Creative Director: Media Production & Digital Storytelling, Project specific
About The Position
This is a project-specific Creative Director role supporting one of Journey’s key upcoming projects in New York. The role requires clear experience in digital storytelling & media production, with strong creative leadership skills & imagination. This role will work closely with the Project Director and Lead Producer, acting as the primary creative authority across the project. The Creative Director will translate strategic, curatorial, and client objectives into a cohesive creative direction of media production, ensuring alignment across disciplines and throughout all phases of delivery. The Creative Director will collaborate with internal teams (design, media, technical, production) and external partners to ensure that all creative outputs are conceptually strong, aligned, and delivered to a high standard. This role requires both conceptual leadership and hands-on creative direction through to execution.
Requirements
- Demonstrable senior experience within a digital storytelling and/or media production environment.
- Demonstrable experience of intellectual and creative rigour
- Strong research, storytelling and conceptual thinking, with the ability to translate ideas into fully realised experiences
- Ability to communicate ideas clearly to clients
- Previous experience of leading teams, both directly and indirectly.
- Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, with a focus on moving image, including editing
- Experience directing creative for experiential immersive experiences
- Adaptable to different creative approaches and styles
- Experience with film and photography shoots
- Knowledge of standard software and workflows to achieve creative goals and express vision to the production team
Nice To Haves
- Experience working on cultural or exhibition-style projects
- Familiarity with interactive and media systems within built environments
- Experience collaborating with audio or music-focused creative teams
Responsibilities
- Define and articulate a clear, cohesive creative vision across all media touchpoints
- Ensure alignment of narrative, visual language, and interaction design across linear and interactive experiences
- Maintain creative consistency and integrity from concept development through to final delivery
- Translate strategic and curatorial intent into compelling audience-facing experiences
- Lead the development of creative treatments, storyboards and visual guidelines
- Defining and resolving creative ideas before communicating to the production team to ensure efficiency of production resources
- Oversee the development of content across film, interactive, and media production
- Work closely with production and technical teams to ensure creative ideas are achievable within budget and timeline
- Oversee all stages of production, ensuring outputs meet the approved creative direction
- Responsible for art directing film and still shoots, where necessary or working with an Art Director
- Provide input into audio and music direction, including briefing external partners
- Jointly responsible (alongside the Producer) to ensure internal and external deadlines & reviews are met, attending all project reviews
- Attend and contribute to client meetings, clearly communicating creative rationale and responding to feedback
- Build alignment across stakeholders, ensuring creative decisions are understood and supported
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
