Experiential Creative Director Job at American Institute of Architects in Los An

Untitled Future is seeking a highly-skilled creative director to join our team. As an ideal candidate, you have a vision for capturing an idea and translating it into a reality. Youve developed inspiring creative concepts, immersive story-driven experiences, and helped a creative team flourish by instilling confidence in designers, artists and producers at each step of a process. At the same time, you have content and experience production expertise and a deep bench of creative resources to bring your work to life with quality and excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop experiential concepts and establish creative vision for all projects from story to execution
• Leverage key insights, audience portraits and other research in creative brief and approach development
• Express creative concepts with exacting detail, bringing textures, colors, materials to them
• Facilitate development of technical build drawings for all build elements; manage fabrication process
• Draft meticulous site layouts and floor plans detailing flow and purpose with space
• Design decor layouts and source items, artisans and purveyors to procure elements
• Manage resources and project timelines, establish deliverables, proactively address roadblocks
• Establish visual language and lead design of program decks to communicate concepts and visual narrative
• Oversee onsite creative execution; managing and directing installation, onsite styling/set dressing
• Build, lead, and manage creative team as agency continues to expand its creative bench
• Continuously pitch creative work and advocate for the work of your team in client, internal and pitch meetings
• Manage resources and project timelines, establish deliverables, proactively address roadblocks
• Establish strong relationships with clients and partners as leading voice within the agency
• Proactively seek opportunities to elevate experiences and deepen client and community value

Role Requirements

• Deep understanding of experiential, brand and content creative concept and design
• Experience in architecture, industrial design and immersive experiences (or related fields)
• 3D design experience; SketchUp, AutoCAD, Rhino, Adobe Suite (and others)
• Robust portfolio that showcases work, process and strategy implementation
• Strong presentation and communication skills both written and verbal
• Confidence and experience leading creative production from conception to end result
• Budget, timeline, resource, scheduling, deliverable management skills
• Desire to work in a collaborative, cross-functional agency
• Superior leadership skills, with a focus on employee coaching and development
• Strong proficiency with Google Workspace/Office 365/Adobe Suite
• Extremely well-read in a wide variety of topics (both for pleasure and work)