Creative Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$200K/yr – $225K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Lead and own the creative direction across campaigns and platforms, guiding teams, shaping concepts, and presenting with confidence to clients.

  • Own and mentor creative talent to elevate work.
  • Stay ahead of cultural trends and emerging platforms.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead concept development and craft high-quality output across campaigns, digital platforms, social media, and experiential projects.
  • Translate client briefs and strategic insights into compelling, on-brand experiences and storytelling.
  • Provide hands-on guidance to Associate Creative Directors, and art/copy teams of all levels, reviewing work and elevating quality.
  • Collaborate with creatives, strategists, PMs, and account teams to ensure integrated, cohesive creative solutions.
  • Actively contribute to brainstorms, ideation sessions, and concept workshops, pushing innovative and culturally relevant ideas.
  • Present creative concepts to clients, clearly articulating the rationale, strategic creative with confidence.
  • Ensure all deliverables maintain consistency in brand voice, tone, and style across all touchpoints.
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing deadlines, priorities, and team resources.
  • Mentor and develop creative talent, providing constructive feedback and coaching to enhance skills and performance, as well as guide career growth.
  • Stay current with cultural trends, emerging platforms, and industry best practices to keep creative work fresh and forward-thinking.

Requirements

  • Proven experience working as a Creative Director on various projects, for various clients, at varied scale.
  • Experience in B2B marketing preferred.
  • Experience in financial industry marketing preferred.
  • A successful track record of leading creative teams and projects, including experience in digital channels.
  • Experience working in a creative/agency environment is advantageous.
  • A degree, or similar, in Advertising/ Advertising Communication, Design, Creative Technology or other related area of study preferred.
  • Wide experience with video/film/radio/animation, casting and attending shoots/recordings; as well as experience in, and enthusiasm for, a broad range of online or offline work; including, ad campaigns, online campaigns, digital experiences, social media content, microsites, websites or mobile.
  • Experience nurturing and growing client relationships.
  • Experience contributing to new business development and working across varied internal teams on new business pitches.
  • Exceptional presentation skillset & experience (visual and written).

Preferred

  • Experience in B2B marketing preferred.
  • Experience in financial industry marketing preferred.
  • Experience working in a creative/agency environment is advantageous.
  • A degree, or similar, in Advertising/ Advertising Communication, Design, Creative Technology or other related area of study preferred.
  • Experience with European and/or Global projects a plus.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical benefits, including health & wellness support
  • Competitive Parental Leave that gives you time to bond with your family.
  • 401k matching
  • $5,000 employee referral bonus
  • Financial incentive for new business introductions
  • Flexible PTO
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Barbarian

Barbarian is a creative and innovation agency headquartered in New York City. Since 2001, we’ve built a legacy of creativity and innovation with transformative work for some of the greatest brands in the world including Samsung, American Express, JBL, HubSpot, Abbvie, and Pacific Life.In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, we specialize in creating interactions where culture meets technology. This interaction-first framework fuels our practices, allowing us to uncover opportunity and drive results for our clients.

Founded in 2001
New York, New York, USA
281 employees (44 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$32.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
23.8%
Direct
60.1%
Referral
6.4%
Social
8.2%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~282

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
17 (6% of company)
Median Tenure
1.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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