Hilton is hiring: Creative Director, Lifestyle in New York

Creative Director, Lifestyle

Hilton is seeking a dynamic Creative Director to bring bold storytelling and unforgettable experiences to our emerging Lifestyle portfolio. Reporting to the VP of Lifestyle Marketing, you will inspire internal and cross‑functional teams to produce premium work that elevates Hilton’s position in the hospitality space.

How We Will Support You

• Go Hilton travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
• Hilton Shares: Employee stock purchase program (ESPP) – purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Mental health resources, including free counseling through the Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Learn more about the rest of our benefits

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the creative vision for Hilton Lifestyle brands, ensuring all outputs – from global campaigns to property toolkits – align with business goals and brand DNA.
• Translate brand strategies into compelling narratives and visual identities that drive engagement, loyalty, and differentiation.
• Lead and mentor an internal creative team, fostering a culture of inspiration, accountability, and excellence.
• Support external creative, production, and design agencies, ensuring world‑class execution, on time and on budget.
• Build scalable creative systems, templates, and processes to support growth across brands.
• Guide and inspire the conception, production, and delivery of 360 campaigns across digital, social, physical and experiential channels.
• Balance creative innovation with operational realities – understanding timelines, budgets, and stakeholder needs.

Collaboration

• Partner with cross‑functional teams in Marketing, Communications, Design Operations, and F&B to ensure cohesive storytelling and execution.
• Collaborate with Hilton’s regional and enterprise Marketing teams to leverage shared assets, insights, and best practices.

Projects You Will Own

• Establish creative standards, toolkits, and production workflows that improve efficiency and impact.
• Drive alignment between creative expression, commercial objectives, and measurable KPIs.
• Elevate presentation and storytelling standards – pitching creative ideas effectively to senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of progressive creative leadership experience, ideally within hospitality, travel, lifestyle, or luxury consumer brands.
• Five (5) years leading creative teams in a highly matrixed organization with multiple workstreams.
• Adept at balancing vision with execution, who understands budgets, timelines, and delivery.
• Understanding of design, branding, photography, and storytelling principles.
• Hands‑on, collaborative, and passionate about mentoring teams and cultivating creative excellence.
• Portfolio showing a range of design, experience, concepts, and global campaigns.
• Travel (estimated 30 %)
• NY‑based position (4 days in office on average)

It Would Be Useful If You Have

• Knowledgeable of current industry trends and standard methodologies, particularly in the digital and social space – sharing ideas and recommendations for innovating new templates and design approaches.
• Creative leadership experience within hospitality, travel, lifestyle, or luxury consumer brands.

What It Is Like Working For Hilton

Hilton, the #1 World’s Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world‑class brands. Hilton is proud to have an award‑winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.

Benefits Overview

Hilton offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical and prescription drug coverage, dental coverage, vision coverage, life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability insurance, access to our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), a 401(k) savings plan, 20 days of paid time off accruing over your first year of employment, up to 25 days after completing one year of full employment, up to 12 weeks of paid leave for birth parents and 4 weeks for non‑birth parents, 10 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays, up to 5 bereavement days, flexible spending accounts, a health savings account, an employee assistance program, access to a care coordination program (“Wellthy”), a legal services program, an educational assistance program, adoption assistance, a backup childcare program, pre‑tax commuter benefit and our travel discount.

Work Location

Hilton – New York – Sales Office

Schedule

Full‑time – Day Job

Job Level

Director

Brand

Hilton Corporate

Seniority Level

Director

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Hospitality