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Creative Director

Pinnacle Live
Arlington Heights, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Jun 2025

About the role

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

 

Company Overview:

Edge by Pinnacle Live is a full-service experiential agency crafting unforgettable experiences that reflect each client’s unique voice. Fueled by collaboration, transparency, and trust, Edge ideates, designs and delivers experiences that move people — emotionally, intellectually, and experientially.

We work across conferences, brand activations, internal events, global summits, and cultural moments with theatrical precision and a human-first lens. At Edge, we believe live experiences are among the most powerful tools for transformation. Every event is a canvas for bold ideas, intentional storytelling, and immersive design that moves people to think, feel, and act.

 

Job Summary:

The Creative Director will lead the strategic development and execution of brand storytelling, creative campaigns, and integrated experiential concepts for client events and activations. As a senior leader within Edge, this role will drive the agency’s creative vision, develop innovative narratives that resonate across diverse channels, and ensure delivery of breakthrough experiences. This position will report directly to the SVP, Creative & Technology and will be responsible for overseeing a multidisciplinary team of designers, copywriters, content creators, and creative producers to bring client visions to life.

 

Essential Functions:

          Develop and lead bold, insight-driven creative strategies that translate client objectives into

compelling experiential concepts across live, digital, and hybrid platforms

          Direct the development of event branding, theme ideation, scripting, environmental design,

content creation, and storytelling that amplifies audience engagement

          Serve as the agency’s creative point of contact in high-stakes pitches, presentations, and project delivery, ensuring ideas are well-formed, strategically aligned, and visually captivating

          Build and manage a high-performing team of creative professionals while mentoring talent and fostering a collaborative, feedback-driven environment

          Oversee the creative development process from brief to execution, including timelines,

deliverables, and quality control across all client projects

          Partner with executive producers, production technology, strategy, and business development teams to ensure integrated creative and technical excellence

          Stay attuned to cultural trends, design innovation, technology, and storytelling formats that can be leveraged for creative differentiation

          Act as a creative brand steward, ensuring all work aligns with EDGE's standards of innovation, integrity, and immersive brand expression

          Manage creative budgets and scopes, allocating resources effectively and presenting project

updates and recommendations to the leadership team

          Prepare and present creative rationale, mood boards, copy, visuals, and conceptual decks to

both internal and external stakeholders

          Perform other duties as assigned

 

Education & Experience:

          Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Design, or related field is preferred

          At least 12 years of experience in Event Production Technology leadership roles, with proven track record of managing high-profile and complex Event Production technology project

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