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TITLE
Creative Director
REPORTS TO
Group Creative Director
DISCIPLINE
Creative
EMPLOYEE TYPE
Full-Time
FLSA CATEGORY
Exempt
DIRECT REPORTS
No
ABOUT US
August Jackson (AJ) is an award-winning creative agency headquartered in Chicago. We help leading organizations across the globe deliver high-impact event experiences and purposeful communications that energize audiences, align teams, and inspire stakeholders.
THE ROLE
We are looking for a Full-Time Creative Director with a copy background to lead bold, strategic, and story-driven concepts for milestone events and stakeholder communications. You’ll help shape big-picture strategy, drive creative direction and execution alongside your art partner, write for senior leaders, and build strong partnerships with client leaders.
We’re looking for someone who can turn business goals into compelling narratives and experiences, collaborate across and outside the creative team, and thrive in a client-facing role. Experience in the B2B event space, with professional services or pharmaceutical clients, is a major plus. This role also involves on-site presence at events, so comfort with live execution and creative problem-solving is required. We value creativity, collaboration, and growth. Day-to-day, your role will look different. You must be flexible and savvy. If you’re a visionary creative ready to shape impactful work with an incredible team, we’d love to meet you.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Theme and Concept Development – Transform client business objectives into themes and concepts that drive the content and experiences through a variety of channels. Partner closely with Art Director to bring to life.
- Content Creative Direction – Identify and craft a wide variety of stories and communications that reflect our clients’ brands, deliver their key messages, and drive audiences and end users to key outcomes.
- Experiential Creative Direction – Design and develop ideas that help build experiences for our clients’ audiences and end users, through both events and campaigns.
- Copywriting – Write effective copy for video, executive scriptwriting, websites, presentations, and other forms of communication.
- Champion the vision, champion the team - Collaborate seamlessly and inclusively across the creative team to ensure every creative element moves the story forward.
THE REQUIREMENTS | WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- 5-10 years in a creative agency or related environment, with expertise in event strategy, communications, and client leadership.
- A portfolio of work demonstrating thoughtful, strategic creative direction in milestone events and stakeholder communications.
- Strong, persuasive presentation skills to sell in creative work to internal and external stakeholders.
- Top-notch strategic thinking and writing skills - you can turn insights into compelling, action-oriented ideas.
- Confident, articulate communicator with a track record of building trusted, long-term client relationships.
- Expert collaborator and internal communicator. No egos.
- Experience in professional services or pharmaceuticals is a plus.
- Comfortable with research, social trends, and AI.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Keynote, and project management tools like monday.com.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and effective at managing complex projects under pressure.
- Pride in your previous work and the ability to speak to it clearly and concisely during the interview process
- Ability to travel on-site to events within the U.S. and/or internationally.