Creative Director, Concept at CNC Agency (Coffee 'n Clothes) | USA | $165K/yr – $215K/yr

CNC Agency (Coffee 'n Clothes)

Creative Director, Concept

USA (On-site)

$165K/yr – $215K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own high end experiential work by translating culture and insights into compelling concepts that scale across a portfolio, while guiding a senior creative team from ideation to execution.

Own creative concept development and experiential platforms across a portfolio, balancing strategy, culture, and execution.
Lead client workshops and senior creative discussions to convert insights into storytelling and narratives.
Align strategy, account, and design teams to deliver scalable, on brand experiences across environments.

Job Description

Partner with your Creative Director counterpart to lead a shared team across multiple concurrent programs, ensuring creative continuity, strategic alignment, and operational consistency across a large-scale account
Lead the development of experiential concepts, creative territories, strategic narratives, and experience frameworks across a portfolio of brand initiatives
Translate business objectives, audience insights, cultural shifts, and emerging behaviors into compelling creative opportunities
Develop experience platforms that connect brand purpose, consumer behavior, and real-world activation
Shape creative briefs, workshop outputs, and early-stage ideation into actionable concepts and programs
Build compelling presentations and creative narratives that inspire both clients and internal teams
Facilitate ideation sessions, creative workshops, and collaborative working sessions
Ensure concepts remain strategically sound while pushing creative ambition
Maintain a deep understanding of culture, consumer behavior, emerging communities, and shifts in how people engage with brands
Translate cultural insights into meaningful experiences rather than trend-driven activations
Partner with Strategy, Account, and Creative teams to identify opportunities that strengthen brand relevance and differentiation
Evaluate work through both a strategic and creative lens, ensuring ideas are innovative, relevant, and executable
Champion audience-centered thinking throughout the creative process
Serve as a senior creative voice in client meetings, workshops, and presentations
Present concepts, narratives, and creative rationale with confidence and clarity
Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders through thoughtful creative partnership
Facilitate conversations that help clients move from ambiguity to alignment and decision-making
Defend creative recommendations while remaining collaborative and solutions-oriented
Partner closely with your Creative Director to ensure conceptual thinking translates into exceptional execution
Collaborate with designers, art directors, strategists, producers, writers, fabricators, and external partners throughout the creative process

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