Senior Art Director (3 Months contract)

We are seeking an innovative and strategic Creative Director to lead the development of compelling brand narratives, integrated campaigns, and experience-led concepts across a diverse portfolio of projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for shaping the overall creative vision, ensuring all creative outputs are strategically grounded, visually distinctive, and experientially impactful.

Requirements

Creative Leadership & Strategy

• Define and champion the overall creative vision, standards, and philosophy across all projects and initiatives.
• Develop innovative creative concepts, campaign platforms, and brand experiences that drive audience engagement and business impact.
• Translate strategic objectives into compelling creative solutions across multiple channels and touchpoints.
• Lead the development of integrated brand narratives, storytelling frameworks, and communication concepts.

Business Development Support

• Contribute to business growth through creative input for pitches, proposals, presentations, and client engagement activities.
• Develop differentiated creative approaches that enhance project competitiveness and market positioning.
• Identify opportunities to expand creative scope across branding, content, digital, experiential, and spatial design solutions.
• Support the creation of persuasive presentation materials and strategic creative recommendations.

Creative Operations Management

• Direct end-to-end creative development across campaigns, brand identities, event concepts, content ecosystems, and experiential environments.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration between designers, copywriters, strategists, production teams, and external partners.
• Ensure creative outputs meet the highest standards of quality, innovation, and effectiveness.
• Oversee creative workflows, reviews, approvals, and project timelines to ensure successful delivery.

Brand Governance & Quality Assurance

• Ensure all creative work aligns with brand guidelines, communication objectives, and organizational standards.
• Maintain consistency across visual identity systems, messaging frameworks, and experiential design elements.
• Implement quality assurance processes to safeguard brand integrity and creative excellence.
• Review and approve creative deliverables before final presentation or implementation.

Team Leadership & Development

• Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to creative teams.
• Foster a culture of creativity, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Support talent development through coaching, constructive feedback, and performance management.
• Encourage experimentation and adoption of emerging creative trends, technologies, and methodologies.

Additional Responsibilities

• Handle confidential information with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.
• Support major project launches, live events, and key organizational initiatives as required.
• Work collaboratively with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams to achieve project objectives.
• Be available to support critical project phases and event delivery periods, including occasional extended working hours.

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience in creative leadership roles within creative agencies, branding agencies, integrated communications firms, experiential agencies, or related environments.
• Proven experience leading integrated campaigns, brand development projects, and large-scale creative initiatives.
• Experience working on events, exhibitions, conferences, experiential marketing, or immersive brand environments is highly desirable.

Skills & Competencies

• Exceptional conceptual thinking and creative storytelling abilities.
• Strong experience in integrated brand and campaign development.
• Deep understanding of experiential marketing, spatial design, and brand environments.
• Ability to translate strategic insights into compelling creative concepts.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and team management capabilities.
• High attention to detail and commitment to creative excellence.