Overview
Senior Director of Creative Services Jobs in Washington, DC at Creative Circle
Our association client is seeking a hands on Creative Director to join their team.
This role is 40 hours/week, hybrid 3 days onsite. The duration is 6 months, with potential conversion.
The Creative Director leads the creative vision, execution, and operational management of clients' in-house creative function. This role oversees a three-person team responsible for delivering creative across: 26+ annual conferences and events, Enterprise marketing campaigns (digital and print), Executive and board presentations, Website and blog creative (WordPress, Kentico), research reports and thought leadership publications.
In order to be considered Creative Director must have:
- 12+ years' creative leadership experience in agency or in-house
- Proven experience running a creative agency/studio
- Has managed both strategy and execution
Responsibilities:
Creative Leadership & Execution
- Lead creative direction for major initiatives, across all organizations, including flagship events, enterprise campaigns, and executive materials.
- Personally design and refine high-visibility deliverables such as: signature conference identity systems and major campaign visual frameworks
- Set and maintain creative standards across digital, print, experiential, and presentation formats.
- Ensure all work reflects a modern, cohesive, digitally forward organization.
Studio Architecture & Resource Strategy
- Design and manage a scalable studio model that includes: Two in-house designers, freelancers and strategic use of SaaS and automation tools
- Determine which work should be led in-house, production-supported internally, outsourced to specialists, Templatized or automated
- Manage freelance and vendor relationships during peak event cycles.
- Balance cost, quality, and speed across all creative output.
Event & Experiential Creative Oversight
- Develop scalable identity systems for 26+ annual events.
- Oversee stage design, environmental graphics, signage, digital screens, and collateral.
- Ensure consistency and production readiness across vendors and venues.
- Create repeatable event branding toolkits to improve efficiency year-over-year.
Digital & CMS Creative Oversight
- Ensure creative consistency across WordPress and Kentico environments.
- Partner with digital and IT teams to strengthen UX/UI presentation.
- Guide designers in building modular web-ready components.
- Maintain high design standards in email, social, and campaign execution.
- Workflow, Systems & Operations
- Own and optimize creative intake and prioritization using Monday.com.
- Establish clear SLAs and production timelines.
- Reduce revision cycles through stronger briefs and approval discipline.
- Oversee Digital Asset Management (DAM) governance and asset organization.
In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.
Benefits
Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.
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For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.
This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 02/13/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.
Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Title: Senior Director of Creative Services
Company: Creative Circle
Location: Washington, DC
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