Creative Director - Growth / Experiential

Left Field Labs • United States,

2d • $150,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Left Field Labs is seeking a Creative Director for its Growth & Next Pods to turn complex concepts, emerging technologies, and ambiguous challenges into tangible experiences. The role spans experiential environments, themed entertainment, brand activations, and interactive or technology-enabled work. The Creative Director leads creative from early pitches and concept development through final execution, contributing both in pitch rooms and during build-site walkthroughs.

This is a hands-on creative leadership role. The Creative Director should be able to contribute directly to the work and guide teams through practical creative decisions, with fluency in graphic and/or digital design or 3D work. The role also calls for thoughtful use of AI to expand creative exploration, uncover insights, strengthen ideas, and accelerate thinking without replacing creative judgment.

The successful candidate brings a portfolio of built work, pitch leadership, strong storytelling, collaborative team leadership, and clear creative vision. Experience across multiple relevant areas is valued, along with range and ambition to push into new directions.

Requirements

• A portfolio demonstrating ideas that exist beyond slide decks, including work built in environments, systems, installations, or interactions.
• Experience shaping and selling ideas in competitive pitch environments and leading a room.
• Strong storytelling skills for concept decks and client presentations.
• Team leadership skills, including clear direction, strong taste, and a generous approach that helps others do their best work.
• Taste and clarity of vision, with the ability to distinguish novelty from meaning and spectacle from substance.
• Hands-on fluency in graphic and/or digital design or 3D; one of these areas is required.
• Ability to use AI in ways that improve creative exploration and judgment rather than merely speeding up work.

Nice To Haves

• Experience across two or more of these areas: experiential marketing and large-scale brand activations; themed entertainment, attraction design, or narrative environment development; permanent or touring installations; technology-forward or interactive experience design; cultural moments such as festivals, tentpoles, world’s fairs, or fan experiences.
• Hands-on fluency in both graphic and/or digital design and 3D; the posting describes both as exceptional, while one is the minimum.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative across the full project arc, from competitive pitches and concept development through final execution.
• Shape and sell ideas in competitive environments, communicate what will convert opportunities into business, and confidently lead client presentations.
• Develop narratives and presentations that capture attention, build belief, and move clients to act.
• Contribute hands-on to design and concept work, including shaping visual frames and helping teams find effective creative solutions.
• Direct and review work using practical fluency in graphic and/or digital design or 3D.
• Lead and elevate teams through clear direction, strong taste, and supportive collaboration.
• Use AI to expand creative exploration, uncover insights, strengthen ideas, and accelerate thinking while retaining creative judgment.
• Pursue work that balances novelty with meaning and spectacle with substance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed