Head of Experiential Creative

Anthropic • San Francisco, NY

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. The Creative Studio is Anthropic’s in-house creative team responsible for the brand expression across Anthropic and Claude. We care about craft, making things by hand and using AI when it makes sense. The team is growing, and we’re looking for people who do excellent work to join us. The stakes are real, and there’s room to shape what all this becomes.

About the role
We're looking for a Head of Experiential Creative to build and lead event design and brand experiences at Anthropic. You'll define how Anthropic shows up in physical spaces, from trade shows and conferences to brand partnerships and activations. This person should be deeply immersed in AI, not to follow what others in the industry are doing, but to find the most authentic ways to bring our brand and product to life. We want someone who will push against industry convention and bring genuine craft and point of view to every experience. This is a building-phase role. You'll be scaling up the experiential creative function, which means you'll own projects end to end, from strategy and concepting through production and on-site execution. You should have deep experience leading creative teams and partnering with agencies, but for now, you need to be as comfortable doing the work as you are directing it.

Requirements

• Have 12+ years of experience building and leading experiential creative programs, with a portfolio that shows brand partnerships, activations, events, and trade show design.
• You’ve stood up a function or team from scratch and know what it takes to lay the foundation while simultaneously delivering high-quality work.
• Are deeply knowledgeable about AI and can use that knowledge to conceptualize experiences that authentically represent Anthropic’s products and mission.
• Have significant leadership experience managing and mentoring creative teams.
• Bring an elevated sense of craft and a belief that brand experiences should be meaningful, not just functional.
• Are comfortable operating at every level from pitching the vision to leadership one day, building out the deck or directing the install the next. You don't view hands-on work as beneath the role.

Responsibilities

• Own brand experiences end to end — from initial concept through design development, production, and on-site delivery — pushing beyond industry convention while staying authentic to Anthropic's mission and products.
• Scale and lead the experiential creative function, refining and evolving strategy, team structure, processes, and creative standards.
• Establish creative principles and frameworks that extend into physical design and concept development
• Lead and grow a team of designers and creative professionals, while mentoring and setting a high bar for craft.
• Partner with agencies and vendors to scale experiential programs, maintaining creative quality and brand integrity.
• Collaborate across the organization (marketing, product, sales, and leadership) to align experiential work with business and brand objectives.
• Develop relationships with partner brands and collaborators that create meaningful, elevated experiences.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive