Executive Creative Director

Location: The Americas (Remote)
Timezone: West coast is preferred; East coast acceptable if west coast hours can be observed when needed and travel is feasible
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 marketpositioning.
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, contributin...