Creative Director

About Collectively

Collectively — part of the Brandtech Group (formerly You & Mr. Jones) — is the global leader in influencer marketing; combining strategy, creative, and technology to deliver the most innovative influencer work. We partner with forward‑thinking brands in technology, fashion, retail, gaming, entertainment, consumer goods, and more to build deeply integrated social activation strategies that drive relevance, awareness, and sales. Our work has been recognized by top publications including The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Digiday, AdAge, and Business INSIDER, among others.

We've also earned Effie, Webby, Glossy, IMA Fast Company, and OMMA awards for our programs.

In 2020, we were named by Built In Bay Area as one of the Best Small Companies to work for.

The Client Partnership team leads the creator strategy and client servicing relationship through the lifecycle of an account at Collectively—ensuring our partnership with clients is successful, industry‑leading and directly in support of our clients’ creator marketing ambitions. This team is focused on cultivating and growing successful relationships with account stakeholders in our client community through best‑in‑class work and services—delivering strategic influencer marketing proposals/RFPs, industry‑leading thought partnership and ongoing strategic direction throughout the lifecycle of our agency/client partnership to support brands in becoming more effective, innovative creator‑centric marketers.

We're looking for a Creative Director to lead the creative output of our Strategic & Creative Development (SCD) function—an inter‑team force designed to elevate Collectively’s competitive, high‑stakes, and creatively ambitious work.

The Strategic & Creative Development function was built to sharpen how the agency shows up in moments that define our growth. SCD leads creative development across competitive pitches and marquee programs, partnering closely with Strategy, Business Development, Client Partnerships, and Analytics to bring clarity, craft, and cultural fluency to every opportunity.

Lead and Develop the Creative Team — You’ll manage and mentor a team of two Senior Creatives, overseeing their growth, day‑to‑day output, and creative development. You resource them strategically across incoming projects and pitches, match the right creative to the right brief, and create the conditions for them to do their best work. You push the thinking—reviewing concepts with a sharp eye, asking the harder questions, and elevating ideas from good to great.

Vet Incoming Briefs and Set Creative Direction — Before a brief hits the team, it comes through you. You’ll assess incoming requests, ask the right questions to sharpen the creative problem, and set a clear direction that gives the team a running start. You know how to identify which briefs have real creative potential and how to reframe the ones that don’t—yet.

Be a Senior Creative in Your Own Right — This isn’t a purely managerial role. You’ll lean in and contribute directly to the work—reviewing and pushing concepts and presenting the work—especially on the highest‑stakes pitches where Collectively’s creative reputation is on the line.

Represent Collectively In‑Market — You’ll show up as a senior creative voice for Collectively in client conversations, industry events, and pitch settings—building relationships, establishing credibility, and putting a human face on our creative ambition.

Turn Insights into Ideas — Great creative doesn’t start from a blank page—it starts from a tension. You’ll work closely with strategists to absorb audience research, digital trend signals, and category context, then guide the team in transforming that raw material into ideas with genuine creative conflict at their core: the friction between what a brand stands for and what culture is demanding, between what Gen Z expects and what surprises them, between the familiar and the unexpected.

That tension is what makes ideas magnetic.

Collaborate Closely with Peer Teams — You’ll work in close partnership…