Associate Vice President Creative Studio

Oak Brook, IL (Remote)

$99/hr – $159/hrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive the creative strategy and brand storytelling across multiple channels, leading a large, multidisciplinary team and integrating AI-enabled tools to scale design, content, and experiences.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and articulate a comprehensive creative strategy aligned with organizational goals, marketing priorities, and brand strategy.
  • Define and communicate the brand’s unique value proposition, positioning, and differentiation to target audiences.
  • Lead creative strategies informed by customer insights, audience needs, market trends, and industry dynamics.
  • Evaluate, implement, and optimize AI-powered tools for design, content creation, image/video editing, and project management.
  • Develop, direct, and produce creative assets from strategy and concept through completion across print, digital, social, video, audio, experiential, and emerging platforms.
  • Manage highly visible and complex creative projects that impact the business and span multiple teams, platforms, or stakeholder groups.
  • Forecast resource needs, drive project schedules, prioritize work, and communicate trade-offs when timelines or deliverables are at risk.
  • Review creative output from internal partners, agencies, production companies, and vendors to ensure high standards of creativity, innovation, quality, and brand association.
  • Supervise and develop the content team, ensuring alignment with brand strategy, messaging, and business objectives.
  • Manage content workflows, set clear expectations, monitor performance metrics, and provide constructive feedback to support professional growth.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, design, or related field.
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in creative services, an in-house agency, or advertising agency.
  • At least 5 years of experience leading large teams, budgets, and comprehensive creative strategies.
  • Proven ability to guide, mentor, and inspire diverse, multidisciplinary creative teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to foster a collaborative, inclusive, innovative, and high-performing team culture.
  • Exceptional interpersonal influence skills with the ability to build relationships and collaborate across departments and with external partners.
  • Strong storytelling and persuasion abilities, with the ability to convey complex ideas and compelling narratives to stakeholders at all levels.
  • Robust strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail and the conceptual ability to develop impactful campaigns.
  • Demonstrated business acumen and deep understanding of industry trends and the competitive landscape.
  • Deep curiosity and expertise in digital trends, social platforms, innovation, emerging technologies, and their application to creative decisions.

Preferred

  • Experience leading creative strategy within a large, complex, matrixed organization.
  • Experience building or evolving an in-house creative studio or creative services function.
  • Healthcare, consumer brand, agency, or enterprise marketing experience.
  • Experience implementing AI or Generative AI tools into creative workflows.
  • Strong executive presence with the ability to serve as a strategic thought partner to senior leaders.

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program
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Hugh Chatham Health

Hugh Chatham Health is a not-for-profit community health care network of physician clinics and an 81-bed acute care hospital that delivers high quality, convenient healthcare to residents of the Yadkin Valley region of North Carolina. Employing more than 900 team members, Hugh Chatham Health includes a medical group with more than 70 providers across 25 locations. Headquartered in Elkin, North Carolina, Hugh Chatham has been nationally recognized for patient satisfaction, patient safety, and clinical quality.

Founded in 1930
Elkin, North Carolina, USA
325 employees

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
18.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
81.6%
Direct
18.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~325

Marketing Team

Median Tenure
8.9 years
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