Creative Director - Social & Video (US)
USA (Remote)
Posted 3 months ago
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Job Description
Location: Canada/US (Remote)
Department: Creative
Reports to: MD and CEO
Salary Range: Open – dependent on experience
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced Creative Director to lead the conception and delivery of standout creative across social and video. This role is ideal for a senior creative leader who can balance creative ambition with commercial realities, and who thrives in collaborative, fast-moving agency environments.
You’ll be responsible for shaping strong creative ideas from brief through to delivery, guiding multidisciplinary teams, and partnering closely with clients and internal leadership to deliver work that is both creatively ambitious and commercially sound.
This role suits someone who brings a truly creative spirit, strong conceptual thinking, and the ability to make thoughtful trade-offs between vision, scope, timelines, and budget. Candidates may come from an art or copy background, but must be fluent across channels and formats.
Key Responsibilities
Creative Leadership
- Lead creative direction across integrated campaigns, social-first work, and video content.
- Must have their finger on the pulse of the latest trends and changes in social and video creative to guide the team and the work to best practices and outstanding execution.
- Develop and champion strong conceptual ideas that translate across platforms and business needs.
- Set a high bar for craft, storytelling, and originality while remaining mindful of scope and feasibility.
- Guide creative work from early ideation through execution, balancing vision with delivery realities.
Team Leadership
- Build, mentor, and lead creative teams across art, copy, design, and content.
- Foster a collaborative environment that values both creative excellence and accountability.
- Provide clear direction and prioritisation, helping teams focus on what matters most.
- Support sustainable ways of working by balancing creative stretch with realistic expectations.
Client and Stakeholder Management
- Serve as a senior creative partner to clients, building trust through strong thinking and clear communication.
- Present ideas confidently, framing creative decisions in a way that connects to client goals and constraints.
- Navigate feedback and revisions with diplomacy, protecting the idea while respecting commercial realities.
- Partner closely with strategy, accounts, and production to align creative, scope, timelines, and budget.
Quality and Delivery
- Ensure work is delivered to a consistently high standard, aligned with both creative vision and business objectives.
- Make informed creative decisions when trade-offs are required, maintaining integrity without blocking progress.
- Champion clarity, strong storytelling, and thoughtful execution across all deliverables.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Creative Director or senior creative leader within an agency environment.
- Strong experience leading work across social and video.
- Highly developed conceptual thinking and idea origination skills.
- Experience building, leading, and mentoring creative teams.
- Confident client-facing presence with the ability to balance persuasion and pragmatism.
- Background in art direction or copywriting.
- Experience working with global teams in a remote or hybrid environment.
What You Bring
- A strong creative point of view paired with sound commercial judgment.
- The ability to hold both the idea and the reality at the same time.
- Calm, confident leadership in complex, fast-moving environments.
- A collaborative, ego-light approach to problem-solving.
- A genuine passion for work that is both creatively excellent and effective.
Bald Agency is a full-service creative agency offering integrated capabilities across advertising, design, digital, social, experiential and more. We are your comprehensive creative solution for driving authentic brand growth through strategic, omnichannel creative execution. Truthful and razor-sharp, our superpower is seamlessly unifying creative vision across every platform and touchpoint. Founded in 2012, Bald Agency emerged from a desire to strip away superficial marketing fluff and get to the raw, honest core of what truly connects brands and audiences. Turns out, we're pretty good at this marketing thing.We’re a collective of square pegs in a round hole world, crafting standout strategies for brave brands. Our secret ingredient? A team that's equal parts genius and madness. Our culture champions radical transparency - we aren't afraid to be vulnerable in pursuit of revelatory creative ideas. Working at Bald means leaving your ego at the door and embracing an entrepreneurial, collaborative spirit. We're not just colleagues, we're partners in crime (the legal kind, mostly).Our core values are authenticity, courage, integrated thinking, and human-centricity. We apply them by diving deep to find the resonant insights that reveal a brand's true essence, then expressing it fearlessly through unified creative that sparks real connection.The world has conformed to a hairy convention for too damn long - it's time to ditch the toupee and go Bald.We’re excited about our bald spots. Explore career opportunities here: 🥚 https://bald.agency/team/Ready to get a little messy and a lot more memorable? Let's chat. Bring snacks.💌 hello@bald.agencyStrategy | Branding | Content | Campaign | Production | Advertising | Creative Services | Digital Marketing | Media Planning | Market Research | Creative Direction | Strategic Consulting | Brand Development | Content Creation | Campaign Management
