Creative Director

Creative Director (AI & 3D) Full-time, hybrid. Based in Istanbul, Turkey. At AdCubes (https://adcubes.com/), we are building the leading in-scene advertising platform, a new way for brands to communicate inside organic video content. Brands show up inside video as 3D objects, not as ads bolted on top. We take existing creator videos and place a brand's product into the actual scene, with no reshoot, no pre-roll and no interruption to the content. Internally we call each of these designs a "cube". We have shipped more than 5,000 of these cube placements for over 100 brands, including Pepsi, Nespresso, Doritos and NIVEA, across hundreds of creator channels in Turkey. We are looking for someone to own the creative side of that work. You would lead one team made up of strategists, who turn a brief into an idea that belongs in the scene, and 3D artists, who build it. Our 3D Lead runs production and owns the timeline for every placement. You own whether it is good enough. A design ships when you both sign off, and when sales wants a yes and production needs a limit, that call is yours. We are at the stage where the creative standard needs to be written down and scaled rather than carried by one or two people. If you have built that kind of system before, this is the job. What you will work on Defining the creative bar: what a strong in-scene idea is and what is allowed to ship Defining the creative limits: what we can build, what reads as real on screen, and where photorealism stops being worth it, so sales can sell honestly Leading Creative Strategy and 3D Production under one standard, and hiring into both as we grow Owning the revision policy and holding it with paying clients Giving creative sign-off on every design before a brand sees it Setting the brief gate: what a brief needs before work starts What we are looking for You have built a creative standard or process that kept working after you left You can direct 3D without doing it yourself, giving notes an artist can act on rather than "make it feel more premium" You have held a revision line with a paying client and can tell us what it cost You think in reusable frameworks rather than starting from zero on every brief You are comfortable leading strategists and 3D artists as the different people they are Fluent Turkish and professional working proficiency in English Around 7 or more years in creative roles, including 3 or more years leading people Bonus points if you bring Product placement or AI virtual production experience Familiarity with a 3D production pipeline Real opinions on where AI helps creative work and where it does not What we offer Competitive salary Hybrid working with flexibility on office days More ownership as the team grows, not just more headcount to manage Private health insurance An AdCubes welcome kit An early seat on something in ad-tech and AI video that most people have not caught onto yet