CREATIVE DIRECTOR (ADVERTISING)

Company Overview

The Opus Agency, Asia Pacific is a global event agency with 400+ team members across the US, UK, Australia, Singapore, and New Zealand. We deliver integrated event solutions and brand experiences for leading global brands through a people-driven culture.

Job Summary

The Creative Director (Advertising) leads integrated campaign ideas from inception to execution, shaping visual storytelling and guiding design teams to deliver impactful creative outcomes in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead conceptual development and art direction for creative solutions across integrated campaigns, events, activations, and brand experiences to achieve impactful outcomes
• Manage projects from ideation through final delivery, ensuring creative integrity and alignment with client briefs
• Translate complex briefs into clear, compelling visual and conceptual directions across multiple mediums to meet project goals
• Collaborate closely with Creative Leadership, Production, Film & Broadcast, Technical, and Account teams to deliver unified creative outcomes
• Ensure all creative outputs comply with briefs, brand standards, and technical, spatial, and experiential requirements
• Mentor and support designers and creative team members to enhance their skills and improve execution quality
• Champion creative thinking agency-wide to elevate standards and contribute to pitch work and new business opportunities through conceptual storytelling
• Present creative ideas clearly and confidently to clients and senior stakeholders, building strong internal and external relationships
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high quality, attention to detail, and a solutions-focused approach under pressure
• Stay actively engaged with cultural, technological, and design trends to inform and evolve the agency’s creative output

Preferred competencies and qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience in creative, design, or art direction roles within an agency or integrated production environment
• Proven experience leading creative concepts from ideation to execution across multiple channels including events, branding, digital, campaigns, and experiential
• A strong portfolio demonstrating deep conceptual thinking, visual execution, and integrated creative work
• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in design, creative direction, or a related discipline

Core Competencies & Key Traits

• Strong visual design and storytelling skills with deep understanding of composition, layout, brand systems, and multi-channel creative delivery
• Confident presenter able to articulate and sell creative ideas clearly, adapting communication styles across diverse stakeholders
• Highly conceptual thinker able to turn strategy into compelling direction while balancing creativity with commercial realities
• Collaborative, ego-free leadership style focused on developing junior and mid-level talent
• Calm and solutions-oriented under pressure; comfortable navigating ambiguity, complexity, and shifting priorities