Creative Director, Lifestyle

About the role

Power Digital is an AI-Native Growth Firm that combines deep vertical expertise with its own technology to help brands grow. As Creative Director, you lead a pod of creative professionals (Strategists, Designers, Editors, ACDs) as a hybrid of senior individual contributor, people manager and product leader. You report to the Managing Director and own both the people on your pod and the quality of the creative work they produce. The role is a player-coach position reporting to the Managing Director, and sits on the path to Managing Director.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage the pod, including hiring, onboarding, daily leadership, development plans, coaching and mentorship, and performance management using the ARC framework
• Protect the team from unreasonable client pressure while maintaining a high creative bar, and act as the primary escalation point for client concerns
• Step into day-to-day execution on high-priority accounts and escalations, and explain creative strategy directly to clients
• Own the full creative vision of the book of business, from strategy through post-production, and track client churn early
• Run QA to prevent revenue-impacting errors, run structured innovation and knowledge sharing, and collaborate with the R&D team to pilot new tools and formats
• Maintain working knowledge of the Power Circuit and nova ecosystem and use AI to improve business processes

Required profile

• 7-8 years of digital marketing/creative experience, with 5+ years in an agency setting
• 5+ years of hands-on expert-level experience across creative disciplines such as copywriting, design, production, strategy and/or post-production
• 5+ years managing a team, including performance management and development planning
• A portfolio showing creative campaigns delivered across multiple channels at scale
• Executive-level presentation and communication skills, able to advise senior client stakeholders and internal leadership
• Advanced proficiency in spoken and written English

What we offer

• Base salary paid in USD plus commission opportunities
• Unlimited time off from day one, fully flexible work environment (full remote, in office or hybrid)
• Healthcare stipend of $50 per month, national holidays and two mental health recharge days per year
• Ongoing employee development programs, quarterly awards and involvement in DEI initiatives