Freelance Associate Creative Director, Writing

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$110K/yr – $127K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead brand voice and content strategy for client work, shaping positioning, tone, and creative concepts from inception to delivery.

  • Own the development of voice, tone, and brand positioning across projects.
  • Must-have: 6–9 years in branding/marketing with a client-facing track record.
  • Standout: Contract-to-hire with potential for permanent role and cross-office exposure.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and definition of the \"voice\" for a client, program or individual project.
  • Establish and\/or interpret brand positioning, tone and attributes.
  • Think visually as well as verbally, contributing from the outset to the structure, concept, look and feel of a client project.
  • Work closely with strategists, designers, and other team members to create and refine content and\/or build campaign concepts
  • Quickly identify gaps in knowledge and take initiative to fill them
  • Participate in new-business development, contributing to RFP responses, pitches and spec creative
  • Meet and manage to deadlines
  • Foster a working environment that promotes and embraces independent and creative thinking, diversity, equity and inclusion.
  • Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

  • 6 to 9 years of experience in branding, marketing, advertising, business, communications or a related field.
  • An undergraduate degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Advertising or Integrated\/Strategic Communications.
  • Experience in a client-facing role in a professional services environment.
  • A portfolio that demonstrates the skills listed above.
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VSA’s purpose is to design for a better human experience. As a strategy and creative agency, we blend consumer insights and data with human-centered design to activate meaningful, motivating and measurable experiences in an increasingly noisy world. With offices in Chicago, New York and San Francisco, VSA offers a full range of fully integrated capabilities—branding, advertising, data science and technology—all under one roof. VSA is also a proud member of Meet The People, an international family of unified but independent agencies. For more than 40 years, we have delivered solutions for business and creative leaders at some of the world’s most respected brands and forward-thinking organizations, including Google, Nike and IBM.

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Chicago, Illinois, USA
125 employees (44 in marketing)
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