Creative Director

About the role

As a Creative Director at Instrument, you will set the creative vision for ambitious projects spanning brand, identity, design systems, and digital experiences. You will lead multidisciplinary teams from concept through execution, serving as a senior partner to clients to build trust and deliver high-quality work. This role requires a conceptual thinker who can balance multiple workstreams while maintaining a high bar for craft and originality.

Responsibilities

• Set and champion the creative vision across projects, developing big ideas that are strategically grounded and distinctive.
• Lead creative across brand, identity, design systems, web, and digital experiences, creating a strong through-line from concept through execution.
• Maintain an exceptional bar for craft and originality, pushing the work and helping multidisciplinary teams deliver at their highest level.
• Serve as a senior creative partner to clients, confidently presenting and selling ideas, navigating feedback and ambiguity, and building trust with senior stakeholders.
• Lead and inspire multidisciplinary teams, bringing designers, writers, strategists, technologists, and producers together around a shared creative vision.
• Balance multiple projects and creative workstreams while maintaining consistency, momentum, and quality.
• Contribute to new business and account growth by shaping creative approaches, identifying opportunities, and helping turn ambitious ideas into compelling pitches and expanded partnerships.

Required skills

• Creative leadership
• Brand strategy
• Conceptual thinking
• Digital design
• Identity systems
• Client management

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• 401k with employer matching
• Unlimited PTO
• Work From Home stipend
• Wellbeing stipend
• HSA Employer Contribution
• Professional Development Stipend
• Paid Parental Leave

About the Company

Instrument is a design and technology company that builds brands, products, and experiences. With roots in Portland and New York and a distributed presence, they partner with companies to navigate change and launch new ideas through a collaborative, hands-on approach.