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Creative Director

Creative Circle
Westport, CT Full Time
POSTED ON 12/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/29/2026

Our client is looking for a Creative Director with beauty experience to join their team.

This is a hybrid role based onsite near Westport, CT, three days per week. Your portfolio should include social samples, video work, packaging design, as well as POS and display projects

Responsibilities:
-Oversee all Creative direction and development across all channels
-Build out marketing objectives into clear creative strategies 
-Manage the creative process from concept to completion 
-Review and interpret creative briefs and guide the creative work
-Effectively communicate creative and brand direction 
-Responsible for the creative studio and managing outside creative agencies as needed 
-Present creative concepts in persuasive, articulate and compelling ways
-Apply consumer insights to communications 
-Partner with Marketing, Media, eCommerce, Resellers to develop effective reactive across all channels
-Collaborate with cross-functional teams and lead creative briefing sessions cross-departmentally to clarify business needs and key deliverables
-Represent key creative work and concepts internally to leadership and assume responsibility for the delivery of high performing, brand aligned communication and experiences
-Oversee creative budgets, timeline and creative staff (3 direct reports) 
-Manage, motivate, and set direction for the internal creative team, providing guidance, clear direction, problem solving and people management 
-Understand goals, business requirements, constraints and be able to work within project budget and parameters 
-Develop an understanding of customer experience and stay on top of current trends 

Skills and Knowledge:
-Knowledge of the business side of design
-7 years in a creative role with solid management experience 
-Stellar leadership and project management skills 
-Experience with interacting with Executive Leadership
- Strong understanding of industry trends and creative tools 
-An expert ability to think strategically and execute tactically
-An intimate understanding of design, copy, and web best practices/guidelines
-Excellent problem solving skills
 

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.



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pkoenig@creativecircle.com
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Pamela Koenig - Senior Recruiter

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 12/16/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.

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