Dog and Pony Studios is an integrated creative and digital agency for B2B brands. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, we are a hybrid agency with remote teams located across Canada, South America and Europe. For 25+ years, our teams have worked at the cutting edge of technology and design, collaborating with some of the highest-impact organizations globally.

Creative Director at Dog and Pony Studios, you bring together business-forward, strategic client leadership, hands-on creative direction and inspiring mentorship to elevate our creative output and drive the execution of high-quality, strategically sound creative across the agency. Working closely with the VP, Creative, you will help define the strategic direction and develop the creative brief for a wide range of project types, helping to bring clarity, alignment, and energy to complex B2B challenges.

Drive the creative vision and execution for high-impact creative and brand storytelling

Mentor a team of writers and designers to deliver best-in-class creative

Creative Direction and Vision Generate creative briefs that provide transparent, actionable guidance to internal teams.

Creatively direct a range of outputs across print, digital and video, from sales enablement materials to high-impact campaigns, videos to digital experiences, event activations to brand storytelling.

Lead creative concept development, ensuring all work and proposed creative aligns with the client's brand and marketing objectives.

Provide clear creative direction to designers and copywriters, promoting strong integration of strategy, content and design.

Ensure the highest quality of creative output, maintaining consistency across all brand touchpoints, compliance with brand guidelines, and adherence to any legal requirements.

Uphold the highest creative standards for design excellence, marketing best practices and communication principles.

Lead, inspire, and mentor creative teams, supporting a team-oriented and high-performing culture.

Oversee multiple projects, ensuring deadlines are met while upholding creative excellence.





Balance creative ambition with business realities, ensuring solutions are both inspiring and practical.

Champion a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement within the creative team.

Help direct and participate in discovery, including research efforts, distilling key insights to inform creative direction and campaign effectiveness.

Lead client pitches and presentations to clients and agency partners, including in-house agency leadership, articulating the rationale behind strategic and design decisions.

Create impactful presentations and reports that clearly articulate creative strategy.

Guide clients through brand and marketing decisions, offering expert advice and recommendations.

Process & Resource Management Collaborate with accounts and internal project management teams to establish realistic timelines, ensure efficient workflow management and prioritize resources across short- and long-term projects.

Develop robust relationships with cross-functional teams, including art directors, designers, writers, producers, animators, developers, and others, to leverage the agency's full capabilities.

Support Account Directors, Producers, and Studio Director to oversee budgets, timelines, and resource allocation to maximize productivity and profitability.

Bachelor’s degree or higher

8+ years of agency experience and 3+ years of senior-level, client-facing experience in a leadership role

Portfolio that demonstrates your experience leading and delivering a range of marketing initiatives, projects and programs, preferably in the B2B space

This job posting is for a current open position at Dog and Pony Studios.

Be part of a highly motivated, multidisciplinary team working on world-class creative.

Lead complex, high-impact projects for some of the biggest companies in the world.

No Diva Policy: Hybrid Office: If you’re in Toronto, you will frequently work from our headquarters. Clear expectations, regular performance reviews, and defined growth paths.

Paid Vacation: 3 weeks annual paid vacation + annual wellness time off through Christmas and New Year.

📌 Associate Creative Director- Digital Advertising (Toronto)
🏢 Dog and Pony Studios
📍 Toronto