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Creative Director / AD
Curious Plot —Minneapolis, MN
- $115,000 - $135,000 a year
- Full-time
- 8 years
- Bachelor's degree
- Mentoring
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
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Group Creative Director
Best Buy —Minneapolis, MN
- $121,150 - $216,350 a year
- Part-time
- 5 years
- Office
- Bachelor's degree
- Paid time off
- Employee discount
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Art Director/Designer
Modern Climate —Minneapolis, MN
- $85,000 - $110,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Office
- 3 years
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
Design Director
Best Buy —Minneapolis, MN
- $121,150 - $216,350 a year
- Part-time
- 5 years
- Office
- Bachelor's degree
- Paid time off
- Employee discount
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Associate Art Director w/ a Sense of Humor - Marketing
Shinesty —Minneapolis, MN
- $90,000 - $100,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- 6 years
- Management
- Office
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Advertising Art Director
Lactalis US Yogurt, Inc. —Minnetonka, MN
- $90,000 - $105,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- 7 years
- Management
- Senior level
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
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Sr. Director Product & Design
Provation —Minneapolis, MN
- $133,600 - $248,500 a year
- Surgery
- HIPAA
- Master's degree
- Opportunities for advancement
Director of Horticultural Design & Operations
Edelweiss Design Inc —Minneapolis, MN
- Full-time
- Residential
- 3 years
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
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Design Group Director
HNTB Corporation —Minneapolis, MN
- $189,626.70 - $302,910.19 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Research
- Office
Director of Design Services
Walker Consultants —Minneapolis, MN
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Sales
- Writing skills
- Office
- Paid parental leave
- Health savings account
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Creative Director / AD

Curious Plot
Minneapolis, MN

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Job Details

Full-time
$115,000 - $135,000 a year

Benefits

Paid holidays
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Parental leave
Employee assistance program
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Paid sick time

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree
Art directing for advertising agencies
Marketing agency experience
Managing art or design teams
Managing media, arts or design teams
Senior leadership

Full Job Description

OVERVIEW

The Creative Director, with art direction background, is a senior creative and strategic leader responsible for shaping ambitious, future-focused work that drives business value for clients and growth for the agency. This role leads creative strategy and execution across a portfolio of clients while helping define what’s next—for brands, for audiences, and for the agency itself. Beyond overseeing creative outputs, the Creative Director operates as a partner to senior leadership and clients—connecting creativity to business strategy, audience insight, and emerging opportunites. This role guides multidisciplinary teams across design, copy, experience, and emerging technologies to deliver integrated solutions across traditional, digital, social, and evolving channels. As a modern creative leader, the Creative Director embraces AI and new tools as accelerators of thinking, craft, and scale—while maintaining high standards for originality, ethics, and brand integrity. This role requires fluency across platforms, strong executive presence, and the ability to translate complex challenges into clear, compelling creative direction that drives measurable impact

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Creative, Strategic & Business Leadership

Lead the development of creative platforms, campaigns, and experiences that align with client business objectives, brand strategy, and audience needs.
Connect creativity to broader business and marketing strategy—helping clients unlock new value through differentiated ideas, storytelling, and experience design.
Partner with senior agency leadership to identify opportunities where creativity can drive growth, transformation, or competitive advantage for clients.
Provide clear strategic rationale for creative recommendations, ensuring ideas are grounded in insight and tied to outcomes.

Client Partnership, Growth & Pitch Involvement

Serve as a client-facing creative leader—presenting work, shaping ambition, and building trusted, long-term relationships.
Contribute to new business development, pitches, and growth initiatives by helping define compelling creative visions and points of view.
Elevate client ambition by challenging assumptions and reframing problems through creative and strategic thinking.
Balance bold creative thinking with client realities, including timelines, budgets, organizational dynamics, and business constraints.

Multidisciplinary Team Leadership

Lead, mentor, and inspire multidisciplinary teams across creative, experience, and strategy, fostering collaboration, accountability, and curiosity.
Guide teams across multiple projects and clients while maintaining a consistently high standard of thinking and craft.
Develop creative talent through talent leadership, coaching, feedback, and
clear creative direction.
Create an environment where diverse perspectives and ideas are valued and explored.

AI, Innovation & Modern Creative Practice

Champion the thoughtful integration of AI and emerging technologies into creative workflows, ideation, and execution.
Encourage experimentation with new tools and methods that improve speed, quality, insight, and scalability—without compromising originality or ethics.
Stay current on creative, cultural, and technological trends, translating relevance into practical application for clients
and teams.
Help evolve agency processes and ways of working to reflect modern creative leadership.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree required.
8-12 years of relevant creative experience, with progressive leadership responsibility.
Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams across design, copy, experience, and strategy.
Strong exposure to business strategy, brand strategy, and client decision-making—not just creative execution.
Strong Art Direction and design skills necessary.
Agency experience required; experience across digital, integrated, and omnichannel work strongly preferred.
Proven ability to influence clients, collaborate with senior leaders, guide complex ideas with charismatic presentation skills and ability to sell
work through.
Portfolio or body of work demonstrating strategic thinking, creative excellence, and business impact.

SUCCESS AT CURIOUS PLOT

Curious Plot is a marketing, communications, and consulting agency focused on finding what’s next for food and agriculture. We help clients set strategy, align teams, frame opinions, and create demand.

Success in this role means:

Helping clients think bigger and act more boldly through creativity grounded in strategy.
Using creativity as a lever for growth, differentiation, and business impact.
Leading teams with clarity, empathy, and high standards.
Embracing modern tools and AI while protecting the integrity of the work.
Strengthening Curious Plot’s reputation as a forward-thinking, strategically driven creative partner.

BENEFITS & COMPENSATION

Curious Plot The pay range is $115 - $135K

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your base pay, Curious Plot cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Curious Plot offers eligible team members and their eligible dependents comprehensive health benefits and employee assistance programs, which may include dental, medical, vision, life insurance and more. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), short term disability, long term disability, paid national holidays, parental leave, paid sick leave and paid vacation.

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