Creative Director, Event Design

USA (On-site)

$110K/yr – $140K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead disruptive, end-to-end creative work that turns briefs into award-winning campaigns and builds strategic client partnerships across channels.

  • Must-have: proven multi-channel leadership with a portfolio of disruptive campaigns.
  • Standout: ability to mentor teams, secure client buy-in, and scale creative programs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead creative that disrupts, not decorates. You’ll shape ideas from a blank page to award-winning, business-shifting campaigns. If it doesn’t make people talk, it’s not done yet.
  • Be the insight hunter. You turn data, culture, and human behavior into creative gold by partnering with strategists to find the signal in the noise.
  • Pitch like a legend. You own the room, turning concepts into must-buys and clients into believers, first meeting or a final sell.
  • Accelerate from brief to brilliance. Your speed isn’t just about moving fast; it’s about moving smart, transforming briefs into work that sets new standards.
  • Steer diverse creative experiences. Digital, social, experiential, emerging tech are in your vernacular. You lead teams and projects across every channel, every platform, every audience.
  • Build strategic client relationships. You’re a problem-solver, a trusted advisor, and a creative diplomat that is always building and defending the kind of partnerships that make great work possible.
  • Architect the team. You design team structures that balance talent, ambition, and sanity. You make sure the right people are in the right roles for maximum impact.
  • Set the bar and raise it. You inspire, motivate, and demand excellence, creating a culture where great work is the baseline, not the exception.
  • Give feedback that actually helps. You’re clear, direct, and real-time with your feedback which grows talent, not just critiquing it.
  • Create a space for brilliance. Collaboration isn’t just a buzzword here at GMR. It’s how you build the environment where creativity thrives.
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GMR Marketing

We are the Experience Agency making unforgettable stories born of humanity. Founded in 1979, GMR is a leader in the experiential marketing industry, connecting brands and their consumers through shared passions. We’re made up of dreamers, doers & strategists who create experiences founded on data, rooted in insight and grounded in strategy. From experiential to sponsorships and more, we get your brand where it needs to go. While headquartered in the United States, our passionate global team creates, consults and activates in more than 70 countries, covering every continent. GMR is a part of Omnicom Group Inc.

Founded in 1979
Germantown, Wisconsin, USA
1.7K employees (354 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.6%
Direct
49.2%
Referral
7.7%
Social
10.2%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
274 (16% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

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