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Creative Director (Performance)
Work Setup: Fully Remote
Engagement: Part-time / Contract
Workload: 10–15 hours per week
Compensation: $75 per hour
About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Creative Director (Performance) to lead our performance creative team and drive the quality and effectiveness of paid social campaigns for a SaaS brand.
In this role, you'll lead a multidisciplinary team of copywriters, art directors, motion designers, and graphic designers, transforming creative briefs, audience insights, and performance data into high-volume, conversion-focused campaigns.
You'll serve as the bridge between creative strategy, media buying, and execution—setting the creative vision, maintaining high creative standards, and ensuring every concept is designed to engage audiences and deliver measurable business results.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a multidisciplinary creative team, including copywriters, art directors, motion designers, and designers.
- Translate client objectives, creative briefs, and audience insights into compelling creative directions and campaign concepts.
- Develop and own the creative testing roadmap, covering angles, hooks, formats, and variations across Meta, TikTok, and other paid social platforms.
- Review, approve, and provide actionable feedback on all creative assets to ensure quality, brand consistency, and performance standards.
- Collaborate closely with media buyers to analyze campaign performance, identify winning creative patterns, and translate insights into new concepts.
- Present creative concepts, campaign strategies, and performance results to clients and internal stakeholders.
- Establish and optimize creative processes, briefing templates, and workflows to support high-volume production and tight deadlines.
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications & Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in creative roles, with at least 2 years in a creative leadership or management position overseeing multidisciplinary teams.
- Extensive experience developing performance-driven and paid social creatives for DTC, eCommerce, and/or SaaS brands.
- Proven track record of producing creative campaigns that deliver measurable results, such as lower Cost Per Acquisition (CPA), higher Return on Ad Spend (ROAS), and increased advertising spend.
- Strong conceptual thinking and storytelling abilities across static graphics, video, motion graphics, and UGC-style content.
- In-depth understanding of paid social platform best practices and creative testing frameworks.
- Ability to interpret performance metrics, including CTR, hook rate, CPA, and ROAS, and translate data into actionable creative decisions.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience presenting creative strategies and results to clients.
- A strong portfolio showcasing creative work you've directed, along with the measurable results it achieved.
Nice to Have
- Previous experience working in a creative or digital marketing agency.
- Hands-on skills in graphic design, copywriting, or creative production.
- Familiarity with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and advertising performance reporting platforms.
What Success Looks Like
- Consistently delivering high-quality, conversion-focused creative assets at scale.
- Building a strong creative team with clear processes, ownership, and accountability.
- Developing effective creative testing strategies that generate actionable performance insights.
- Turning campaign data into winning creative concepts that improve advertising efficiency and business results.
Interested in leading creative that drives performance? We'd love to hear from you!
Pay: $75.00 per hour
Expected hours: 10.0 – 15.0 per week
Application Question(s):
- Are you located in EST Time zone?
Experience:
- creative roles including leading: 10 years (Required)
- Deep experience in performance/paid social creative: 4 years (Required)
Work Location: Remote
Creative Director (Performance)
Work Setup: Fully Remote
Engagement: Part-time / Contract
Workload: 10–15 hours per week
Compensation: $75 per hour
About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Creative Director (Performance) to lead our performance creative team and drive the quality and effectiveness of paid social campaigns for a SaaS brand.
In this role, you'll lead a multidisciplinary team of copywriters, art directors, motion designers, and graphic designers, transforming creative briefs, audience insights, and performance data into high-volume, conversion-focused campaigns.
You'll serve as the bridge between creative strategy, media buying, and execution—setting the creative vision, maintaining high creative standards, and ensuring every concept is designed to engage audiences and deliver measurable business results.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a multidisciplinary creative team, including copywriters, art directors, motion designers, and designers.
- Translate client objectives, creative briefs, and audience insights into compelling creative directions and campaign concepts.
- Develop and own the creative testing roadmap, covering angles, hooks, formats, and variations across Meta, TikTok, and other paid social platforms.
- Review, approve, and provide actionable feedback on all creative assets to ensure quality, brand consistency, and performance standards.
- Collaborate closely with media buyers to analyze campaign performance, identify winning creative patterns, and translate insights into new concepts.
- Present creative concepts, campaign strategies, and performance results to clients and internal stakeholders.
- Establish and optimize creative processes, briefing templates, and workflows to support high-volume production and tight deadlines.
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications & Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in creative roles, with at least 2 years in a creative leadership or management position overseeing multidisciplinary teams.
- Extensive experience developing performance-driven and paid social creatives for DTC, eCommerce, and/or SaaS brands.
