Chief Creative Officer

Reports to: CEO Department: Creative Classification: Exempt **Salary:** Competitive base salary plus performance-based incentives ## WHO WE ARE We are Thesis. Proudly headquartered in Portland, OR, while serving clients globally for over 20 years. Thesis is a creative agency that drives business success through marketing across technology, strategy and operations. ## THE JOB Thesis is seeking a visionary Chief Creative Officer to define the future of creativity for our agency, our clients, and the industry. As Chief Creative Officer, you will shape our creative philosophy and elevate our capabilities. You’ll build a world-class multidisciplinary team spanning design, writing, motion, creative technology, AI, design systems, storytelling, and scaled production. You'll inspire exceptional work while redefining how modern creative organizations operate in an AI-enabled world. You will continually raise the creative standard across the agency while creating an environment where extraordinary talent is empowered to do the best work of their careers. This role is equal parts visionary, operator, coach, storyteller, futurist, and builder. You believe creativity isn't simply what agencies produce, it's the competitive advantage businesses use to transform brands, shape culture, and drive growth. As a member of the executive leadership team, you'll partner with the CEO and leadership to evolve Thesis, define what's next, unlock new capabilities, and inspire our people and our craft. ## AS A PERSON, YOU ARE: - A visionary who inspires people to believe in something bigger than themselves. - An exceptional creative leader with uncompromising standards and contagious optimism. - Someone who raises the ambition of every room. - A builder of iconic teams, not just great campaigns. - Fearlessly opinionated yet deeply collaborative. - A mentor who develops leaders, not followers. - A tastemaker with exceptional creative instincts and business acumen. - A relentless champion for craft who believes details matter. - An operator capable of scaling creative excellence across boutique craftsmanship and enterprise production. - A student of culture, technology, design, storytelling, AI, and emerging consumer behavior. - A future thinker who sees AI and automation as accelerants—not replacements—for human creativity. - An inspiring communicator who aligns teams around ambitious visions. - A trusted executive who influences clients, earns confidence from leadership teams, and elevates partnerships. - A leader who makes everyone around them better. ## IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: Define Creative Vision & Steward the Thesis Brand - Establish and evolve Thesis's creative vision, philosophy, standards, and point of view. - Serve as executive steward of the Thesis brand—leading creative identity, thought leadership, marketing, and brand expression to elevate awareness and strengthen market positioning. - Foster a culture where bold ideas thrive and creativity becomes a competitive advantage. Build a World-Class Creative Organization - Recruit, develop, and inspire exceptional talent across creative direction, design, writing, motion, production, AI, creative technology, design systems, and emerging disciplines. - Create an environment where high performers thrive and future leaders emerge. - Lead organizational design, succession planning, coaching, and performance management to scale creative excellence. Set the Creative Standard - Champion extraordinary ideas from concept through execution while establishing a high bar for quality across every client, discipline, deliverable, and touchpoint. - Create systems that allow world-class craft to exist at both boutique levels and enterprise scale without compromise. - Protect the integrity of the work while continually raising expectations for what's possible. - Modernize workflows through AI, automation, integrated technology, and scalable creative systems. - Create repeatable excellence without creating bureaucr…