Creative Director for Events

About the role

We're looking for a Creative Director to be the strategic and aesthetic engine behind our most complex client projects. You'll bridge brand strategy and physical experience, acting as the lead architect of the event journey for our clients' corporate events. You'll blend traditional design principles with emerging AI tools to create immersive environments that tell a real story. This is a high-level individual contributor role who will own concept to final delivery and work with specialized external talent to bring it to life.

Responsibilities

• Vision: Leading the vision for ideal solutions and event outcomes inclusive of estimating hours and costs at a high level
• Brand stewardship: ensuring every physical and digital touchpoint from stage design to registration reflects the client's brand
• Sustainable design: proposing creative solutions that prioritize circularity and minimize environmental impact
• Advanced presentation design: Move beyond static slides. Build dynamic, cinematic presentations (using PPT, Keynote, or Gamma/Beautiful.ai) that sell a vision, not just a plan
• Spatial and multimodal design: conceptualizing how physical spaces interact with digital layers (AR, spatial computing, interactive LED)
• Freelancer orchestration: identifying, briefing, and directing specialized external talent (ex: 3D renderers, motion designers, AI artists) to execute specific project components

Requirements

• You're a builder of experiences. You see a blank page as an opportunity, not a problem. You dream outside the box but stay grounded in what actually works on the event floor.
• You love the complexity of a full-scale conference and understand how the event website, foyer, breakouts, and main stage all work together, as well as how event tech (LED panels, lighting, sound) can be used creatively
• You believe AI is already changing the creative workflow. You're fluent in the tools and have strong opinions about what they're for and what they aren't for
• You can stand in front of a CMO and explain why your creative direction will drive their business goals
• You have an uncompromising eye for typography, spatial flow, and color theory, even if you're not in the weeds of the design
• You treat production, tech, and freelance partners as collaborators, not service providers
• You own the work from concept through the final onsite walkthrough, ensuring every single deliverable points back to the event vision
• What you have
• 8+ years of experience in experiential marketing, event production, or high-end experience-driven agency environments.
• A maker's portfolio: live or hybrid experiences you conceived and delivered, not just supported. We want to see that you've designed general session stages and conference themes.
• Drive: Proven ability to own a project from first brainstorm to final delivery without relying on a team underneath you
• AI fluency: Hands-on use of AI tools for visual ideation, moodboarding, and narrative development, not theoretical interest
• Software mastery: Expert-level PowerPoint. Adobe Creative Cloud familiarity. SketchUp, Rhino, or AI generation tools are a strong plus
• Evidence of scale: Fortune 500 brand work, $1M+ productions, or 500+ attendee experiences
• The Impact
• Within 1 month, you'll:
• Learn internal Creative Services processes and proprietary tools like Backstage
• Deeply understand the Meeting Tomorrow brand and the value we provide to clients
• Shadow active projects and meet our key production, sales, and freelance partners
• Build your first AI-enhanced mood board for a live or prospective client opportunity
• Within 3 months, you'll:
• Lead creative on at least one complex client project from pitch through concept delivery
• Curate a

Additional Information

Meeting Tomorrow is a 23-year-old company with a growing team of 90 talented, friendly people. We're headquartered in Chicago, with about 80% of our team working remotely in cities across the country. We are a full-service event agency with three core divisions: planning, production, and creative. We plan and produce corporate events of every shape and size, partnering with clients that include Fortune 500 companies and leading organizations across a wide array of industries. We're known for our exceptional customer experience, our collaborative culture, and our can-do spirit. Our culture has earned us recognition as a Top 20 Inspiring Workplace in North America, as well as the Events Industry Council's Social Impact Award. We offer great benefits, the best coworkers you'll find anywhere, and the opportunity to work in a dynamic, team-oriented environment. We can't wait to meet you!

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