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DEPT® · 4 days ago

Director, Environmental Creative (SF - Hybrid)

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$171K/yr - $215K/yr

8+ years exp

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. The Director, Environmental Creative will lead a cross-functional team to create immersive brand experiences and ensure cohesive messaging across all touchpoints.

AdvertisingBrand MarketingDigital MarketingInternetMarketing

Responsibilities

Closely collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of talented people across the agency and projects

Lead the creative team in rigorous conceptual exploration grounded in our ability to deliver. You must be comfortable driving the work from safe, foundational ideas ("mild") to boundary-pushing, disruptive concepts ("wild"), ensuring we explore the full limits of what is possible before refining for execution

Orchestrate a seamless story across all physical touchpoints. This includes directing the strategy for in-store digital screens, physical print collateral, and subtle experiential details (texture, lighting, flow)

Partner lock-step with the Senior, Copywriting. You will work as a cohesive unit to ensure the visual environment and the narrative voice are inextricably linked and mutually elevating

Distinct from one-off installations, you will establish a robust, scalable design system for our client’s stores. This system must be rigid enough to maintain brand consistency but flexible enough to adapt to different footprints and markets

Infuse physical spaces with expressive design elements. You will determine how typography, color, and animation live within a three-dimensional architecture

Strong knowledge of visual design, user-centered experience design, interaction design, brand development, and the creative process

Ability to lead internal teams with strategic vision and creative inspiration

An entrepreneurial and independent spirit

A diverse sense of taste with the knowledge necessary to apply to various challenges

Bring deep empathy to the users you design for, the brands you help evolve, and the internal teams you lead and collaborate with

Innovation and experimental thinking that generate innovative thinking

Qualification

Experiential DesignEnvironmental DesignRetail InnovationAdobe Creative SuiteMaterial FabricationPrint Production TechniquesDigital Display TechnologiesStrategic VisionPublic SpeakingCreative InspirationDetail-orientedProblem-solving

Required

8+ years in creative leadership, specifically with a focus on Experiential Design, Environmental Design, or Retail Innovation

A deep understanding of how humans move through and interact with physical spaces. You can read floor plans as well as you can critique a layout

A portfolio of work that demonstrates the ability to translate brand strategy into immersive physical experiences. Must show examples of work scaling from concept to built reality

Familiarity with material fabrication, print production techniques, and digital display technologies

Mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite; familiarity with spatial tools (SketchUp, Rhino, or similar) is a strong plus

Demonstrated ability to provide strategic vision and creative inspiration to large, diverse teams

Excellent public speaking and presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex information to clients and internal stakeholders

Highly detail-oriented, proactive, comfortable navigating complex organizations, and focused on strategic problem-solving and process efficiency