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Creative Director - Experiential

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At a Glance

Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Employment
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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