Creative Director

Title:                          Creative DirectorLocation:                   Remote (US) or Hybrid if candidate is based near one of our officesWHO ARE WE?

Imprint Events Group is a strategic event company. With the right team, anything is possible. Imprint invests in people with expertise, creativity, & passion. We connect with clients to dig deeper & think bigger, ensuring we deliver curated experiences that are beyond expectations. Connections drive our passion & success. Building deep, trusting relationships among our team, with our partners, & with our clients sets Imprint apart. We value lasting relationships, not one-time transactions. 

WHO ARE YOU?

You’re seasoned and steady - the person clients trust and teams rally around. You command a room, and you earn respect through craft, clarity, and follow-through. You listen first, collaborate well, and step up decisively when it’s time to lead. You value relationships over transactions and quality over noise. You care about the work and the people doing it, and you protect balance - yours and the team’s - because great creative requires both. 

JOB OVERVIEW

The Creative Director sets the company’s creative strategy and turns business objectives into innovative, high-quality, brand-consistent experiences. This role builds and sustains an equitable structure for the Creative Design team, recruits and develops talent, and establishes clear standards, training, and best practices so team leaders can manage day-to-day execution confidently. They safeguard quality and brand consistency while watching trends and technologies to fuel continual innovation, and they optimize cross-departmental processes for efficiency. The Creative Director also oversees internal and external brand expression - including marketing materials- ensuring the company’s identity is articulated consistently across every touchpoint. 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Oversee portfolio quality control (aesthetics, narrative, brand systems). 
• Co-architects the end-to-end operating system so execution consistently meets creative bar - defining workflow gates, roles, capacity, and tool standards. 
• Leads the tool stack and standards (e.g., Monday.com, Ziflow, file hygiene). 
• Manages department budgets. 
• Tracks and resolves cross-department conflicts. 
• Identify knowledge gaps and implement department training. 
• Coaches the creative team and guide succession planning. 
• Supports OKRs and run performance/comp reviews. 
• Present department health to the VP of Creative Services: pipeline, quality, risk, utilization, and margin drivers. 
• Run a weekly Associate Director of Creative Operations / Art Director sync to track program health, risks, and resourcing. 
• Lead research & development pilots. 

KEY COMPETENCIES 

• Visionary storytelling + exacting taste; systems thinker who scales quality. 
• Executive communication; persuasive in rooms and in decks. 
• Commercial literacy (pricing, options, value engineering). 
• Process partnership mindset; respects operational constraints. 
• Talent builder; creates psychological safety and accountability. 
• Trend and tech fluency; pragmatic innovation. 
• Relationship leadership across departments, clients, partners, and suppliers. 
• Calm, decisive judgment under pressure; clear escalation paths. 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE 

• 7+ years experiential/brand/event design; 3+ years leading multi-discipline teams. 
• Demonstration of large-scale programs and integrated brand systems. 
• Built or matured creative processes and cross-functional teams. 
• Bachelor’s in Design/Architecture/Experiential (or equivalent experience). 
• Deep collaboration with production/fabrication and supplier ecosystems. 
• Proficiency with Adobe CC; literacy in planning/proofing tools (Monday, Ziflow) and floorplan/CAD. 

WHAT WE OFFER

Unlike other companies that push products and services, at Imprint, we invest in people. And that means supporting your growth in your career and within Imprint. We offer a competitive salary along with employee benefits that include health & wellness incentives, vacation and leave entitlements and flexible time. We mean it when we say we invest in people and that includes helping balance the sometimes-urgent nature of our work with the regular demands of your life, work and home. 

Imprint provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. It prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. 

The salary range for this position is $110,000 to $115,000 annually based on relevant experience, industry knowledge, and technical expertise. This position is also eligible for performance-based bonuses and profit-sharing opportunities. This is a remote position reporting to our Denver, CO headquarters, but if the hired individual is near one of our offices – we'd love to see them in the office a couple days a week.