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About the role

  • Head of Creative leading Performance Design at Directive Consulting, a B2B marketing agency. Scaling creative quality, team development, profitability, and AI-enabled production.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Performance Design department and own its creative vision and quality standard
  • Ensure creative work meets craft and conversion benchmarks
  • Review and elevate creative across paid social, display, video, and landing page formats
  • Build systems and workflows supporting excellent client creative output
  • Ensure campaigns are run and tested for learning rather than treated as isolated ads
  • Partner with senior leadership to develop Directive's creative process supporting DiscoverabilityOS
  • Lead, coach, and develop designers, project managers, and motion contractors
  • Set expectations, foster accountability, and build a high-performing creative culture
  • Identify growth opportunities and invest in team development
  • Partner with paid media and client success teams so creative is data-informed
  • Represent the department in new-business pitches, cross-sell opportunities, and client conversations
  • Meet clients monthly during leadership meetings to discuss quality and results
  • Articulate Performance Design's strategic business value
  • Own and manage the department P&L, budgets, staffing, technology investments, margins, and resourcing
  • Ensure the department achieves monthly revenue targets and direct margin goals
  • Lead adoption of AI creative tools and integrate emerging technologies into production workflows
  • Build relationships with the team and internal stakeholders, identify methodology and workflow gaps, and improve department output

Requirements

  • 5+ years in creative roles within performance marketing, paid media, or growth-focused agency environments
  • Proven track record managing creative teams and balancing creative quality with business outcomes
  • Comfortable presenting department strategy and financial projections to VPs and CMOs
  • Strong understanding of how a creative department operates as a business
  • Direct experience managing or having visibility into P&L, margin, and resourcing decisions
  • Hands-on experience with AI creative tools, including generative image, AI-powered video, design analytics, or similar
  • Experience integrating AI into real production workflows
  • Experience with platforms like EyeQuant, Creatify, or Superside is a plus
  • Strong communication skills and executive presence
  • Track record of building trust with creative practitioners and senior leadership
  • Current, permanent work authorization in the country of residence, including Canada, Mexico, or the UK
  • Reliable setup, high-speed internet, and professional working environment capable of running Adobe Creative Suite and video production software
  • Ability to remain stationary for extended periods and operate design and video software on Mac or PC

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision plans, disability, and life insurance coverage for you and your family
  • 100% employer-paid plan for you and 50% employer contribution for dependents
  • Access to certified therapists through Spring Health
  • Headspace membership
  • Physical therapy through Omada
  • Fertility support through Carrott
  • Thousands of Aaptiv virtual workouts
  • Complimentary One Medical membership for primary and virtual care
  • Unlimited PTO (2-week minimum)
  • Paid Company Holidays
  • Birthday off
  • End of Year Recharge (Closed December 24 - January 1)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 3% company match
  • Annual bonus based on tenure
  • Remote-first, 100% virtual work from a home office

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$175,000 - CA$200,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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