Creative Director

About the role:

The Creative Director delivers essential creative vision and direction for an array of experiential projects, including trade show exhibits, live events, conferences, mobile tours, permanent installations, and hybrid experiences. They serve as the link between strategy and design, effectively bringing brand stories to life. Their innovative and informed efforts directly contribute to improved business conversion and client retention. This is a hands-on role for someone who can equally manage projects, act as a sounding board, and collaborate across teams, particularly account, design, and marketing.

Responsibilities:

• Concept, develop, and present impactful proposals and solutions that masterfully blend strategic insights, emerging trends, and brand requirements.
• Author clear and compelling creative briefs to communicate vision to both internal teams and clients.
• Collaborate with designers to guide a strategy-led creative vision mapped to deliver on client objectives.
• Ideate on overarching storytelling as well as tactical elements to create engaging attendee journeys, innovative activations, and social-first initiatives.
• Work with account and operations teams on pre- and post-production processes ensuring creative delivery aligns with client expectations.

Key Success Factors:

• Thorough understanding of and experience in creative development and how it integrates with branding, public relations, and media campaigns.
• Enthusiasm for and interest in cultural trends and emerging creative formats, platforms, and technologies.
• Ability to balance creative goals with the principle of efficient and cost-effective execution.
• Highly developed communication skills, particularly in cross-functional relationships and providing feedback across teams.
• Confidence speaking with and presenting to clients across different disciplines and industries.
• Calm under pressure and skilled managing multiple simultaneous projects as well as peak delivery periods.

Personality Assets:

• You are an inquisitive and conceptual thinker passionate about telling stories and developing big, informed ideas.
• You create memorable headlines and engaging long-form copy-and you know when less is more.
• You thoughtfully nurture relationships, and your collaborative nature helps you deliver great work.
• You recognize timelines can often be short while to-do lists are long.
• You are comfortable with ambiguity.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 8 years on a creative team for a brand or in an agency environment, with specific experience working in events and conferences.
• A bachelor's degree is preferred, with a focus on creative fields.
• Well-versed in Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Google Slides, Social Platforms, with the ability to translate briefs into a visual format.
• Preference to familiarity with AI tools and applications.

Additional Information:

• Location preference: Dallas, TX; Atlanta, GA; Las Vegas, Nevada; San Francisco, CA; Long Beach, CA; Paramus, New Jersey.
• Salary range: $140,000 - 165,000. Range depends on experience and location
• Some travel is required.

About MC

An international leader in the exhibit and event marketing industry, we curate memorable brand experiences, from supporting the initial vision and designing results-driven solutions to building physical installations and delivering seamless onsite execution. In 2024, we completed 1,500 projects across 38 U.S. states and 16 countries-a testament to the collective efforts of our talented team and trusted partners.

MC was recognized on Chief Marketer's 2025 Agencies of the Year list, a respected editorial roster that showcases the best and brightest marketing firms across all channels. We are part of the Live Marketing Solutions division of MCH Group-a leading global live marketing company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland and known for the influential Art Basel.

MC offers a robust benefits package including: Medical (3 choices of plans), Dental (3 choices of plans), 401K, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, company paid Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness Insurance--plus more. Our culture fosters teamwork, individual strength, and innovation, all in a dynamic environment!

Equal opportunity employer - vets/disabled.