Location: The Americas (Remote)

Availability: West Coast preferred; East Coast acceptable if West Coast hours can be observed when needed and travel is feasible

Timezone: Must be able to work full PST hours

Reports to: CEO

The Role

Active Theory is seeking an outward-facing, growth-minded Executive Creative Director (ECD) to help drive the business into its next chapter. We are looking for an entrepreneurial storyteller, a natural pitcher, and a relationship-builder who is driven to win high-level US clients.

In this role, you will lean confidently on a world-class internal engine of craft and execution led by established peer leadership and our highly talented production team. We want a growth partner, not a status-quo manager. You have a burning ambition to elevate Active Theory's presence in the US and want a true stake in that future. You excel at finding and inspiring bold brands that want to take risks, leveraging our world-class internal capabilities to deliver experiences that redefine what we can produce.

Core Responsibilities

Company-Level Responsibilities

Partner with peer leadership to shape and evolve Active Theory’s creative vision and market positioning.
Maintain a high bar for creative quality across all projects you pitch and win
Provide creative oversight and feedback to designers across multiple teams
Participate in internal reviews, critiques, and creative forums
Ensure pitch visions are translated smoothly to production
Contribute to studio-wide creative initiatives, experimentation, and thought leadership

Project-Level Responsibilities

Serve as Executive Creative Director and project lead on assigned client work, setting the vision from concept through pitch, and guiding key milestones through to launch
Own the overarching creative vision, narrative, and strategic direction across projects, ensuring work is visually striking, conceptually rigorous, and technically sound.
Lead creative discovery, ideation, initial design direction, and reviews
Be hands-on when needed, contributing directly to design, motion, or visual systems during critical pitch phases to maintain momentum
Present work and creative rationale clearly charismatically and confidently to senior client stakeholders inspiring them to take creative risks
Partner closely with internal production and development leads to balance creative ambition with scope, timelines, and budget

Client & Account Leadership

Act as the primary outward-facing Creative Lead for Clients, developing deep understanding of the brand, creative standards, and long-term vision
Establish trusted client relationships through strong creative leadership, business acumen, and relationship-building
Lead pitches, concept presentations, and creative strategy discussions to actively win and secure high-level US accounts.
Provide creative leadership and client management in partnership with production and account leads

Leadership, Mentorship & Growth

Mentor Creative department members through consistent project feedback, constructive craft-oriented guidance, and development of career-relevant skills and qualities
Participate in hiring by reviewing portfolios, interviewing candidates, and helping define role expectations
Inspire and align the North American Creative Team around growth and bold creative standards.
Represent Active Theory externally through public speaking, events, talks, and industry presence

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