Creative Director for Events
meetingtomorrow
| Company | meetingtomorrow |
| Category | Design |
| Location | Remote - United States only |
| Remote | Remote |
| Employment | Full-time |
| Level | Director |
| Salary | USD 114k–142k |
| Posted | 1 May 2026 |
| Last verified | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (lever) |
Description
Meeting Tomorrow is a 23-year-old company with a growing team of 90 talented, friendly people. We’re headquartered in Chicago, with about 80% of our team working remotely in cities across the country.
We are a full-service event agency with three core divisions: planning, production, and creative. We plan and produce corporate events of every shape and size, partnering with clients that include Fortune 500 companies and leading organizations across a wide array of industries.
We’re known for our exceptional customer experience, our collaborative culture, and our can-do spirit. Our culture has earned us recognition as a Top 20 Inspiring Workplace in North America, as well as the Events Industry Council's Social Impact Award. We offer great benefits, the best coworkers you’ll find anywhere, and the opportunity to work in a dynamic, team-oriented environment. We can’t wait to meet you!
The Opportunity
We're looking for a Creative Director to be the strategic and aesthetic engine behind our most complex client projects. You'll bridge brand strategy and physical experience, acting as the lead architect of the event journey for our clients’ corporate events. You'll blend traditional design principles with emerging AI tools to create immersive environments that tell a real story. This is a high-level individual contributor role who will own concept to final delivery and work with specialized external talent to bring it to life.
What you'll own
Vision: Leading the vision for ideal solutions and event outcomes inclusive of estimating hours and costs at a high level
AI-enhanced concepting and narrative development: Utilizing AI tools (e.g. Midjourney, DALL-E, Adobe Firefly) and Adobe Creative Suite to create photorealistic concept art and "day-in-the-life" guest journey visualizations during the pitch phase + Using LLMs (e.g. Gemini, Claude) to refine event themes, scripts, and messaging frameworks, ensuring a cohesive "voice" across all event communications
Brand stewardship: ensuring every physical and digital touchpoint from stage design to registration reflects the client's brand
Sustainable design: proposing creative solutions that prioritize circularity and minimize environmental impact
Advanced presentation design: Move beyond static slides. Build dynamic, cinematic presentations (using PPT, Keynote, or Gamma/Beautiful.ai) that sell a vision, not just a plan
Spatial and multimodal design: conceptualizing how physical spaces interact with digital layers (AR, spatial computing, interactive LED)
Freelancer orchestration: identifying, briefing, and directing specialized external talent (ex: 3D renderers, motion designers, AI artists) to execute specific project components
Who you are
You're a builder of experiences. You see a blank page as an opportunity, not a problem. You dream outside the box but stay grounded in what actually works on the event floor.
You love the complexity of a full-scale conference and understand how the event website, foyer, breakouts, and main stage all work together, as well as how event tech (LED panels, lighting, sound) can be used creatively
You believe AI is already changing the creative workflow. You're fluent in the tools and have strong opinions about what they're for and what they aren't for
You can stand in front of a CMO and explain why your creative direction will drive their business goals
You have an uncompromising eye for typography, spatial flow, and color theory, even if you're not in the weeds of the design
You treat production, tech, and freelance partners as collaborators, not service providers
You own the work from concept through the final onsite walkthrough, ensuring every single deliverable points back to the event vision
What you have
8+ years of experience in experiential marketing, event production, or high-end experience-driven agency environments.
A maker's portfolio: live or hybrid experiences you conceived and delivered, not just supported. We want to see tha