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Creative Director - Experiential
At a Glance
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Employment
- employment_optional
- Compensation
- nge for this position is from $160,000 - $190,000 ( potential flex). Where an e
- Department
- West Coast Creative | QJJ08BB008 | Jack Morton Admin San Fran
- Posted
- 2026-03-23T10:36:48-04:00
Key Requirements
Domain Knowledge
- Environmental
- Marketing
Requirements
8+ years of agency-side experience in experiential marketing or brand experience, with a proven track record leading creative on large-scale, complex programs end-to-end
You think about spatial flow, environmental storytelling, wayfinding, and the physical logic of how large groups of people move through and experience a space
Experience working directly with clients as a creative partner and educator building trust and creative understanding over time
Experience working with clients who are newer to agency partnerships, comfortable establishing process, building creative vocabulary, and demonstrating value incrementally
Familiarity with large-format production: staging, scenic, environmental design, signage systems, and the creative discipline required to maintain consistency at scale
Experience directing globally distributed creative teams across international programs
Compensation & Benefits
potential
flex). Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; location and region; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.
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Responsibilities
Lead experience design across a portfolio of large-scale technology conferences, trade show activations, and live brand environments owning the creative from brief through on-site execution
Direct and oversee junior creatives and freelance talent across multiple programs, providing clear, actionable creative direction that can be executed at pace
Maintain global creative consistency across markets and agency offices, serving as the single source of truth for how this client's brand is expressed through experience
Building the Partnership
Build a genuine creative partnership with a client that is ambitious, enthusiastic, and growing in their understanding of what agency collaboration can produce
Help establish clear, effective ways of working that give the client confidence and give the creative team the structure they need to do their best work