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Creative Director
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  • Location: Calgary, Alberta
  • Type: Permanent
  • Job #18154

We’re partnering with a creative-led agency that specializes in crafting compelling brand experiences across real estate, luxury goods, hospitality, education, and professional services sectors. Their work is built on long-term client relationships and a deep commitment to delivering high-impact, integrated campaigns that span print, digital, video, and experiential channels.

As the Creative Director, you’ll lead a talented in-house design team and an extended network of freelance creatives. From driving concept development to refining execution, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the agency’s creative output and mentoring the next generation of creative talent. This is a highly collaborative, roll-up-your-sleeves environment, perfect for a strategic thinker with a sharp design sensibility and a passion for coaching others.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead ideation and execution of integrated campaigns across digital, print, video, and experiential platforms

  • Present creative rationale and concepts to internal stakeholders and senior leadership

  • Guide and mentor a team of senior and intermediate designers, supporting their growth and development

  • Oversee a roster of freelance talent, including writers, designers, and video professionals

  • Ensure briefs are clear, strategically aligned, and actionable

  • Maintain high creative standards and alignment with brand tone, voice, and visual identity

  • Provide feedback that sharpens execution and fosters team confidence, especially in presentations

  • Collaborate closely with client services and strategy teams, maintaining final ownership of creative direction

  • Contribute to business growth by identifying opportunities to expand creative services within existing accounts

Ideal Candidate

  • A seasoned creative leader with a strong foundation in design and concept development

  • Proven ability to lead and execute integrated campaigns across multiple mediums

  • Comfortable presenting ideas and rationale to senior leadership and clients

  • Experience managing and mentoring in-house creatives and freelance contributors

  • A natural collaborator who thrives in fast-paced environments and leads with humility

  • Skilled in providing actionable feedback and inspiring confidence in others

  • Background in real estate or luxury sectors is a strong asset, but not required

  • Highly organized with the ability to manage seasonal spikes in workload

This hybrid role based in Calgary is a rare opportunity to join a respected agency with a loyal client base and a passionate team. You’ll have the runway to shape the agency’s creative direction, elevate team performance, and produce award-worthy work in an environment that values purpose, partnership, and progress.

Apply today!

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Creative Niche was founded on land that is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

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Creative Niche was founded on land that is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

To recognize the land is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory we reside on, and a way of honouring the Indigenous people who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial. Land acknowledgements do not exist in a past tense, or historical context: colonialism is current and ongoing, and we need to centre reconciliation in our actions and in our work. We encourage our team, partners, and clients to learn about the lands in which they live and to work towards reconciliation.

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Creative Niche was founded on land that is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

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Creative Niche was founded on land that is the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

To recognize the land is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory we reside on, and a way of honouring the Indigenous people who have been living and working on the land from time immemorial. Land acknowledgements do not exist in a past tense, or historical context: colonialism is current and ongoing, and we need to centre reconciliation in our actions and in our work. We encourage our team, partners, and clients to learn about the lands in which they live and to work towards reconciliation.

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