelines, budgets, and quality outcomes You will drive account growth by identifying new opportunities, strengthening client relationships, and contributing to business development You will mentor and develop creative talent while fostering strong, collaborative partnerships across teams What you’ll bring: 10+ years of senior creative leadership experience, ideally within an agency or consulting environment A strong conceptual foundation, with a portfolio that demonstrates beautiful & thoughtful campaign thinking, brand design, experience design, and big ideas brought to life across digital and integrated platforms A strong background in B to B across niche industries, showing compelling conceptual chops that deliver direct business value as well as consistent creative and experiential excellence. (B to C work experience is of secondary importance.) A background rooted in design and/or art direction, with a progression into creative leadership Experience leading and inspiring multidisciplinary teams across brand, digital, and campaign work. Your partnership with copywriting to deliver strategic intent is proven. Proven ability to sell and deliver high-impact creative work that drives business results while being on-strategy. Strong business acumen, including comfort managing scope, budgets, and profitability Established and demonstrable fluency and skills with a broad range of AI tools, because you already have embraced the benefits of human-first AI-powered creativity Proven enthusiasm to use modern collaborative creative tools like Figma & Miro. Figma base-level fluency is especially important for the ease of collaboration that ladders directly up into modern application of creative thought applied to experience. Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills, with experience engaging senior and executive-level clients A strategic and entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to connect creative ideas to business outcomes A passion for mentoring and developing talent, and building strong collaborative teams Who you are Empathy in Action — you understand what matters to audiences, clients, and teammates Commitment, Always — you take ownership of outcomes and push for excellence Team-Powered Success — you believe the best ideas come from collaboration Humility in All Endeavors — you stay curious, open, and always learning Courage to Challenge — you push thinking forward and aren’t afraid to take smart risks You embody Liquid’s values and ways of working. You are a whole-brain thinking-both imaginative and intention, who thrives in a collaborative, fast-moving environment. You’re optimistic, entrepreneurial, and driven to make a measurable difference through the work. We build category leading brands. For companies that rely on their brands to give them a competitive advantage, Liquid Agency is a brand consulting and activation company that fuels growth, creates value and captures ROI. We leverage the power of brands to solve today’s most difficult business challenges by designing experiences for brands and their customers and employees, experiences that all connect with the heart of an organization’s real meaning and purpose. We make it fast, and we make it real, through a powerful and agile approach called Silicon Valley Thinking, providing speed to market in a time of rapid change. The result is measurable business growth, and brands people believe in. Liquid Agency is recognized the world over as a progressive thought leader in the field of branding, culture, and experience. We are fortunate to work with some of the most innovative clients of our time. Join us so you can do the best work of your career! #J-18808-Ljbffr