Creative Director

Plan Left

52d•Remote

About The Position

This is a senior individual contributor role with a Creative Director title. You won't have direct reports on day one. You will own the creative output of the agency across brand strategy, design, copywriting, and video and motion work. You'll work directly with the Marketing Director and Account Director as a three-person leadership core, shaping the thinking behind every engagement and executing it at the level our clients expect. The right person for this role wants the autonomy and ownership of a senior IC and is excited to grow into a leadership position as we hire creative talent under them. You'll set the bar, define the standards, and build the foundation a team will eventually scale on top of.

Requirements

Strong designer first with at least eight years of experience, with meaningful time as a senior designer, art director, associate creative director, or creative director.
Portfolio showing range and depth across brand identity, digital, and campaign work.
Ability to write brand messaging, web copy, campaign copy, sales narratives, and long-form content.
Ability to think in systems, comfortable building a brand identity system as designing a landing page or directing a campaign.
Belief that the brief is where great work starts, and ability to push back when one is weak.
Taste, opinions, and the ability to defend both, including presenting work to a skeptical client.
Self-starter who thrives in remote work, manages own time, communicates proactively.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with a defined brand or strategy framework (e.g., Differentiator Framework, or any rigorous methodology).
Background working with PE-backed companies, professional services, or B2B technology brands.
Experience building or scaling a creative team.
Familiarity with AI tools as part of the creative process.

Responsibilities

Design: Visual identity systems, campaign creative, web design partnership with our digital team, sales and marketing collateral, and pitch materials. Set the visual standard for everything that leaves the agency, and hands-on work.
Brand strategy: Positioning, messaging architecture, voice and tone, audience and persona development, naming, and the strategic briefs that drive every creative engagement. Work directly with the Differentiator Framework and help operationalize it for client work.
Copywriting: Brand messaging, web copy, campaign copy, sales narratives, and long-form content. Write across registers, from a punchy headline to a thoughtful executive narrative.
Video and motion: Direct video work, write scripts, storyboard concepts, and partner with production resources to deliver finished motion work.
Creative leadership: Be the creative voice in client conversations, internal strategy sessions, and new business pitches. Define how Plan Left's creative work shows up in the market.