Associate Director – Creative

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🌵 Arizona – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍🎨 Art Director

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Access

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1969

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

✈️ Travel

Consulting • Logistics • Travel

Access is a 55-year-old destination management and event design company that creates large-scale conferences, incentive trips, single-night events, and bespoke corporate experiences across the U. S. As a coast-to-coast DMC and event design consultancy, Access combines local teams, disciplined procurement, award-winning creative, and a focus on sustainability and community impact (Access Impact) to deliver purpose-driven, high-touch events for corporate and institutional clients. The company emphasizes strategic planning, design thinking, and long-term client relationships, with high repeat rates and client satisfaction.

📋 Description

• Define and lead the creative vision for live events, meetings, and experiential programs across all markets • Establish standards for immersive environments, staging, entertainment, guest flow, and multi-day program design • Drive innovation in event formats, environments, and experiential storytelling • Translate industry trends and cultural insights into real-world event applications • Oversee creative direction of high-value, complex event proposals • Develop guest experience narratives, spatial layouts, and experiential moments • Partner with Sales and Events on scope, feasibility, and pricing • Serve as the executive bridge between Creative, Sales, and Event Operations • Align concepts with venue capabilities, production timelines, labor, logistics, safety, guest flow, budgets, and operational delivery • Lead the national strategy for production, entertainment, fabrication, and technical creative partners • Partner with Procurement and Finance on partner strategy and financial performance • Lead and develop a national team of creative leaders • Mentor Associate Directors and senior leaders • Implement training programs in event production, logistics, and experiential design • Build a leadership pipeline for complex, high-value live programs • Lead long-term creative strategy supporting revenue growth, client retention, and market differentiation • Establish systems and processes for efficient, scalable live event programs • Lead capacity planning and resource allocation across markets • Drive consistency in tools, workflows, and creative systems • Champion continuous improvement in designing, selling, and executing live experiences • Manage a personal book of business while supporting and leading a team

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of creative experience in a DMC or related industry such as hospitality or events • Comfort with Salesforce and understanding of its reporting features • Verifiable knowledge and relationships in the specific, local destination • Successful negotiation and relationship-building skills • At least 3 years’ experience leading high-performing sales teams and achieving KPI targets • Strong experience with Social Tables, Canva, AI products, and diagramming • Proactive, solution-oriented mindset • Excellent customer service orientation and passion for hospitality and special events • Ability to communicate effectively and build positive internal and external relationships • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment while meeting deadlines and exceeding expectations • Candidates must be based in or open to relocating to the required market • Ability to travel throughout the territory as needed • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship • Creative portfolio or project samples requested

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual and quarterly awards • Paid day off to serve your local community • Annual all-company retreat • Annual qualifier-based incentive trip for top performers (certain departments eligible) • Regional team outings • Monthly companywide meetings • Strong base salary • Quarterly bonuses • Performance-based quarterly commission plans • 401k with company match (eligible after 1 year; up to 4% of salary matched, vested immediately) • Monthly cell phone stipend • Work from home opportunities and flexibility, including full home office setup • Flexible schedule opportunities • Generous PTO • Sick days • 9 full holidays • 5 half days off prior to holidays • 2 floating holidays • ½ day Fridays in July & August (based on achievement of goals) • Extensive menu of health plans • Paid parental leave • Pet insurance program • Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) • Mentorship program • “Masterclasses” in industry/department-specific topics • State-of-the-art technology platforms and tools, including training • Annual and monthly meeting content focused on professional development