Creative Director - AI & Social Content

This is a rare opportunity to contribute to a high-impact initiative with a well-known brand that’s leading the charge in AI and innovation. We’re looking for a seasoned professional (10–15 years of experience) who brings both strategic expertise and a deep commitment to their craft.

Contract Length: 1 year
Hours: 40/hours a week, need to be flexible to work nights and weekends. 
Location: Bay Area, CA or LA, and NYC, may need to go in office as needed

Rate: Flat Weekly Rate: $6,000

This is not your average role. It’s for someone who sees the potential in this moment—and is ready to rise to it.

About the Role

As Creative Director, you'll be the creative visionary and approver for all work our internal team creates, setting the bar for exceptional imagery, videos, edits, and social content. You'll lead creative development that feels native to social media – fast, bold, and experimental – while maintaining the highest creative standards. This role combines traditional creative direction excellence with forward-thinking AI experimentation.

You won't just direct – you'll create. As a Creative Artist type who makes things in your own time and way, you'll collaborate with designers, writers, editors, and producers to imagine, test, and launch new formats that capture attention and inspire others. You'll bring a well of ideas, deep cultural intuition, humor, and the creative instincts that drive standout social performance.

This role is ideal for someone who is first and foremost an exceptional creative director with enthusiasm for AI as a creative tool – excited to shape the future of content creation alongside a forward-thinking team.

Who You Are

All in. Willing to do what it takes to deliver—whether that means late nights or weekends as needs arise.

Energized by challenge. Excited by the chance to work at the intersection of cutting-edge creativity and brand transformation.

Mission-aligned. Motivated by the chance to contribute to meaningful, visible work that moves the needle for a global brand.

A Creative Artist. Someone who creates work in their own time and way, with natural creative instincts and a maker's mindset.

Culturally fluent. You get social media, internet culture, and have the humor and timing that drives viral content.

High creative standards. You have an exceptional eye for what makes great creative work across all formats.

What You'll Do

• Creative approval and direction: Review and approve all creative work from the internal team, maintaining exceptionally high standards for imagery, video/edits, and social content
• Concept and lead creative experiments that feel fresh, bold, and culturally relevant across social formats
• Generate ideas prolifically – serving as a creative well for the team with concepts that drive performance
• Build and prototype visual, written, or motion-first ideas across social platforms
• Create quick-turn content – from concept to polished posts and stories that capture attention
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of designers, writers, producers, and editors
• Define visual and creative language for how we approach content creation
• Spot trends early and translate them into original executions that feel native to each platform
• Experiment with AI tools like Midjourney, ChatGPT, Runway, and others as creative partners
• Work across social platforms with deep understanding of what performs where

• Essential:

• 10+ years of experience in senior creative roles with proven track record of exceptional creative work
• Outstanding creative instincts and high bar for visual storytelling, especially for social platforms
• Deep understanding of social media culture, trends, and what drives engagement
• Hands-on creative skills – you can write, design, or produce content yourself

• Preferred:

• Interest and enthusiasm for AI tools with some experimentation experience
• Experience with generative AI tools like Midjourney, Runway, ChatGPT, Gemini, Sora
• A track record of launching viral or standout creative in social media
• Experience leading creative on tech-forward or innovative products
• Comfort building quick demos, prototypes, or visuals

• Bonus Points

• Experience creating work similar to standout social outputs 
• Portfolio showing personal creative projects and experiments
• Track record of creative work that moves cultural conversations
• Experience leading creative teams at innovative or tech companies
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• A Creative Artist mindset – you create things in your own time and have natural creative instincts
• Strong sense of humor and cultural fluency that translates into engaging content
• A collaborative leadership style with the ability to elevate team output
• Comfort with ambiguity, fast feedback loops, and iterative creative processes

We Are Rosie provides strategic consulting and talent solutions for the marketing industry. We partner with more than 200 of the world’s biggest brands and agencies to help them solve unique marketing challenges with the best people, swiftly and at scale. Founded by former advertising executive Stephanie Nadi Olson in 2018, We Are Rosie is on a mission to redefine how marketing works, with an inclusive, human-centric approach that’s better for business and better for marketers. Our company has been recognized as an industry trailblazer and earned many accolades, including being named to the 2023 Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces, the Inc. 5000 2022, and Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agencies in 2021.
 

We Are Rosie is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical​​​ condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or ​expression, veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.