Creative Director

As a Creative Director at UNCANNY, you'll lead the creative vision for a wide range of brands while pioneering digital, experiential and AI-powered content production at scale. 

This is a leadership role where you'll bring craft, creative excellence and a love of our people and clients to the role.

You'll be responsible for the creative health and vision of us and our clients while inspiring your team to push boundaries. This role demands someone who can sell transformative ideas to clients, translate brand visions into scalable production systems, and lead teams through the intersection of craft and technology.

Creative Leadership

Serve as creative steward for our portfolio of brands, setting the tone and vision in partnership with our strategy and production teams

Lead concept development that merges UNCANNY trifecta of strategy, creative and production capabilities for campaigns in all shapes and forms.

Quality control all creative work before client delivery, you're the final line of defence.

Client Partnership

Present and pitch work directly to clients, articulating both creative vision and UNCANNY's unique production methodology.

We are a people business after all so building trust-based relationships with brand stakeholders across APAC markets is critical.

Drive growth across clients through the successful delivery of work, client satisfaction and upselling of idea.

Storytelling & Selling Ideas

Polish presentations to ensure clarity for any audience, from CMOs to brand teams to internal stakeholders.

Transform team outputs into compelling, sellable narratives that demonstrate both creative impact and production efficiency

Champion UNCANNY's positioning as a premium creative & production team powered by AI.

Team Development

Lead hiring decisions for creative talent, prioritizing both traditional craft skills and AI-fluency

Mentor and grow the team's capabilities in craft, design, experiential, content and technology while maintaining creative fundamentals.

Foster experimentation and curiosity, act as a teacher, not just a manager.

Shape team composition, promotions, and growth opportunities.

Operational Excellence

Ensure projects deliver on timeline and budget, maintaining UNCANNY's commercial success.

Partner with our Production and Operations leads to optimise workflows without compromising creative quality.

Contribute strategic perspective on internal improvements and agency growth.

About You

Essential Experience

3+ years as Creative Director or equivalent, with hands-on concept development and direct client interaction.

Proven track record leading creative teams of 6+ people with empathy and results.

Strong creative point of view with ability to identify breakthrough ideas and elevate executions.

Deep knowledge of design fundamentals, typography, and campaign-level thinking.

Natural storyteller who compels audiences and sells ideas with clarity.

Patient attention to detail in all aspects of the creative process

Collaborative spirit—you'll partner closely with production, strategy, and leadership

Awareness of creative culture, trends, and evolving platforms (especially AI developments)

Commercial sensibility balanced with creative ambition

We are an agency that works across the physical, virtual, experiential and visual so wide ranging experience is essential.

The UNCANNY Difference

UNCANNY is an award winning creative and production company powered by AI. Exploration of the future, the integration of AI tools and workflows (you don't need to be technical, but you should be excited to explore) drive the evolution and progress of our business.

We run high-volume tech-enabled production models next to cutting-edge digital experiences. We have the ability to work across global markets and not only understand multi-market campaign nuances by are structured to deploy across markets at speed.