Please Note: To best support our clients and teams, this role is open to candidates who live in the Mountain, Central or Eastern Time Zones. Because we work closely with partners in these regions, being in closer proximity helps us stay connected and collaborative. Occasional travel to client locations or team events may also be part of the role.
About Us
We're a full-service destination marketing agency where the norm is blending technology and creativity. We continue to evolve based on data, performance, and alignment with marketing goals and objectives. Madden's Agile approach to destination marketing provides our clients the flexibility to reach travelers, groups, and event planners.
Madden offers full-agency services and omni-channel solutions to destinations. Our cross-functional teams use insights from research to craft strong storytelling themes and develop custom campaign architectures. We execute nimble media plans using the most strategic digital and traditional channels to reach our partners' goals and deliver strong ROI.
About You
You are eager to contribute your unique talents in a collaborative effort to bring our team to new productivity levels. Most importantly, you are excited and ready to contribute and grow in a dynamic environment where every day brings new opportunities and challenges.
You're excited about managing and directing the operation of design/content teammates and overseeing creative production. You are a natural leader, have a creative vision, and are comfortable with digital and traditional design. You are open to owning and pitching new innovative concepts and ideas to new and existing clients. You are a natural collaborator, and look forward to working alongside the Creative Director, Media and Account Directors to ensure quality and successful activation and identify account opportunities and growth. Most importantly, you provide a creative vision and direction for clients and internal teams that continues to evolve and disrupt the industry space
About The Job
Prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short- and long-term needs, establishing production schedules by collaborating with content, creative, and production departments. Conducting brainstorming sessions with the team, maintaining strategic and creative thinking to develop innovative and actionable creative initiatives in a fiscally responsible manner. Review and approve all team creatives, including content and design created by the team, ensuring deliverables that effectively address marketing goals and challenges.
On a nitty-gritty level, we are looking for the following:
That's ok! We are dedicated to the continual enhancement of our diverse, inclusive, and authentic team. If you're excited about this role but your past experience aligns differently, we still encourage you to apply. With different voices, backgrounds, and histories, we can come together and contribute to a better workplace and produce better products for our clients. And who knows? We could have a fit for a great person like you in another role that you hadn't even considered.
What You Will Get From Us
We see our relationship with you as a symbiotic one, and we want to see you thrive and grow with us. In addition to working alongside various great teammates in all our departments, you will have opportunities to grow your skill set within your discipline via training, learning, and new professional experiences. Most importantly, you'll have support to help fill in the gaps as you settle in.
We have no bias for degree or specific experience, and we absolutely respect and expect to hire someone with intelligence, self-awareness, motivation, and ambition. We evaluate your prior work and current interests to represent what you can do for us. Most of all, we hire people who prove themselves through their work and share our ambition to create the world's best digital market agency.
Don't Meet Every Requirement?
That's okay! At Madden, we believe diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences make us stronger. If this role excites you but your skillset doesn't line up perfectly with the qualifications above, we still want to hear from you. Who knows-you might bring something to the table we didn't even know we needed.
About The Interview Process
We like to keep it simple and transparent. Here's what the process may look like:
Round 1: A friendly chat with our Recruiter to get to know you and share more about the role.
Round 2: An interview with some of the awesome teammates you'll collaborate with.
Round 3: A conversation with the Team Lead(s) to dive deeper into the role and team fit.
Note: Depending on the position, there might be a small assignment along the way to showcase your skills and creativity. Don't worry-we'll let you know in advance!
Heads up: At this time, we do not offer Visa sponsorship or relocation services.
Madden Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Us
We're a full-service destination marketing agency where the norm is blending technology and creativity. We continue to evolve based on data, performance, and alignment with marketing goals and objectives. Madden's Agile approach to destination marketing provides our clients the flexibility to reach travelers, groups, and event planners.
Madden offers full-agency services and omni-channel solutions to destinations. Our cross-functional teams use insights from research to craft strong storytelling themes and develop custom campaign architectures. We execute nimble media plans using the most strategic digital and traditional channels to reach our partners' goals and deliver strong ROI.
About You
You are eager to contribute your unique talents in a collaborative effort to bring our team to new productivity levels. Most importantly, you are excited and ready to contribute and grow in a dynamic environment where every day brings new opportunities and challenges.
