Responsibilities

• You lead Merritt Group’s award-winning creative team, ensuring every concept, campaign, and piece of content reflects the agency’s standard for excellence. You bring creative direction and cohesion to multi-channel programs, from brand identity and advertising to digital, social, experiential, and video.
• You partner closely with strategy, account, and media teams to ensure creative work is purposeful, aligned, and breakthrough. You encourage experimentation but insist on clarity, guiding teams to develop ideas that are both imaginative and effective.
• You oversee all aspects of creative execution, ensuring design quality, storytelling strength, and brand consistency. You help shape the agency’s creative philosophy and set the vision for what great looks like, including creative tech fluency and AI-assisted design thinking
• You are not afraid to roll up your sleeves. You sketch, write, storyboard, and shape ideas alongside your team when needed, modeling a hands-on creative leadership style.
• You play a central role in connecting creative ideas to client goals. You work directly with clients to articulate brand vision, interpret feedback constructively, and build trust through insight and execution.
• You know how to present work with confidence and empathy, telling the story behind the idea while demonstrating measurable business value. You push clients to think bigger, inspiring them to see what is possible while staying grounded in strategy.
• You anticipate challenges, identify opportunities, and continually evolve creative approaches to keep brands relevant in fast-moving industries.
• You are a positive, visible force in the agency’s culture, approachable, inspiring, and invested in the success of others.
• You mentor designers, writers, and creative strategists at all levels, helping them find their voice, sharpen their craft, and grow into confident creative leaders. You are attentive to morale and actively shape a team culture built on respect, collaboration, and creative courage.
• You partner with senior leadership to identify talent needs, recruit new creative voices, and ensure smooth onboarding and integration.

Requirements

• bachelor’s degree in graphic design, communications, or a related field
• roughly eight to ten years of professional experience, including internships

Preferred

• Familiarity with Adobe After Effects
• Figma
• HTML/CSS
• prior agency or internship experience