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About the Role

As the Creative Director, you will be the conductor of creative teams, ensuring client deliverables are met on time and maintaining positive energy. This is a hands-on role requiring both strategic thinking and design execution to bring integrated campaigns to life for emerging tourism and hospitality brands. An entrepreneurial mindset and a service-first approach are essential.

Responsibilities

• Set the creative direction across client accounts, from the first brief through final delivery.
• Turn strategy into clear concepts and integrated campaigns across digital, social, print, outdoor, presentations and experiences.
• Invest real time in developing creative talent through hands-on mentorship.
• Inspire the team and dazzle prospective clients during the RFP process with presentations.
• Write, design, edit and/or art direct to strengthen creative output.
• Give team members clear direction and practical feedback.
• Set and maintain high standards for concept, craft, and execution under pressure.
• Manage multiple projects, deadlines, and shifting priorities effectively.
• Balance creative ambition with timelines, budgets, and team capacity in collaboration with account and project management.
• Improve agency workflows from briefing to delivery.
• Make clear decisions, raise issues early, and maintain team focus during tight projects.
• Advocate for ideas, the team, and necessary resources.
• Step up during agency peaks like pitches, launches, and tight deadlines.
• Lead and develop staff and freelance creatives across disciplines.
• Create accountability without fear or unnecessary drama.
• Build a culture of curiosity, ownership, collaboration, and direct communication.
• Protect the team and keep energy constructive during challenging projects.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of creative agency experience, including leading integrated campaigns across multiple clients.
• A portfolio showcasing strong ideas across digital, social, print, outdoor, presentations, and experiential work.
• A background in design or art direction with the ability to write, edit, and improve work across disciplines.
• Experience leading staff and freelance creatives from concept through final delivery.
• Confidence in presenting ideas, handling feedback, and working directly with senior clients.
• Strong working knowledge of Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Ability to manage scope, timelines, budgets, and resources while prioritizing the work.
• Experience with tourism, hospitality, hotels, resorts, attractions, or travel brands is a plus.
• Experience helping emerging brands define their voice and build integrated campaigns is a plus.
• Practical fluency with AI tools and modern creative workflows is a plus.
• Must be a strategic thinker who can concept and develop integrated campaigns.
• Must be a hands-on designer who can help bring campaigns to life.
• Must have an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Must have a service-first mindset.
• Must be willing to 'get into it' and not just manage from a distance.
• Must not bring big-agency bureaucracy or dogma.
• Must be kind and open-hearted, with a willingness to surf both the peaks and valleys of agency life.
• Jaded, judgy, and anti-client energy are hard deal breakers.
• Must believe manifesting ideas and making work is fun and a gift.
• Must prefer small and mighty over large, loud, and layered.
• Must understand that strong opinions do not require a big ego.
• Must have moved past the phase where only famous brands and big budgets matter.
• Must make clear decisions, handle pressure well, and keep work moving when priorities shift.
• Must be curious, direct, and open to better ways of working.
• Must care about the quality of the work, the people making it, and the business needs.

Skills

• Creative Direction
• Integrated Campaign Development
• Digital Marketing
• Social Media Marketing
• Print Design
• Outdoor Advertising
• Presentation Design
• Experiential Marketing
• Creative Talent Development
• Mentorship
• Client Presentations
• Writing
• Design
• Editing
• Art Direction
• Project Management
• Budget Management
• Team Leadership
• Figma
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• AI Tools
• Modern Creative Workflows

Location

• Hybrid

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 10+ years of creative agency experience

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Vision benefits
• Dental benefits
• 401k matching
• Generous paid time off
• Tech kit
• Health club stipend
• Cell phone credit
• Catered weekly meal
• Recurring educational opportunities

About the Company

• Idea Peddler (IP) is a boutique agency that does “Good Work For Nice People.”
• IP specializes in emerging tourism and hospitality brands.
• We are the rehab for big agency life, offering smart and thoughtful work without the big agency B.S.
• We have appreciative and purpose-driven clients, a caring and transparent team culture, and true work-life balance.
• Idea Peddler is a place where you can thrive based on your own drive; a true meritocracy.
• We are a team of self-starters who hold dear our core values of adventure, accountability, discernment, motivation and no B.S.
• Idea Peddler, founded in 2011, is a full-service agency operating on a hybrid work model that offers big agency expertise with boutique agency service.
• We create bespoke campaigns that deliver on clients’ unique goals and follow through with exceptional execution.
• In uncertain times, ideas win. Ideas that inspire. Ideas that shift behavior. And ideas that create growth.
• Idea Peddler holds true to the promise of doing good work for nice people.

Equal Opportunity

• Idea Peddler is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
• We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable environment for all employees.
• All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit and business need.