Group Creative Director

Marks is a consumer experience agency creating meaningful connections between brands and people across the brand spectrum. We design experiences that move at the speed of culture while delivering real business impact.

Our Brand Experience team brings brands to life through connected experiences that span environments, content, and culture. We think beyond individual touchpoints, shaping how brands show up across an ecosystem of interactions to create meaningful, lasting connections.

About the Role
The Group Creative Director is a senior creative leader responsible for defining and delivering best‑in‑class brand experience across a portfolio of clients and teams. This role leads a book of business, owning creative output, team leadership, and client partnership, while shaping ideas that translate into high‑impact experiences across environments, campaigns, and connected touchpoints. Operating at multiple altitudes, setting vision, guiding design strategy, and driving execution. You build strong teams, create clarity and momentum, and earn the trust of clients as a true creative partner. This is a role for someone who knows how to turn strong ideas into real outcomes, where the work not only inspires, but performs.

Location: Portland (Hybrid)

Set and champion the creative vision across a portfolio of brand experience projects

Define experience‑led ideas, not just executions

Ensure work is strategically grounded, creatively strong, and executed with high craft

Guide teams to design for Think, Feel, Do, creating clear and engaging consumer journeys

Deliver Moments that Matter, while evolving thinking toward more connected and scalable experiences

Lead, mentor, and develop Creative Directors, ACDs, and multidisciplinary teams

Create clarity, standards, and momentum across the workstream

Know when to push, when to edit, and when to empower teams to run

Build a culture of ownership, collaboration, and creative ambition

Scale leadership, enabling teams to do their best work without creating dependency

Client Partnership & Strategic Influence

Act as a senior creative partner to key clients

Translate business challenges into compelling brand experience strategies

Lead presentations, guide feedback, and drive confident decision‑making

Build trust that leads to deeper partnerships and new opportunities

Partner closely with Account and Strategy leads to grow the business

Drive the Business

Own the creative success of a workstream and its portfolio of clients

Partner with the Senior Account Director to ensure the health, performance, and creative impact of the book of business

Contribute to growth through proactive thinking, strong relationships, and new ideas

Balance creative ambition with real‑world constraints such as budgets, timelines, and production realities

Identify and unlock opportunities to expand the work, the relationship, and our capabilities

Evolve the Work

Deliver excellence in today’s Brand Experience work across environments, retail, and activations

Stay attuned to what drives engagement, participation, and cultural relevance

Thoughtfully integrate digital, content, and technology where it enhances the experience

Help teams evolve toward more connected, shareable, and measurable experiences without losing focus on core strengths

Push teams to think beyond the build, designing experiences that drive participation, content, and connection beyond the moment

The Ideal Person

A proven creative leader with deep experience in brand experience, retail, and environments

Equally comfortable setting vision and driving execution

A strong point of view paired with the ability to listen, adapt, and lead through complexity

A leader of leaders who builds trust, clarity, and momentum across teams

A client‑facing presence who earns confidence and is asked for by name

A systems thinker who understands how ideas scale across formats, channels, and environments

Curious and forward‑looking, aware of evolving consumer behaviors and experience trends

Grounded and pragmatic; you know how to make ideas real

You Bring

Bachelor’s Degree in Design, Art, Marketing, Communications or related field

Advanced degree (MBA, Master’s) preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience

12+ years of experience in creative roles, with senior leadership experience

A strong portfolio of brand experience work across retail, environments, events, and activations

Proven experience leading teams and complex projects across multiple workstreams

Expertise in developing ideas that translate from concept through execution

Strong presentation and communication skills

Fluency in design and presentation tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Keynote, and Figma

About Propelis: Propelis is a portfolio of global marketing services and technology companies with a combined legacy of 150+ years, 2,000+ clients, 9,000 employees, and operations across 30 countries. Propelis provides the scale and support of a global organization while preserving the unique culture and identity of each company in its portfolio. For more information visit: www.Marks.com

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $160,000 – $170,000 USD annually. Ultimately, in determining pay, we’ll consider the successful candidate’s location, experience, and other job‑related factors.

Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short/long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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