You're excited about managing and directing the operation of design/content teammates and overseeing creative production. You are a natural leader, have a creative vision, and are comfortable with digital and traditional design. You are open to owning and pitching new innovative concepts and ideas to new and existing clients. You are a natural collaborator, and look forward to working alongside the Creative Director, Media and Account Directors to ensure quality and successful activation and identify account opportunities and growth. Most importantly, you provide a creative vision and direction for clients and internal teams that continues to evolve and disrupt the industry space
About The Job
Prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short- and long-term needs, establishing production schedules by collaborating with content, creative, and production departments. Conducting brainstorming sessions with the team, maintaining strategic and creative thinking to develop innovative and actionable creative initiatives in a fiscally responsible manner. Review and approve all team creatives, including content and design created by the team, ensuring deliverables that effectively address marketing goals and challenges.
On a nitty-gritty level, we are looking for the following:
- Someone with the drive to provide an exceptional client experience by delivering on-time, error-free, best-in-class quality results
- The ability to think conceptually and ideate big picture ideas that are as strategic as they are creative inspired
- You can produce fresh, innovative work that translates complex ideas into compelling integrated marketing campaigns for sophisticated audiences.
- You have the ability to present or oversee the presentation of final concepts and obtain approvals for deliverables.
- You can develop client brand marketing campaigns that translate marketing objectives across business units into clear and motivating creative strategies.
- Willing and able to travel every other month for this role.
- 8-12 years of professional creative experience in advertising, brand, digital, or integrated marketing - with a background in either art direction or copywriting (both paths equally valued).
- Proven ability to lead concept development from insight to execution, bringing strong taste, craft, and strategic thinking to both visual and verbal ideas.
- Demonstrated experience guiding multidisciplinary teams (design, copy, production, strategy) and elevating work through thoughtful feedback, clear creative direction, and collaborative problem-solving.
- A portfolio that shows big-idea thinking, campaign storytelling, and strong executional chops - whether expressed through design systems, film/content direction, long-form writing, short-form conceptual work, or integrated brand experiences.Experience presenting work to clients or executive stakeholders, with the ability to articulate the "why" behind creative choices and connect creative direction to business goals.
- Comfort leading brainstorms, workshops, and pitches; able to unlock ideas, push teams past the obvious, and champion work that's bold, smart, and on-strategy.
- Strong understanding of modern content creation, including social storytelling, digital ecosystems, video production, and emerging tools/AI that support creative development.
- Collaborative by nature, with a track record of working closely with strategy, account, and project management to bring campaigns to life.
- Experience mentoring junior talent and helping shape culture, craft, and creative standards within a team.
- Ability to juggle multiple briefs, clients, and timelines while maintaining creative quality and calm leadership.
That's ok! We are dedicated to the continual enhancement of our diverse, inclusive, and authentic team. If you're excited about this role but your past experience aligns differently, we still encourage you to apply. With different voices, backgrounds, and histories, we can come together and contribute to a better workplace and produce better products for our clients. And who knows? We could have a fit for a great person like you in another role that you hadn't even considered.
What You Will Get From Us
We see our relationship with you as a symbiotic one, and we want to see you thrive and grow with us. In addition to working alongside various great teammates in all our departments, you will have opportunities to grow your skill set within your discipline via training, learning, and new professional experiences. Most importantly, you'll have support to help fill in the gaps as you settle in.
We have no bias for degree or specific experience, and we absolutely respect and expect to hire someone with intelligence, self-awareness, motivation, and ambition. We evaluate your prior work and current interests to represent what you can do for us. Most of all, we hire people who prove themselves through their work and share our ambition to create the world's best digital market agency.
- Responsible for the development and quality of all creative assets provided or placed on behalf of the client
- Collaborate alongside the Media and Account Directors to ensure quality and successful activation and identify account opportunities and growth.
Don't Meet Every Requirement?
That's okay! At Madden, we believe diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences make us stronger. If this role excites you but your skillset doesn't line up perfectly with the qualifications above, we still want to hear from you. Who knows-you might bring something to the table we didn't even know we needed.
About The Interview Process
We like to keep it simple and transparent. Here's what the process may look like:
Round 1: A friendly chat with our Recruiter to get to know you and share more about the role.
Round 2: An interview with some of the awesome teammates you'll collaborate with.
Round 3: A conversation with the Team Lead(s) to dive deeper into the role and team fit.
Note: Depending on the position, there might be a small assignment along the way to showcase your skills and creativity. Don't worry-we'll let you know in advance!
Heads up: At this time, we do not offer Visa sponsorship or relocation services.
Madden Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer.