Executive Creative Director (ECD) at CNC Agency (Coffee 'n Clothes) | USA

CNC Agency (Coffee 'n Clothes)

Executive Creative Director (ECD)

USA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and elevate the client’s long-term experiential creative vision across platforms and markets, shaping briefs, investment priorities, and governance to deliver cohesive, high-impact brand experiences.

Creative leadership: guide senior creatives and ensure flagship moments set the benchmark across events, environments, content, digital, and hybrid activations.
Portfolio governance: establish frameworks, review processes, and cross-region consistency while allowing local nuance.
Strategic influence: partner with C-suite and senior marketing leaders to align creative ambition with financial reality and growth opportunities.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Define and own the long-term creative vision for the client across all experiential programs, platforms, and markets
Ensure a cohesive brand experience across the full portfolio, spanning events, environments, content, digital, and hybrid activations
Establish and evolve creative frameworks, toolkits, and systems that enable consistency across regions while allowing for local nuance
Drive innovation by identifying emerging trends, technologies, and cultural opportunities relevant to the brand
Serve as the senior creative partner to C-suite and senior marketing leaders on the client side
Lead high-stakes presentations, vision-setting sessions, and annual planning engagements
Influence upstream decision-making, helping shape briefs, investment priorities, and the overall experiential roadmap
Oversee a large, multi-program portfolio simultaneously, ensuring alignment, prioritization, and creative consistency
Guide Creative Directors across workstreams, providing direction at key inflection points rather than day-to-day oversight
Ensure that flagship moments and tentpole activations set the creative benchmark for the broader program ecosystem

Establish governance models, communication rhythms, and review processes to maintain quality at scale
Contribute to account growth strategy, identifying opportunities to expand scope, introduce new capabilities, and deepen engagement
Partner with Account and Production leadership to align creative ambition with financial realities, ensuring work is both impactful and sustainable
Play a key role in renewals, upsells, and incremental program development
Set the creative bar for the entire account, ensuring all work meets a high standard of craft, storytelling, and effectiveness
Review and approve major creative outputs, focusing on high-impact moments and systemic consistency
Intervene strategically to solve complex creative or organizational challenges
Lead and mentor senior creative leadership (ACDs, CDs), fostering a high-performing, collaborative culture
Champion a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement
Represent the agency and client work externally through speaking engagements, awards, and industry contributions

CNC Agency (Coffee 'n Clothes)

We went from being a niche community on Instagram to an award-winning creative agency. We’ve done it ourselves, so we really know what it takes to build and reshape a brand, unlocking new levels of imagination. Founded in 2014, CNC started as a hashtag on Instagram (#coffeenclothes). We built an international following of coffee and fashion enthusiasts, opened up a physical and a virtual retail location. We’ve taken all of our first hand expertise and translated it into powerful partnerships with the world’s most iconic brands.We are creators, artists, innovators, inventors, optimists, brand architects, designers, developers, originators, and collaborators. We serve clients with unique insight, unmatched hospitality and creativity that shape and push culture forward. We run on positivity, in how we empower our team, how we communicate with partners and what we radiate out into the world. We imagine, design and build physical-first experiences that, in an increasingly ephemeral world, create lasting meaning - experiences that shift perception and drive impact, sparking everlasting connections between brands and communities.Through our global network of talent we’re driven by our belief in the physical and vision for craft. We are anchored and unrelenting in our integrity, desire to build, and optimism. Our team is comprised of uniquely experienced and incredible individuals who are the fabric of who we are. We are confident in our expertise - after all you trust the barista at the cafe, right?

Founded in 2014

New York, New York, USA

181 employees (42 in marketing)

www.coffeenclothes.com