Creative Director

Note: This Creative Director role is focused on the healthcare sector, but opportunities may also exist in various other verticals, including pharmaceuticals, SaaS/technology, not-for-profit, higher education, financial services, and more.

As a multi-talented Creative Director, I lead the creative vision, output, and quality for my assigned clients across various industries, with a particular focus on healthcare. While I focus on connecting strategy with creative, conceptualizing “big” campaign ideas, and guiding my collaborative team to bring approved concepts to life across every channel, I never hesitate to get hands-on. In fact, this role can be best described as a player-coach, requiring the Creative Director to produce deliverables as a sharp tactician and to act as a thoughtful strategist who guides internal team members and clients to smart, impactful solutions.

Responsibilities

Here are some, but not necessarily all, of my responsibilities:

• Mentor and inspire creative teams. I am responsible for developing the next generation of creative leaders within the agency, so I foster an environment that encourages experimentation, collaboration, delegation, and creative excellence. My team members view me as a supportive, empathetic leader — not an authoritative, domineering figure — who sets a high bar for creative quality and accountability while prioritizing constructive feedback, honesty, and respect.
• Lead the high-level creative vision for my clients. I lead the creative direction for all of my clients and projects, ensuring that my team delivers innovative, strategically sound creative work across digital, traditional, social, experiential, video production, and more. By collaborating on creative briefs and guiding creative efforts that make a measurable impact on my clients’ business goals, I also bolster our agency’s creative reputation.
• Build mutual, trusted client and internal team relationships. My clients see me as the go-to partner for any creative challenge. Along with our client partners (i.e., account leads), project managers, strategists, and other creatives, I am a consistent presence in client-facing meetings. I am responsible for pitching video, brand, and integrated campaign concepts with confidence and clarity, interpreting and addressing client feedback, going to bat for my creative teams, and even navigating uncomfortable or tense conversations with clients. I am an extremely capable, proactive communicator, and I am able to resolve conflicts with professionalism and respect.
• Elevate creative processes and outcomes. I drive continuous improvement in creative processes, tools, workflows, and deliverables. Along with other leaders across the agency, I ensure that our creative teams are using the latest technologies, trends, and best practices to deliver cutting-edge work. When I see a creative issue in any form, I work with my creative team members, direct reports, and/or other leaders to find solutions to address it head-on.
• Partner closely with other key team members to promote and grow our agency. I work closely with client partners, project managers, strategists, agency leaders, and others to contribute to forward-looking growth through business development, QBRs, annual planning sessions, innovative creative approaches, and more.
  

What You’ll Need

• 10+ years of professional experience in a creative role, preferably as a hands-on writer, visual designer, or other creative role
• 7+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary creative teams
• Proven ability to lead integrated campaigns across video, brand, digital, social, experiential, etc.
• Proven experience cultivating relationships with clients, especially those in senior-level or C-suite roles
• Agency experience preferred
• Deep knowledge of marketing, branding, and design/copywriting strategies and best practices
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and pitching skills
• Ability to manage multiple enterprise clients and projects at one time
  
  

What makes TrendyMinds a great place to work

We believe a happy team is a solid team; it’s as simple as that.

• Fully remote: We believe the best team isn’t limited by physical location. Whether it’s the West Coast or East Coast, we work with team members across all of the U.S. time zones.
• Collaborative team environment: Your voice is important, and we believe the best projects include contributions from everyone.
• Great benefits: 30 paid days off and 401(k) matching. What more could you ask? Oh yeah, we cover 100% of health insurance premiums for all team members and 50% for their spouses and dependents.
• Flexible schedule: Some people are early birds who love collaborating in person at our offices. Others are night owls who enjoy working from home. We are flexible to accommodate different work styles, times, and locations - within reason and the needs of our clients - of course! 
• New equipment: In order to produce incredible work, we have to have incredible equipment. Sorry if you were hoping for a 7-year-old PC. That’s just not our style.
• Philanthropy: We like to do our part to help our community. With our philanthropy committee and donation matching system, we offer you the resources you need to make a difference.

Our values 

At TrendyMinds, we aim to hire people who share our values. They are at the center of how we treat each other and our clients, and they act as our guideposts for every decision.

Know the Why behind the What.

We aim to be as honest and transparent as possible with our team and clients. The idea of Why lives at the heart of our LOGIQ process and grounds us with clear reasons for the decisions we make. (You will learn more about our LOGIQ process if you join our team.)

Put relationships first.

We not me. For more than 25 years, we've grown a business built on strong relationships with clients. But we also know that developing trust and a collaborative spirit is equally important to cultivate a healthy team that loves having fun.

Think Ahead and push boundaries.

Our tagline isn’t Think Ahead for nothing. We bring a contagious passion to our craft, always searching for creative ways to challenge ourselves and deliver results, even though things don’t always go according to plan. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, improve, and try again.

Bring your full self.

Show up. Each of us has something unique to contribute. In all that we do, we celebrate diversity and strive to create an equitable, inclusive environment so that everyone feels a sense of belonging.