Senior Vice President, Creative Strategy (Contract)

District of Columbia, USA (Remote)

$175K/yr – $225K/yrSenior Level12+ years expContract

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own high impact creative strategy across multiple accounts, turning briefs and audience research into platform concepts and bold, cross‑channel campaigns.

  • Cross‑portfolio ownership: lead insight‑driven creative direction from brief to delivery across paid, earned, shared, and owned channels.
  • Strategic client partnership: present ideas to senior stakeholders, provide counsel, and strengthen relationships with data‑driven, original work.
  • New business and standards: craft differentiated concepts for pitches and ensure high quality, on‑brief outcomes across the portfolio.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the senior creative strategy lead across a portfolio of client accounts, developing insight-driven creative strategies that align with client business objectives and communications goals.
  • Translate client briefs, audience insights, and market research into clear, compelling creative platforms that guide campaign development.
  • Lead creative strategy sessions with clients, presenting ideas and recommendations with confidence and clarity.
  • Act as a trusted creative partner to senior client stakeholders, providing strategic counsel that strengthens relationships and elevates the quality of the work.
  • Ensure creative strategies are grounded in data and audience understanding, while leaving meaningful room for originality and creative ambition.
  • Lead the conceptual development of integrated campaigns across paid, earned, shared, and owned channels — from initial brief through to final delivery.
  • Work closely with Highwire's creative, digital, content, and communications teams to bring campaign ideas to life cohesively and consistently across all touchpoints.
  • Direct the development of creative deliverables — including visual concepts, messaging frameworks, campaign narratives, and content — ensuring every output meets the highest standard of quality.
  • Oversee multiple campaign workstreams simultaneously, maintaining creative integrity and strategic alignment across all accounts.
  • Develop and present creative strategy concepts for new business pitches, crafting ideas that are bold, insight-led, and clearly differentiated.
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Highwire

Highwire is a strategic marketing communications agency built at the intersection of innovation and industry.We help ambitious brands navigate complexity, lead markets, and grow with purpose. With integrated capabilities across strategic marketing communications, creative, and insights, we bring clarity where there’s noise – and influence where it matters most.Our team operates at the speed of change, delivering bold ideas and measurable impact across B2B tech, healthcare, cybersecurity, energy, financial services, and beyond.Whether you’re preparing for IPO, entering a new market, or reshaping your category, we’re the partner that helps you rise above.Highwire. Above all.

San Francisco, California, USA
184 employees (40 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
38.4%
Direct
41.9%
Referral
6.3%
Social
11.6%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~184

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
33 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
8.5 years
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
8

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2022
    Private Equity

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