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Remote Creative Director jobs

23 open positions in the United States, newest first.

Creative directors set the visual and conceptual direction for a brand's or agency's work and are accountable for its quality. They lead designers, copywriters and video or motion teams, shape the central idea behind campaigns, and decide what is good enough to ship. The job is more about directing and critiquing than producing the work personally.

About the Creative Director role

What the work looks like

  • Turn a marketing brief into a campaign concept and present it to executives or clients for approval.
  • Review designs, copy and video cuts, giving specific direction until the work meets the standard.
  • Define and maintain brand guidelines covering visual identity, tone of voice and photography or illustration style.
  • Hire and manage designers, writers and freelancers, and assign them to projects according to their strengths.
  • Direct photo and video shoots or agency partners, approving casting, storyboards and final edits.

What employers ask for

  • Portfolio of shipped campaigns and brand work
  • Art direction or copywriting background
  • Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma
  • Creative team leadership and critique
  • Concept development and pitching
  • Video and motion production oversight

Doing this job remotely

Critique and review move well to shared files and recorded feedback, and creative teams are often distributed already. Early concepting loses some energy without a room, so directors have to structure remote brainstorms carefully. Shoots, major pitches and brand events still tend to require travel.

Where it comes from and where it leads

Creative directors rise from senior designer, art director or copywriter, usually through associate creative director. Beyond it lie group or executive creative director, chief creative officer or head of brand.