Creative Director

Freeman - Dallas, TX

Full-time - Senior

Dallas, TX

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Creative Director at Freeman is responsible for leading the conceptual development of experiential solutions for client engagements. This role involves guiding multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring the realization of the overall concept into final design and live production, and enhancing the attendee journey. The Creative Director must be innovative, collaborative, and possess strong storytelling abilities, while also being consultative with clients to achieve business results through live creative solutions. The position supports the Creative team and allows for a hybrid work schedule, typically requiring in-office work 2-3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualizes experiential creative solutions with a strong understanding of audience engagement and a focus on powerful attendee journeys.
• Leads consultative client discussions with a marketer's mindset, focused on achieving objectives and reinforcing key messages through experience.
• Leads the creative process through a design thinking approach from strategic concept to design to delivery.
• Nurtures strong collaboration within a multidisciplinary team, offering clear direction while being accountable to key performance indicators.
• Scripts, assembles, and delivers influential presentations and proposals through strong writing, storytelling, and public speaking skills.
• Generates innovative ideas aligned with research and trends in the live industry.
• Maintains currency in technology to engage attendees in compelling activations.
• Acts as a financial steward, offering achievable solutions while honoring time and budget constraints.
• Functions as a liaison with various contributing people and departments across Freeman and third-party partners.
• Plans and delegates assignments, managing time and balancing efforts between several significant projects.
• Recommends creative budgets and project scope of work.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in a design field such as interior design, architecture, industrial design, graphic design, or experiential design.
• 10+ years of experience in a creative agency, corporate marketing environment, or architectural design firm with a strong portfolio of relevant projects.
• Experience leading a design team, providing guidance and project feedback.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in retail, hospitality, exhibit, and urban design.
• Strong public speaking skills.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Parental Leave
• Life, Accident and Disability Insurance
• Retirement with Company Match
• Paid Time Off