Creative Director

About Premier Press

Premier Press is a major creative production company on the West Coast, partnering with well-known brands around the world. The company focuses on making creative production and distribution more organized so brands can be brought to market with less friction and more impact. Its values include going beyond expectations, exploring fresh ideas, respecting colleagues and the community, and delivering an excellent client experience.

Role Overview

The Creative Director is a full-time, exempt leadership role based in Portland, Oregon. This position is onsite at 5000 N Basin Ave., Portland, OR 97217, and follows a Monday through Friday schedule from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The salary is DOE. You will lead a talented creative studio and work closely with Sales, Project Management, Production, and client teams to turn concepts into finished packaging, print, and brand experiences.

What You’ll Do

• Guide, coach, and motivate an experienced creative team working across packaging, print, and production, including annual performance reviews.
• Oversee the creative studio’s day-to-day flow by managing priorities, staffing, processes, and team growth so work moves efficiently from concept to final output.
• Represent the creative direction to clients and present packaging ideas, material options, and polished presentation materials with confidence.
• Work with Sales to build packaging, print, and branded merchandise concepts that help win business and strengthen client relationships.
• Partner with Account Directors, Project Managers, Production, and manufacturing teams to ensure strong execution from concept through delivery.
• Lead creative strategy for premium packaging, branded merchandise, retail programs, print, and integrated marketing work.
• Provide direction on concepts, dielines, substrates, materials, print methods, and finishing approaches so the team produces production-ready solutions.
• Promote a culture of teamwork, curiosity, innovation, and ongoing development.
• Handle additional responsibilities as needed; the duties listed are not exhaustive and may change with or without notice.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of creative experience, including leadership responsibilities.
• Background in creative operations such as resource planning, workflow management, team development, and building scalable processes.
• A strong portfolio showing packaging, branded merchandise, influencer campaigns, brand activations, and structural packaging work.
• Experience creating and presenting client pitch decks, strategic concepts, and creative production solutions.
• Practical knowledge of structural packaging, dielines, printing methods, substrates, materials, and manufacturing processes, with the ability to recommend solutions in client meetings.
• Experience working with Project Managers, Production, and Sales to develop production-ready creative work.
• Advanced expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Strong command of both Mac and Windows environments.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, project leadership, and people management abilities.
• Ability to work in a professional office setting and use standard office tools.
• Comfort with the physical demands of the role, including regular speaking/hearing, frequent standing, sitting, walking, handling items, and occasional bending or kneeling.
• Capability to frequently lift and move up to 5 pounds and occasionally move items up to 20 pounds.
• Good near, far, color, peripheral, and depth vision, with the ability to adjust focus.
• Successful background check and drug screening are required.
• Premier Press maintains an alcohol- and drug-free workplace, and lawful off-duty marijuana use is not restricted by the policy.
• Equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination practices apply to all employees and applicants.
• Preferred experience includes branded merchandise and promotional products, motion graphics or digital design, AI-assisted creative workflows, and photography, art direction, or 3D visualization.

Work Details

This is a full-time, in-office leadership position with supervisory responsibility for the Creative Team.

Equal Opportunity

Premier Press provides equal employment opportunities and prohibits discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other status protected by law.