Job Title: Creative Director, Integrated Advertising
Location: El Segundo, CA (In-office position)
Job Type: Full-time / W2 w/ Sweet Spot Media (*Widger Talent is a recruiting agency managing the search)
Sweet Spot Media is a modern, full-service marketing agency built on strong partnerships—both with our clients and with each other. We believe great work comes from great teams, which is why we focus on creating an environment where people feel supported, challenged, and empowered to do their best work.
Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Our teams work closely across disciplines, share ideas openly, and show up for one another. We value curiosity, ambition, and accountability, and we encourage our people to push boundaries, experiment thoughtfully, and continue learning as the industry evolves.
We take pride in the way we work. From building dedicated teams that feel like true extensions of our clients’ organizations to maintaining a high bar for creative and executional excellence, we are committed to making the process as strong as the results. At Sweet Spot Media, we don’t just deliver great work—we create a workplace where talented people can grow, contribute, and thrive together.
We’re looking for a hands-on creative lead and strategist who can carry a project from inception through final delivery. You’ll lead concept and copy across an integrated agency environment while providing art direction support, translating strategy into breakthrough work and setting a consistently high bar for craft, originality, and execution.
This is a role for a self-directed, entrepreneurially minded creative who thrives with little structure and manages work holistically, without leaning heavily on account and production teams to carry a project. Just as important, it’s a role for a collaborator: someone who presents with confidence, listens openly to client feedback, and is genuinely willing to rethink an idea—or go back to the drawing board—when the work calls for it.
Beyond making the work, you’ll act as a creative strategist: sitting with the account team on upcoming client engagements, shaping creative recommendations, and finding smart ways to stretch concepts across channels and audiences. You’ll mentor and develop an in-house team in our El Segundo office, ensuring work is on-brief, on-brand, on-time, and of the highest industry standard.
Automotive experience is a strong plus, especially for candidates who can balance brand storytelling with product-driven messaging across consumer and dealer audiences.
Lead concept and copy across integrated campaigns spanning broadcast, digital, social, experiential, print, retail, and emerging platforms, while providing art direction and design guidance to the broader team.
Own projects holistically from brief to concept to final delivery—scoping the creative approach, driving the work forward independently, and ensuring excellence in craft, originality, and execution.
Serve as a creative strategist: partner with the account team on client planning, bring creative recommendations to the table, and propose ways to extend concepts across audiences—including dealer-level programs for automotive clients.
Present work and creative rationale confidently to senior clients; take in feedback openly and constructively, and adapt or rework ideas quickly when client direction shifts.
Communicate with clarity and presence in every setting—in-person presentations, multi-stakeholder video calls, and written client communication alike.
Translate business objectives and audience insights into clear creative direction that drives smart, effective, and distinctive work.
Develop, mentor, and inspire the in-house creative team through direct, timely feedback that strengthens creative thinking and raises performance.
Ensure creative consistency across all channels and touchpoints so the brand experience feels cohesive, intentional, and premium.
Stay current on cultural insights, platform changes, and category trends, with a strong point of view on what matters, particularly for automotive audiences.
Model Sweet Spot’s values through high ownership, a solutions mindset, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to help the team and our clients win.
10+ years of creative experience in an integrated agency environment, with a track record of leading creative from concept through delivery.
Writer first: exceptional conceptual and copywriting skills, with a portfolio that shows ideas driven by language and storytelling as much as visuals.
Dual fluency in copy and art: able to lead copy directly while credibly directing design, motion, and production partners.
Proven creative-strategist instincts—comfortable working alongside account teams to shape recommendations and grow client engagements, not just execute briefs.
Entrepreneurially wired: self-directed, resourceful, and effective with minimal structure, process, or oversight.
A true collaborator—low ego, generous with the team, and receptive to client feedback; someone who integrates into a close-knit shop rather than steamrolling it.
Confident, credible client-facing presence with excellent presentation and communication skills, in person and on camera.
Hands-on leadership style: able to direct, mentor, and jump in to solve problems or elevate work when needed.
Automotive experience strongly preferred (consumer + dealer audiences), but not required.
Work in a creative, fast-paced, and supportive environment.
Real ownership: shape creative across high-visibility, integrated campaigns for nationally recognized brands.
Ability to lead, mentor, and grow creative talent.
Room to push creative boundaries alongside a talented team of advertising professionals.
Competitive salary and benefits package.
Collaborative, in-house team environment in El Segundo.
Please submit your resume, along with a cover letter explaining your experience and why you’re the best person for this role, to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!
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