Experiential Creative Director - Automotive

We're looking for an Experiential Creative Director with a strong design background to lead high-profile brand experiences, with an emphasis in automotive. This is a hybrid opportunity based in Birmingham, MI, with three days per week onsite. This is a hands-on, player-coach role for someone who wants to design ideas, not just direct them, taking work from initial concept through production and final delivery. What You'll Do - Develop creative concepts for branded environments, events, exhibitions, activations, and launches - Create visual identities, environmental graphics, look and feels, and spatial concepts - Think through the full audience journey, including how people move through, interact with, and remember a space - Integrate physical and digital elements to create immersive experiences - Lead multidisciplinary creative teams while remaining hands-on in the work - Present and sell creative concepts to senior client stakeholders - Partner with production, digital, technical, and fabrication teams through execution - Use AI and rapid visualization tools to bring early-stage concepts to life What We're Looking For - Strong background in experiential, spatial, exhibition, event, or environmental design - Excellent visual design portfolio with strong 3D/spatial thinking - Automotive experience strongly preferred - Experience taking creative from concept through production - Confident client-facing presentation and storytelling skills - A collaborative, adaptable, hands-on leadership style - Curiosity and enthusiasm around AI and emerging creative tools In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment. Benefits Paid time off, company holidays and seasonal shutdowns, comprehensive health coverage, retirement matching, family leave, wellness resources, and additional tax-advantaged spending and commuter benefits. Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also: Email your resume in Word to: kellen.breitenbach@jobalert.creativecircle.com Please do NOT change the email subject line in any way. You must keep the JobID: : KB20-2001609L915 -- in the email subject line for your application to be considered.* Kellen Breitenbach - Recruitment Manager For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States. This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 11/06/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed. Everforth Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other c