Creative Director for Originals Marketing

This is a Full Time Job

The Creative Director, Originals Marketing is a culturally fluent, big-idea-driven creative leader responsible for shaping the creative vision for HBO and Max Originals marketing campaigns. This role goes beyond asset creation – it's about telling stories around our greatest content, shaping how our Originals show up in the world, and leveraging our IP to break through the noise and spark conversation.

This role sits at the intersection of storytelling, design, and cultural impact. With a sharp focus on big-idea thinking, the role requires someone who can generate and turn creative concepts into reality across multiple touchpoints - social, key art, A/V and experiential. In close partnership with internal teams and external agencies, the Creative Director will lead the development of globally scalable and platform-native ideas that make our shows feel essential to the cultural moment.

From the earliest positioning through full-funnel execution, the Creative Director will champion experimentation, elevate our creative standards, and ensure a cohesive storytelling vision at every audience touchpoint. As the global creative lead, this role will also collaborate with international marketing teams to translate the overarching strategy into locally resonant work – ensuring our campaigns feel globally integrated but also deeply relevant in regional markets.

This work will drive engagement around our Originals and help cement HBO Max as a premium streaming destination with bold, ownable creative that consistently provokes emotion and builds fandom. The Creative Director works in close partnership with the Strategy Director and reports to the VP, Originals Marketing.

Your Role & Responsibilities
• Oversee and execute best-in-class creative content for HBO and Max Originals marketing campaigns from inception through delivery.
• Craft the overarching 360° campaign creative strategy (in collaboration with strategic partners). Interpret strategy and audience insights to align with content and storytelling, delivering fresh and premium creative materials that ladder up to a broader campaign vision and can be applied across all consumer touchpoints.
• Deliver big ideas that breakthrough in a cluttered, competitive consumer landscape. Take bold swings with unique and memorable creative grounded in strategy and insights.
• Lead a creative team who all contribute to best-in-class execution in a collaborative and nimble team environment, empowering team members to take ownership and contribute to overarching plans.
• Manage the creative process end-to-end (on-set content ideation and capture, marketing shoots, key art, AV, digital, social) with internal partners and/or external agencies.
• Working with external agencies, lead the art direction and development of a cohesive key art suite – from early concepting to final delivery.
• Oversee multiple complex projects while identifying, communicating, and driving forward clear next steps.
• Lead the development and execution of social/editorial creative stunts that drive conversation, shareability, and talent/press amplification.
• Collaborate with international marketing teams to adapt global creative strategies into culturally resonant, locally impactful campaigns.
• Analyze performance analytics to make informed creative decisions and audience pivots.
• Deftly manage, communicate, and persuade talent and stakeholders (showrunners/filmmakers, producers, actors).
• Partner closely with the strategy team members, Programming/Content teams, growth marketing, product marketing, media planning, editorial merchandising, PR, and other cross-divisional teams to lead multiple concurrent campaigns.
• Track creative budgets across multiple campaigns, ensuring efficient resource allocation.

Qualifications & Experience
• At least 8 years of creative experience in the entertainment or creative advertising industry executing marketing campaigns, and at least 3 years of experience managing a team.
• Possess a sincere love for streaming entertainment, television, movies, and storytelling.
• Demonstrate an ability to lead highly creative campaigns, with the ability to meet a high bar of quality content creation.
• Proven ability to art direct and guide designers/agency partners, with a strong understanding of composition, typography, photography, and visual storytelling.
• Direct, coach, and mentor team members on how to successfully execute a campaign and navigate the complexities and intricacies with key stakeholders, deadlines, and business priorities.
• Excel at pitching creative and persuasive communication.
• Oversee the development of multiple members of a team -- motivate effectively, prioritize work, define clear expectations, give constructive and actionable feedback for development.
• Exercise good creative judgment and understand how to balance what is best for the team, campaign, and the business overall.
• Understand the current dynamic entertainment and streaming landscape, competitive creative campaigns and consumer trends, as well as shifts in our business needs.
• Build and maintain strong and collaborative relationships across the enterprise organization, including effective communication skills and conflict resolution.

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