Associate Creative Director, Partnerships & Experiences (SPORTS)

Aquent Studios is seeking an exceptional creative leader to join our team, embedded with one of the world's most innovative technology brands. This is a unique opportunity to shape how a leading brand connects with global audiences through the electrifying world of sports. You will be instrumental in crafting unforgettable experiences and cultural moments that ignite fan passion, elevate brand presence, and bring cutting-edge technology stories to life on a global scale. Your ideas will directly influence millions of fans worldwide, leaving a lasting impact on how they engage with both sports and technology.

About the Role

Are you a visionary creative who thrives on bringing global sports partnerships to life in unforgettable ways? We are looking for a hands-on creative leader to develop groundbreaking ideas, experiences, and fan moments that leverage high-profile sports affiliations, including those with top-tier international teams. This is not a marketing role, but a deeply creative one where you will collaborate closely with the Creative Director, agency partners, and cross-functional teams to transform world-class partnerships into work that truly resonates with fans. From live experiences and innovative content to unexpected activations and cultural moments, you'll discover fresh ways for the brand to engage and stand out, pushing concepts beyond the obvious to create truly unforgettable experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and develop groundbreaking ideas that bring sports partnerships to life in memorable and unexpected ways.
• Collaborate with agencies, rights holders, internal teams, and experience partners to build captivating fan experiences, brand moments, and activation programs.
• Infuse every stage of development with fresh creative thinking and a keen cultural awareness.
• Continuously seek new avenues to amplify ideas, making them bigger, more relevant, and more exciting for fans.
• Develop experiences, events, content programs, hospitality concepts, and social extensions that expand partnership platforms beyond traditional sponsorship.
• Build compelling presentations, concept boards, and creative materials that vividly bring ideas to life.
• Challenge teams to explore new directions and stronger creative solutions, pushing work beyond the expected.
• Stay deeply connected to sports, entertainment, culture, technology, and emerging trends to inspire innovative ideas and opportunities.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Proven experience in advertising, experiential marketing, brand experience, partnerships, or integrated campaigns.
• Demonstrated experience working with sports, entertainment, lifestyle, or sponsorship-driven brands.
• A strong conceptual thinker with a portfolio showcasing original ideas and standout creative work.
• Ability to build upon existing concepts while also generating entirely new ones.
• Experience taking ideas from concept through production, partnering across creative and production teams to deliver high-quality work.
• Proficiency in bringing ideas to life through compelling storytelling, innovative experience design, impactful presentations, creative development, and visual thinking.
• Comfortable navigating between big-picture strategic thinking and hands-on creative problem-solving.
• A passion for collaboration and building ideas alongside strategists, marketers, agencies, designers, producers, and partners.
• A genuine passion for creating moments that capture attention, spark conversation, and deepen fan connection.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience in sports marketing, sponsorships, entertainment, experiential campaigns, or partnership-driven creative development.

About Aquent Talent

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent 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, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.