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Creative Director
Location
United States
Posted
14 days ago
Salary
$115K - $135K / year
Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Lead the creative development of campaigns, content, and storytelling initiatives from concept through execution.
• Translate enterprise creative strategy and brand vision into compelling ideas, narratives, and creative systems that drive mission impact and business objectives.
• Provide day-to-day creative leadership to assigned creative teams, including art directors, copywriters, and designers.
• Guide work through ideation, iteration, and refinement, ensuring a consistently high creative bar while fostering collaboration, accountability, and professional growth.
• Originate and elevate creative concepts, messaging frameworks, and visual approaches across channels and formats, including video, digital, social, experiential, and integrated campaigns.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing & Brand Strategy, Social, Core Pillars, and other business partners to align creative vision with executional realities.
• Ensure all creative work aligns with brand voice, visual identity, accessibility standards, and inclusive storytelling practices.
• Review and approve creative work at key milestones, escalating strategic decisions to the Group Creative Director as needed.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Graphic Design, Communications, or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
- 5+ years of experience in creative leadership roles (agency or in-house) with overall 10+ years of creative experience
- Proven ability to lead integrated campaigns and content across channels
- Strong conceptual thinking, storytelling, and visual literacy
- Experience working directly with editors and production teams
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to balance creative ambition with executional realities
- Demonstrated commitment to inclusive, accessible, and mission-driven storytelling
- An exceptional portfolio that demonstrates: Best-in-class creative craft and taste; High-performing paid social and digital campaigns; Integrated brand storytelling across channels; Evidence of creative leadership that elevated both the work and the people behind it.
Benefits
- generous paid time off policy
- medical benefits
- dental benefits
- retirement benefits
- wellness programs
- professional development programs to enhance staff skills
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