Creative Director
Overview
Placement Type:
Temporary
Salary:
$60-65 Hourly
Start Date:
As soon as possible
Aquent Studios is looking for a visionary and hands-on leader to help manage projects to architect and champion groundbreaking advertising initiatives for one of our top clients in the big tech space. This project doesn’t just involve executing campaigns — it involves conceiving and driving them from initial spark to impactful reality.
The team’s projects involve:
- Leading the conceptual development of integrated advertising campaigns across all relevant channels (digital, social, video, OOH, experiential, etc.).
- Generating and inspiring truly original, strategically sound, and culturally resonant campaign concepts that break through the clutter.
- Challenging conventional advertising approaches and champion bold, innovative ideas that push creative limits and achieve unprecedented impact.
- Providing clear creative direction, mentorship, and inspiration to copywriters, art directors, designers, and other creative team members.
- Ensuring all campaign elements are strategically aligned with client objectives, target audiences, and brand narratives.
- Identifying emerging trends, cultural shifts, and technological advancements to proactively develop innovative campaign ideas and approaches.
- Fostering a collaborative and high-performing creative environment, working closely with strategy, account management, and production teams.
- Confidently presenting and articulating complex creative concepts and strategic rationale to both internal teams and clients, effectively selling in bold ideas.
- While leading, remain actively involved in the creative process, contributing directly to key campaign elements and ensuring exceptional quality.
- Understanding and integrating performance metrics and data insights to optimize campaign creative for maximum impact.
Must haves:
- Exceptional Conceptual Portfolio: A robust portfolio showcasing highly innovative and boundary-pushing advertising campaigns that have achieved measurable results.
- Strategic Mastery: A deep understanding of advertising strategy, brand building, and consumer behavior.
- Channel Agnostic Thinking: Expertise in developing creative solutions that effectively leverage the strengths of various media channels.
- Proactive & Entrepreneurial Spirit: A self-starter who identifies opportunities, takes initiative, and drives creative innovation.
- Excellent Communication & Presentation Skills: The ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.
- Passion for Innovation: A relentless curiosity for what’s next in advertising and a drive to create groundbreaking work.
Must know:
- Google Workplace – Drive, Gmail, Sheets, Docs, Slides, etc.
- Figma
- Adobe Creative Suite
Compensation Range: $60 -65/hr DOE
The range provided is our reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location.
Client Description
Aquent Studios is a global creative studio that delivers scale, speed and efficiency to the world’s most recognized brands. We create the work that matters the most to them—work that has a real impact on their business. As an Aquent Studio team member, you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the largest and most influential companies in the world, solving design challenges and extending their brands across tactic types and platforms, including digital design, UI/UX, video, motion, content, print design, web development, and more. If you want to do work that matters in a collaborative setting that values ingenuity and personal growth, you have found the right place!