Associate Creative Director

ACD, Partnerships & Experiences

Position Summary

Aquent Studios is seeking an Associate Creative Director with Partnership experience who will lead the ideas, experiences, and fan moments that bring global sports partnerships to life. Working alongside the Creative Director, agency partners, and cross-functional teams, this role turns world-class partnerships, including Manchester United and the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, into work that fans genuinely care about. The ideal candidate is a highly creative, conceptual thinker who is equal parts strategist and maker: someone who can push an existing idea further or build something entirely new, and who is energized by finding fresh ways for our product to show up and stand out in culture.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Development & Ideation
Create and develop ideas that bring Snapdragon's sports partnerships to life in memorable and unexpected ways
Bring fresh creative thinking and cultural awareness to every stage of development
Push work beyond the expected, challenging teams to explore new directions and stronger creative solutions
Find new ways to make ideas bigger, more relevant, and more exciting for fans

Partnership Activation & Experience Design
Help develop experiences, events, content programs, hospitality concepts, and social extensions that extend partnership platforms beyond traditional sponsorship
Collaborate with agencies, rights holders, internal teams, and experience partners to build fan experiences, brand moments, and activation programs

Creative Communication & Presentation
Build compelling presentations, concept boards, and creative materials that help ideas come to life for internal and external audiences
Bring ideas to life through storytelling, experience design, and visual thinking

Cultural & Trend Awareness
Stay connected to sports, entertainment, culture, technology, and emerging trends to inspire new ideas and opportunities
Bring an authentic, culturally fluent point of view to how Snapdragon shows up in partnership moments

Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner closely with the Creative Director on creative direction and partnership strategy
Collaborate with strategists, marketers, agencies, designers, producers, and partners throughout the creative process
Take ideas from concept through production, partnering across creative and production teams to deliver high-quality final work

Required Qualifications
Experience in advertising, experiential marketing, brand experience, partnerships, or integrated campaigns
A strong conceptual thinker with a portfolio full of original ideas and standout creative work
Experience taking ideas from concept through production, partnering across creative and production teams
Ability to bring ideas to life through storytelling, experience design, presentations, creative development, and visual thinking
Comfort moving between big-picture thinking and hands-on creative problem solving
Strong collaboration skills, with experience working alongside strategists, marketers, agencies, designers, producers, and partners

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with sports, entertainment, lifestyle, or sponsorship-driven brands
Experience in sports marketing, sponsorships, entertainment, experiential campaigns, or partnership-driven creative development (strongly preferred)

What Success Looks Like
Consistently generate ideas that fans remember and talk about
Sponsorships become experiences, stories, and moments that earn attention beyond the venue or event itself
Creative work feels distinct, modern, and culturally relevant
Partnerships create stronger emotional connections between Snapdragon and fans around the world
Agencies and partners see our brand that pushes for bigger ideas and better creative work