Associate Director of Creative

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We’re looking for an Associate Director of Creative to join our team! This position will be based in Arizona and work closely with our Director of Creative in Denver.

The Associate Director will manage their own book of business while also supporting and leading a team. Candidates should be comfortable traveling throughout the territory as needed to meet with vendors, collaborate with team members, and support business needs.

The Associate Director of Creative Services (Live Events) is the senior leader responsible for defining, scaling, and driving the creative vision, strategy, and execution standards for live events, meetings, and experiential programs across all markets.

This role ensures that all creative output is grounded in real-world event execution, translating bold ideas into experiences that can be successfully produced on-site. The Associate Director leads the organization in designing immersive, scalable, and operationally sound event experiences that drive revenue, client satisfaction, and brand differentiation.

As the creative authority for live events, this role partners closely with Sales, Event Operations, and Executive Leadership to ensure all concepts are not only innovative, but feasible, profitable, and executable within venue, budget, and production constraints.

Live Event Creative Leadership & Execution

• Define and lead the creative vision for live events, meetings, and experiential programs across all markets

• Ensure all creative strategies are rooted in how events are physically built, produced, and experienced by guests

• Establish standards for immersive environments, staging, entertainment, guest flow, and multi-day program design

• Drive innovation in event formats, environments, and experiential storytelling, not just visual design

• Translate industry trends and cultural insights into real-world event applications that elevate the guest experience

• Ensure consistency in delivering high-impact, executable event concepts across all destinations

Proposal & Experience Strategy for Live Events

• Oversee the creative direction of high-value, complex event proposals, ensuring they clearly communicate the live experience

• Ensure proposals demonstrate how ideas come to life on‑site, not just how they look on paper

• Guide teams in developing guest experience narratives, spatial layouts, and experiential moments

• Partner with Sales and Events to align on scope, feasibility, and pricing for live programs

• Elevate proposal quality by reinforcing execution confidence, operational clarity, and storytelling impact

Operational Alignment & Feasibility

• Serve as the executive bridge between Creative, Sales, and Event Operations

• Ensure all creative concepts align with venue capabilities, production timelines, labor, and logistics

• Establish frameworks that require creative teams to design with execution, safety, and guest flow in mind

• Oversee alignment between creative vision, budget, and operational delivery

• Anticipate execution challenges across markets and implement scalable solutions and best practices

Creative Partner & Production Partnerships

• Lead the national strategy for event‑focused creative partners, including production, entertainment, fabrication, and technical partners

• Build partnerships that support large‑scale, high‑quality live event execution

• Drive initiatives around exclusive offerings, custom builds, and scalable event solutions

• Partner with Procurement and Finance to ensure creative partner strategies align with creative ambition and financial performance

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