Group Creative Director

About Said Differently

Said Differently is a remote-first company built around clarity, collaboration, and trust. We keep teams lean, talent high, and egos low. You’ll work with thoughtful people who value craft, communication, and doing work the right way. We cast teams intentionally, support flexibility, and create space for people to do work they’re proud of, without the layers or bloat that get in the way. If you want meaningful work alongside good humans, this is the place.

About the Role

As a Group Creative Director at Said Differently, you’re a builder of brands, a steward of taste, and a leader who elevates everyone around you. You guide the creative vision across multiple accounts, turn insights into platforms, and help clients see what’s possible. You thrive in a modern, remote model where the people in the room are the ones doing the work, and you love rolling up your sleeves to make the work stronger.

Areas of Ownership

• Creative Direction: Set and maintain the overarching creative vision for assigned clients, ensuring ideas, platforms, and executions meet strategic and quality expectations.
• Concept and Craft Development: Guide the development of brand platforms, storytelling, and integrated creative work, providing hands-on refinement at key stages.
• Team Structure and Workflow: Shape the structure of project teams, define creative workflows, and establish quality checkpoints that support consistent and efficient delivery.
• Strategic Translation: Convert client goals, audience insights, and strategic inputs into clear creative approaches that guide teams and shape deliverables.
• Client Partnership: Lead senior-level creative conversations, present work, integrate feedback, and support long-term client health through reliable creative guidance.

Partners to Collaborate With and Support

• Chief Creative Officer: Align on creative standards, elevate team performance, and ensure work across accounts reflects the agency’s creative expectations.
• Cross-Functional Partners: Work closely with Strategy, Account Leadership, and Project Management to define approaches, solve challenges, and maintain alignment throughout projects.
• Creative Teams and Talent Network: Provide direction, feedback, and support to writers, designers, art directors, strategists, technologists, and makers across assembled project teams.
• Senior Clients: Serve as a steady creative partner, offering clear rationale, structured feedback loops, and consistent communication throughout engagements.

Team Oversight

This role leads interdisciplinary creative teams assembled on a project basis. The GCD provides day-to-day direction, structured feedback, and clear decision-making support to writers, designers, art directors, strategists, technologists, and makers. While not responsible for managing large permanent teams, the role ensures strong performance, cohesion, and craft standards across all creative contributors within the portfolio.

Core Competencies

• Structured Creative Guidance: Bring clarity and direction to concept development and help teams navigate ambiguity.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate effectively with Strategy, Account, and Project Management to align on goals and execution plans.
• Hands-On and High-Level Balance: Know when to step into the work directly and when to steer from a higher level to maintain quality across workstreams.
• Remote Team Leadership: Communicate clearly, support cohesion, and operate effectively within a distributed, remote-first environment.
• Craft and Discipline: Maintain high standards of creative thinking, execution, and professionalism.

Professional Experience

• Have 12+ of experience in top-tier creative environments
• Built a portfolio that demonstrates platform-level thinking, culturally resonant ideas, and work that drives business outcomes
• Led integrated teams and multidisciplinary creative workstreams across channels and deliverables
• Worked effectively in a distributed, remote-first model with bespoke project teams
• Used Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Google Workspace with confidence and maintained curiosity about AI platforms shaping modern creative workflows
• Created clarity from ambiguous inputs and guided teams from brief to strong conceptual direction
• Formed strong client partnerships grounded in trust, clarity, and collaborative problem-solving

Expectations for the Role

• Abide by Said Differently’s 10 “We” Principles
• Communicate effectively in person, over video, and in writing.
• Operate a computer and other standard office equipment for extended periods.
• Travel domestically and occasionally internationally for events and partner engagements.
• Manage multiple priorities in a home-based work environment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting the first of the month after hire, with SDC covering most employee premiums
• Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
• 401(k) with an automatic 3% company contribution
• Flexible PTO and generous parental leave
• Monthly $100 WFH reimbursement
• FSA and HSA options
• Fully remote work environment