- Proven track record of producing creative campaigns that deliver measurable results, such as lower Cost Per Acquisition (CPA), higher Return on Ad Spend (ROAS), and increased advertising spend.
- Strong conceptual thinking and storytelling abilities across static graphics, video, motion graphics, and UGC-style content.
- In-depth understanding of paid social platform best practices and creative testing frameworks.
- Ability to interpret performance metrics, including CTR, hook rate, CPA, and ROAS, and translate data into actionable creative decisions.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience presenting creative strategies and results to clients.
- A strong portfolio showcasing creative work you've directed, along with the measurable results it achieved.
Nice to Have
- Previous experience working in a creative or digital marketing agency.
- Hands-on skills in graphic design, copywriting, or creative production.
- Familiarity with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and advertising performance reporting platforms.
What Success Looks Like
- Consistently delivering high-quality, conversion-focused creative assets at scale.
- Building a strong creative team with clear processes, ownership, and accountability.
- Developing effective creative testing strategies that generate actionable performance insights.
- Turning campaign data into winning creative concepts that improve advertising efficiency and business results.
Interested in leading creative that drives performance? We'd love to hear from you!
Pay: $75.00 per hour
Expected hours: 10.0 – 15.0 per week
Application Question(s):
- Are you located in EST Time zone?
Experience:
- creative roles including leading: 10 years (Required)
- Deep experience in performance/paid social creative: 4 years (Required)
Work Location: Remote
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon13
- VML7
- Apple7
- Robert Half7
- Dentsu6
Top Industries Hiring
- Marketing & Advertising13
- Staffing & Recruiting8
- Technology & Software6
- Media & Entertainment5
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in assistant creative director jobs.
- Five or more years of creative experience with at least two years in a supervisory or lead role
- Strong portfolio demonstrating concepting and execution across multiple media formats
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Demonstrated ability to present creative concepts clearly to clients and internal stakeholders
- Experience managing and mentoring junior designers, copywriters, or art directors
- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, advertising, fine arts, or a related creative field
Tips for Your Assistant Creative Director Job Search
Lead your portfolio with campaign work
Hiring teams for assistant creative director roles want to see full campaign thinking, not just executions. Show the brief, the concept, and the final output together so reviewers understand how you direct creative from strategy to delivery.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists assistant creative director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Tailor your resume to the medium
An assistant creative director resume for a digital agency should foreground social, motion, and interactive work. For a traditional ad agency, weight broadcast and print campaigns. Matching your highlighted experience to the studio's output signals you understand their world.
Target companies at a creative inflection point
Brands launching a rebrand, studios expanding into new verticals, or agencies that just won a major account are actively building creative teams. These openings move fast and are often posted before headcount is finalized, so applying promptly matters.
Prepare a creative brief walkthrough for interviews
Many assistant creative director interviews include a whiteboard or case exercise where you concept on the spot. Practice walking through a creative brief out loud, explaining your instincts, how you'd direct the team, and how you'd push back on a weak brief.
Negotiate title clarity alongside compensation
At this level, your title determines what you can pitch for next. If an offer comes in as senior art director or associate creative director, ask what the progression to full creative director looks like and get the answer in writing before you accept.
Assistant Creative Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most assistant creative directors?
The most active employers for assistant creative directors right now are Amazon, VML, and Apple, and the most openings are in California, New York, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. In-house brand teams at consumer companies and mid-size agencies tend to post the most consistently throughout the year.
How many assistant creative director jobs are remote?
About 75% of assistant creative director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though availability varies significantly by employer type. In-house roles at large brands are more likely to require on-site presence for shoots and reviews, while agency roles and content-focused positions tend to offer more remote flexibility.
How do you become an assistant creative director?
Start by building a portfolio that shows conceptual range, not just strong execution. Progress from designer or copywriter to art director or senior writer, then take on project leadership, mentoring junior talent, and presenting work to clients. Demonstrating that you can hold a creative vision across a campaign, not just execute individual pieces, is what moves you into an assistant creative director role.
Can you get hired as an assistant creative director with little experience?
It's uncommon to land an assistant creative director title without hands-on leadership experience, but career changers and early leaders do break in by building a portfolio that shows directorial thinking. Focus on projects where you drove the concept, directed collaborators, or owned the creative output end to end, even if the title on those projects was more junior.
What does the assistant creative director interview process look like?
Most processes start with a portfolio review call, followed by a deeper interview where you walk through your creative rationale on two or three projects. Later rounds often include a creative brief exercise or a presentation to a broader team. Final rounds typically involve meeting a creative director or VP and may include a discussion of how you manage creative feedback and direct other creatives.
Where can I find and apply to assistant creative director jobs?
You can find and apply to assistant creative director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your experience and specialization, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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