[Hiring] Creative Director @Zoic Studios

Role Description

We're looking for a Creative Director to help ideate, define, and present solutions with cutting-edge look, feel, and function across our client experiences. You'll work where design, psychology, storytelling, and emerging technology meet, turning early ideas into interactive prototypes that show clients what's possible and what their users need.

You'll lead the front end of our creative process:

• Understanding client goals
• Generating original concepts
• Prototyping quickly across game, XR, and web platforms
• Presenting to build confidence and buy-in

Your work will span commercial and government clients, from engaging consumer-facing experiences to mission-focused training and operational tools. Each comes with its own users, constraints, and definition of success.

This role suits someone who thrives in early-stage ambiguity, moves easily from sketch to working build, and is equally comfortable working remote, onsite with clients, or on the road with our business development team.

Some of the most important work happens in those first meetings, where reading the room and sketching out what's possible on the spot is what earns the engagement.

Qualifications

• A portfolio demonstrating original creative concepts across digital and/or physical experiences (web, games, XR, installations, or similar)
• Strong ideation and storytelling skills
• Ability to communicate concepts visually and verbally
• Comfort working in quick-paced, rapid-prototyping environments
• Familiarity with design and prototyping tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar)
• Experience with Unreal Engine or Unity is a strong plus
• Curiosity about user and human-centered design
• A collaborative mindset

Requirements

• Generate and pitch original creative concepts, translating client goals and brand strategy into concept art, storyboards, mockups, or interactive prototypes for immersive, interactive, experiential and gamified experiences (primarily web tools, VR/AR/XR a plus)
• Join business development trips and take the lead in early client conversations
• Partner with UX/UI designers, developers, and project leads through discovery, brainstorms, and rapid prototyping
• Explore emerging tools, platforms, and technologies (game engines, AI, spatial computing, etc.)
• Support the creation of case studies, pitch decks, and thought leadership content

Benefits

• This is a remote (work-from-home position)
• Pay Range: 140k-160k DOE

Additional Info

• Candidates will need to be located in the U.S and able to successfully pass and obtain a DoD clearance
• Zoic Studios participates in the eVerify program
• This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned
• Due to the volume of applications we receive across our different openings we regret that only those selected to interview will be contacted
• Successful applicant for this position must be eligible to obtain a DoD clearance or government customer access to classified/sensitive material
• US Citizenship is Required