Creative Director

Cook Systems in Memphis is seeking a Creative Director to provide creative leadership for enterprise marketing, fundraising, and brand initiatives. This hybrid, contract position partners with stakeholders to translate objectives into compelling concepts and to steward integrated campaigns across social, digital, video, print, experiential, and other channels.

Responsibilities

• Turn business objectives and audience insights into creative concepts and campaign recommendations.
• Develop creative directions that support marketing, fundraising, and brand initiatives, refining concepts to be strategically grounded.
• Provide strategic creative leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure concepts align with approved brand standards and campaign objectives.
• Maintain a cohesive campaign narrative across channels, including social, digital, video, print, and experiential formats.
• Evaluate creative materials and offer recommendations to improve effectiveness, consistency, audience impact, and brand alignment.
• Assess concepts, messaging, visual direction, and overall campaign execution.
• Identify risks, gaps, or opportunities before stakeholder reviews and approvals.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, project teams, agencies, production vendors, and subject matter experts on broader campaigns and business plans.
• Lead or participate in multi-team ideation sessions to bring diverse perspectives and spark innovative creative solutions.
• Contribute to project planning, creative reviews, and milestone discussions.
• Present creative recommendations and the rationale to stakeholders.
• Provide creative consultation throughout production activities.
• Review deliverables during development and production phases.
• Support alignment between approved concepts and final execution.
• Maintain regular interaction with senior leadership stakeholders.
• Prepare and defend creative recommendations during executive review sessions.
• Influence strategic creative decisions using data, audience insights, and creative expertise.

Requirements

• Ten or more years of creative direction experience.
• A portfolio demonstrating leadership of integrated campaigns.
• Experience overseeing multi-channel campaigns.
• Experience presenting recommendations to executive stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating with agencies, designers, copywriters, and production teams.
• Portfolio is required; candidates without a portfolio will not be considered.
• Portfolio must illustrate large-scale integrated campaigns, brand strategy work, creative direction, and cross-channel marketing.

Benefits

• Your Health, Your Way: Choose from two Blue Cross Blue Shield medical plans with dental and vision coverage, backed by a broad provider network.
• Peace of Mind: Life, critical illness, and accident insurance through Unum to support your family’s security.
• Flexibility for Life: Flexible Spending Account and Daycare FSA through Navia to manage healthcare and dependent-care costs.
• Extra Protection When You Need It: Health Gap Insurance through Sun Life for unexpected costs.
• Your Future Starts Now: 401(k) plan through The Standard with eligibility after six months.

Additional Details

• Workplace Setting: Hybrid
• Job Type: Contract
• Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level
• Job Function: Marketing