Creative Director - Seeking expressions of interest

WetaWorkshop

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand permanent

Posted: July 21, 2025

Job Description

Shape the Future of Immersive Storytelling as a Creative Director at Wētā Workshop

At Wētā Workshop, we don’t just build worlds — we transport audiences into them.

From award-winning installations to record-breaking attractions, our immersive experiences are driven by imagination and crafted with passion, offering audiences a promise: to experience something they’ve never encountered before.

Wētā Workshop is seeking expressions of interest from visionary Creative Directors to lead and inspire teams in crafting groundbreaking immersive experiences. This is a rare opportunity to influence the future of spatial storytelling by overseeing the creation of breathtaking immersive experiences,  theatre, cultural destinations, themed attractions, and cinematic worlds.

Our Creative Directors 

• Lead and encourage the early Creative Development explorations to arrive at best vision and idea(s) for the project, ensuring they build upon the Weta Workshop LBE offering.
• Act as “vision-holder” for the project team, inspiring, maintaining and clearly communicating the projects creative intent to all team-members and stakeholders
• Creative management of design deliverables from vision development to completion

We look for seasoned leaders who can bring: 

• Strong experience in creative leadership and that ability to guide multidisciplinary teams
• A portfolio of work that showcases your expertise in experience design, exhibition & museum design, spatial design, or themed entertainment

Your experience will be backed by technical proficiency in the following software:

• Photoshop
• Vectorworks
• Adobe Creative Suite

Plus, it would be great if you have experience with Revit, Grasshopper and Blender.

Find out more in our job description here.

Check out some of our previous projects to get an idea of the work we do. We’re based in Wellington, New Zealand - but our projects can take us to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Join us to shape extraordinary worlds and experiences that captivate audiences worldwide.

Currently we are predominantly looking at potential project-based roles - so fixed-term/contract. But please do still get in touch if you're looking for permanent employment as there may be opportunities in the future.

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