Creative Director

Job description

Location: United States,USA,United States Job title: Creative Director: Department: Design: Manager: Head of Design: Position Summary: Happy Cog is hiring a Creative Director to lead design engagements end to end, from the first sales call through the final developer handoff. You'll work on content-heavy digital experiences, complex sites, platforms, and applications where editorial thinking and design craft have to move together. The role sits at the center of how we sell, scope, and ship work, so it requires someone who can hold a strategic conversation with a prospective client and then translate that conversation into a design system a team can build against. Key Responsibilities: Join sales calls early, often before a proposal is written, and help shape how we frame the work. Listen for what a prospective client is actually asking for, identify where their stated problem and their real problem diverge, and contribute to the strategic thinking that wins the engagement. Lead discovery once the work is signed. Run workshops, interview stakeholders, interrogate content and analytics, and shape the strategic direction before a single pixel moves. Carry that thinking through concept...