Creative Director, Video

Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others.
Job Description
Location:
New York, NY
Based in New York, you will join a creative team dedicated to producing best-in-class work for video-first campaigns across a range of categories in the lifestyle sector: travel, home, culinary, luxury and design. Reporting to the Executive Creative Director, you will work within a specialized group inside the Creative Studio and collaborate closely with marketing and sales partners to bring strategic, high-impact ideas to life.
Equal parts visual director and hands-on maker, the Creative Director, Video is a multifaceted creative who develops original concepts and guides them from script to screen and from deck to delivery. This client-facing role requires confident communication, polished presentation skills, and the ability to pitch, sell, and execute bold ideas. You will draw on deep expertise in video direction to craft compelling motion-driven stories for social, streaming, and emerging platforms.
As the creative lead on video initiatives, you will shape narrative-driven campaigns across a wide range of formats, including pre-roll, episodic series, social-first storytelling, and editorially aligned branded content. Working closely with art directors, producers, marketers, and sales colleagues, you will ensure every concept is rooted in strategy and true to each brand’s voice. The role calls for versatility, whether you are self-capturing social content at a live event or conceptualizing a suite of video assets for a global advertising campaign.
The ideal candidate blends the artistry of a filmmaker with the strategic mindset of an in-house or agency creative. You have an editorial eye, a strong sense of story structure, and a passion for ideas that resonate with our editorial audiences. Whether scripting a culinary tutorial, reimagining a celebrity home tour, or leading a rebrand for a luxury hotel, you bring originality, cultural fluency, and creative energy to a fast-paced environment where imagination drives results.
Individual & Team Responsibilities
  • Develop bold, strategic, and narrative-led branded video ideas that reflect the voice and ethos of Condé Nast brands for advertisers in the travel, food, and home categories.
  • Articulate ideas clearly. Write and design compelling pitch decks to sell ideas to clients, and creative treatment presentations to deliver on those ideas in pre-production.
  • Craft polished, creative concepts with strong visual and storytelling direction for video projects that fit within complex multi-channel campaigns.
  • Deliver high quality and innovative work that satisfies client expectations at all budget levels.
  • Lead creative development from brief through execution— leading communication and collaborating with producers, external vendors, art directors, editorial teams, designers, and post teams to bring your ideas to life.
  • Direct video and photo shoots with a focus on performance, editorial quality, and narrative cohesion.
  • Have a keen sense for emerging talent and bring in new creative collaborators and diverse perspectives.
  • Work with sales, marketing, strategy and insights teams to ensure storytelling aligns with audience data and partner objectives.
  • Serve as the primary creative client liaison on video campaigns—presenting work, managing feedback, and guiding creative integrity across production.
  • Mentor and inspire creative team members; help shape a strong creative culture that encourages experimentation, excellence, and inclusion.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with editorial stakeholders to ensure partnership work respects and elevates each brand’s point of view.
Essential Skills & Requirements
  • 5+ years of creative experience in a narrative, video, or content-focused creative role (media, agency, production studio, or brand-side).
  • A portfolio that showcases high-quality video direction, branded content, copywriting, and visual development across platforms.
  • Experience executing campaigns that include video, digital, print, and social, even if your expertise is primarily in video.
  • Strong understanding of how to create branded content aligned with Condé Nast’s editorial voice, particularly in work relevant to the travel, food, home and luxury categories.
  • Experience directing talent and leading creative teams across video and photo productions.
  • Ability to work fluently with visual collaborators in production - DPs, photographers, editors, animators, and designers.
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Google Slides, and treatment deck creation. Bonus: familiarity with Figma, After Effects, and motion graphics workflows.
Desired Qualities:
  • Narrative obsessed – You are a branded content master and understand what makes a great story, and how to adapt narrative arcs for editorial, commercial, and multi-platform campaigns.
  • Copy-capable – You’re a strong writer who knows how to spark emotion, define voice, and write copy that naturally integrates brand language through an editorial lens.
  • Hands-on creator – You’re adept at creating artful and strategic visual treatments, and can oversee all creative roles on a production to ensure success.
  • Culture connected – You stay current on global trends in food, travel, design, and visual storytelling, and you bring that awareness to your work.
  • Editorially attuned – You understand how to extend the authority of editorial brands into commercial spaces without diluting their essence.
  • Pitch fluent – You can build and present decks that get buy-in, spark excitement, and clearly express the vision to both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ego-less collaborator - You lead with “we” in speaking about the work, and give credit where credit is due, bringing a positive attitude to every project.
  • Social awareness - You prioritize diversity, inclusivity, and representation in every stage of the creative process and offer empathy in team collaboration.
The expected base salary range for this position is from $128,000 - $155,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.
In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates may also be eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation.
What happens next?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.
Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.
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