Creative Director

Compensation: $100,000 – $120,000 annually depending on experience + performance bonus.

You understand what it means to work with some of the world's most iconic brands — where every creative decision carries cultural weight and the pressure of what comes next.

You know the tension that defines this industry right now: the gap between brand leadership and tactical execution. The era of One Big Idea is over. What matters now is building a brand world — a living system of content, activations, and cultural moments that all serve one coherent vision. You understand brand strategy at the highest level, and you love being close enough to execution to make things happen fast.

You don't wait to be asked. You already have the idea, the angle, and a deck half-built before the brief is finalized. You know how to walk into a client room and sell a vision — then come back to the team and make sure it gets made right.

Race Service is a small, agile team that goes from idea to execution in days, not months. You've worked inside agencies and know how they operate — but you're not blinded by that system. You want to be hands-on. You want a seat at a table where everyone builds, not a corner office where you only approve.

You are the creative standard at Race Service, and you set it by doing the work, not just directing it.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the creative development of agency pitches and campaigns end-to-end — from strategic insight to concept to final presentation. You are the first creative voice in the room and the last editorial eye before it goes to the client.

• Develop campaign concepts across content, experiential, strategy, and design that are grounded in client objectives and elevated by Race Service’s point of view.

• Write, present, and sell creative to clients. You can hold a room, handle pushback, and land the idea with confidence.

• Work in close collaboration with account strategy and production teams — internationally. Our clients are global OEMs and the work crosses borders, languages, and time zones. Creative, accounts, and production succeed or fail together here.

• Set and uphold the creative bar across all agency output. Review work, give decisive feedback, and ensure everything leaving this building reflects the standard.

• Guide and develop the ACD and creative team. Establish a culture of concepting, iteration, and craft.

• Oversee post-production from a creative direction standpoint — ensuring the executed work honors the original vision.

• Contribute to shaping the agency’s creative identity and positioning as we grow.

• This role involves working outside standard hours, international travel, and working weekends and holidays.

Who we're looking for

✔ 7–10 years in a creative role with at least 2–3 years at a CD or senior creative level, ideally within an agency or integrated production environment.

✔ A strategic thinker first. You understand brand positioning, audience insight, and how creative work connects to a client’s business objectives. The idea always comes from somewhere real.

✔ An experienced presenter and client partner. You’ve pitched original creative to decision-makers, handled the room, and closed the idea. You are as comfortable in a boardroom as you are in a creative brief.

✔ Fluent across multiple services — content, experiential, design, strategy. Agency experience is essential because you understand how to sell and service across disciplines.

✔ A confident writer and visual thinker. You can script a concept, art-direct a mood board, and build a pitch deck that makes people feel something.

✔ Experienced in post-production oversight. You know how to give creative direction in an edit suite and ensure the final product holds the original intent.

✔ A collaborator with an edge. You work fluidly with account and production teams. You give feedback that makes work better, not just different.

Bonus if you also bring

✔ Experience working with large OEM, legacy, or culturally significant brands — automotive, fashion, sport, or beyond. If this world is already part of your life, you’ll understand why the work matters. Tell us about it in your cover letter.

✔ A network in the automotive and motorsport space — brand-side contacts, event connections, or media relationships that open doors.

✔ Experience directing on set — you don’t need to be a director, but knowing how to be one when the project calls for it sets you apart.

✔ Experience inside a growing, changing creative agency.

Why Race Service?

We are an Automotive Culture Hub and Creative Agency. Our mission: reshape automotive culture. We work at the intersection of content, strategy, experiential, and design for some of the most iconic brands in the world.

But what makes us different isn't the clients. It's our people.

We operate like a sports team. Everyone brings their best. Everyone feels the win and the loss together. The work we make isn't just deliverables. It's cultural moments that carry a piece of who we are. We reward initiative, autonomy, and bold thinking.

If automotive culture isn’t just a category to you — if it’s actually part of how you live — you will not find a better place to do this work.

We believe the work you choose and the people you choose it with define the life you live.

If that sounds like your kind of life, hit apply.

(Curious what Race Service actually looks like? Check out our YouTube channel. )

What we offer

• Health Benefits

• 401(k) plan

• Generous company holiday and PTO Plan

• Weekly Team Lunch

• A proper espresso machine, a team that actually knows how to use it and genuine opinions about what goes in the cup.

To apply

Submit your application below. Upload your resume and upload your cover letter in the Additional Files section. Include up to 3 links that tell your story beyond your resume. For example — a portfolio, a campaign you’re proud of, a deck, a reel, or a project that shows us how you think.

Race Service is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.