Creative Director

<strong>About The Opportunity<br><br></strong>LMG Staffing Solutions is partnering with a collaborative, design-driven digital agency to identify a <strong>Creative Director</strong> for a contract opportunity based in Philadelphia.<br><br>This role brings together brand strategy, creative leadership, and digital expertise to help clients solve complex business challenges through compelling, human-centered experiences. You will lead the strategic and creative vision across a diverse portfolio that may include healthcare, higher education, enterprise organizations, and emerging brands.<br><br>The ideal candidate can guide engagements from discovery through execution, lead multidisciplinary teams, strengthen creative quality, and connect creative recommendations to measurable business outcomes.<br><br><strong>What You'll Do<br><br></strong><strong>Strategic Brand Leadership<br><br></strong><ul><li> Lead the development of brand strategies, positioning, messaging frameworks, and digital experience recommendations </li><li> Connect strategic and creative recommendations to client goals, audience insights, and business objectives </li><li> Facilitate discovery sessions, stakeholder workshops, and strategic planning engagements </li><li> Translate research and business insights into compelling brand narratives, messaging platforms, and customer experience strategies </li><li> Identify opportunities across marketing, digital experiences, products, and services </li><li> Partner with client services teams to align recommendations with client priorities, budgets, and long-term goals <br><br></li></ul><strong>Creative Leadership<br><br></strong><ul><li> Establish the strategic and creative vision for client engagements </li><li> Develop creative briefs with clear direction, measurable objectives, and actionable guidance </li><li> Lead multidisciplinary teams across branding, web, UX/UI, content, digital marketing, and campaign development </li><li> Provide thoughtful creative direction and feedback that strengthens ideas and maintains brand integrity </li><li> Ensure work is strategically grounded, human-centered, and aligned with business outcomes </li><li> Mentor designers, writers, strategists, and other creative team members </li><li> Help foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing creative culture <br><br></li></ul><strong>Client Partnership<br><br></strong><ul><li> Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to executive stakeholders and marketing leaders </li><li> Present creative concepts, brand strategies, and campaign recommendations with confidence </li><li> Facilitate conversations that connect business goals with creative opportunities </li><li> Build alignment across client stakeholders and internal teams </li><li> Collaborate with account and project management teams to support successful delivery while protecting strategic and creative integrity <br><br></li></ul><strong>Research &amp; Strategic Planning<br><br></strong><ul><li> Lead stakeholder interviews, audience research, competitive analysis, surveys, and workshop facilitation </li><li> Synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and executive-ready presentations </li><li> Apply design thinking and human-centered problem-solving to uncover meaningful insights </li><li> Monitor trends in branding, customer behavior, digital experiences, marketing, technology, and AI-enabled solutions </li><li> Contribute strategic and creative thinking to new business opportunities<br><br></li></ul><strong>Requirements<br><br></strong><strong>What We're Looking For<br><br></strong><ul><li> 5+ years of experience leading brand, digital, or integrated creative initiatives within an agency or consulting environment </li><li> Proven experience developing brand strategies, creative campaigns, digital experiences, and integrated marketing initiatives </li><li> Strong understanding of branding, UX/UI, web design, digital marketing, content strategy, and customer experience </li><li> Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across strategy, design, content, marketing, and technology </li><li> Exceptional storytelling, facilitation, presentation, and executive communication skills </li><li> Ability to translate complex business challenges into simple, compelling creative solutions </li><li> Experience presenting to executive leadership and facilitating strategic workshops </li><li> Strong understanding of modern digital ecosystems, including websites, CMS platforms, paid media, marketing automation, analytics, and emerging AI-enabled experiences </li><li> Collaborative leadership style grounded in curiosity, empathy, accountability, and continuous learning <br><br></li></ul><strong>Why This Role<br><br></strong><ul><li> Contract opportunity with a collaborative, design-driven agency </li><li> Lead strategic and creative work across diverse client engagements </li><li> Shape brand strategies, digital experiences, and integrated campaigns </li><li> Partner directly with executive stakeholders and marketing leaders </li><li> Mentor multidisciplinary creative teams and elevate creative standards </li><li> Contribute to new business growth and agency thought leadership </li><li> Balance creative excellence with measurable business impact <br><br></li></ul>If you are a strategic creative leader who enjoys building brands, guiding teams, and shaping digital experiences that move organizations forward, we would love to connect.<br/><br/>Please mention the word **SNAZZY** and tag RODcuOTkuMTQxLjE4Nw== when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RODcuOTkuMTQxLjE4Nw==). 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