Creative Director Staff in SEA

Lead a team of experience designers and thinkers and help shape the future of our experience (built environments) offer. Win great work, do great work.

You are tough to satisfy, but quick to laugh. You are comfortable being uncomfortable. You are a coach and a player.

We are not just designers, but design thinkers. We believe great design should tell a story and that it can change the world.

Experience Design at Hornall Anderson is about emotions and stories. We’re a team of creatives who are passionate about brand experiences: digital, environmental, motion, technology, analog and otherwise. We believe tougher problems demand bigger ideas.

What you’ll do:

Help provide a central creative vision for the HA experience (built environments) practice and work with other members of creative leadership to create a strong vision for our clients brand experiences overall. This role is also a strong partner to the new business team to sell the work and grow the experience offering.

• Work with the creative leadership team to set the creative vision and experience design approach around built environments for HA
• Manage experience projects both in our approach to doing the work as well as digging in with the team and leading them to produce amazing creative
• Consult on all studio related projects in regards to experience design
• Partner with business development to help sell the work as well as develop POV on clients business and methodologies to increase thought leadership of HA in the industry
• Work with client service, strategy and other creative leaders to foster, build and grow new executive level client relationships
• Lead the experience team – talent development, resourcing, feedback and reviews
• Nurture and inspire experience department to consistently deliver exceptional work on every level

Abilities & Experience:

Here’s what we think it will take to do this job, but we love being proven wrong:

• Have full competency in experience design; primarily 3D/physical environments with the ability to lead digital/onscreen work as well
• Excellence in persuasive storytelling
• Ability to inspire confidence in clients and internal teams
• Experience with Fortune 500 clients, executive level client relationships and skills
• Collaborative genius and inspiration
• 10-15 years of thought and globally relevant leadership experience 
• Fluency with latest interactive technologies and trends

Hornall Andersonhas been a leading brand design/strategy firm for over 30 years, working with offices in Seattle and New York. Our work includes print, packaging, interactive, video, and environmental projects. Our clients range from Fortune 500 titans to emerging brands, and what we all have in common is an appreciation for smart work.