Creative Director

USA (Remote)

$120K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own creative direction for campaigns across linear, digital, and social, driving concept-to-execution and staying within client messaging and budgets.

  • Creative Ownership: Lead concept development, scripts, and storyboard-to-deck workflows.
  • Production Leadership: Direct field directing, casting, on-set talent, and collaboration with production crews.
  • Channel Evolution: Apply new storytelling tech and formats to stay ahead while controlling timelines and quality.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Conceive ideas and execute concepts for advertising campaigns to include linear, digital and social formats
  • Collaborate with team members in creating content upholding client expectations and messaging; write strong, clear and concise scripts
  • Lead creative team of designers and editors in executing concepts thru to completion
  • Work within scope of budgets and timelines
  • Draft visual content; ie storyboards, concepts and decks
  • Articulate creative vision with in-field production crew, and direct motion and/or talent on set
  • Stay ahead of the curve; knowledgeable about new technologies and methods of Storytelling

Requirements

  • 3 to 5+ years of experience in a Creative Director position or similar
  • Experience in overseeing creative team, directing artists
  • Experience in field directing, casting and working with actors
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to work in a fast- paced environment
  • Strong skill set in Adobe Suite
  • Must be available to work nights and weekends as needed
  • Must be willing to travel
  • Desire to work for progressive values
  • REQUIRED: SAMPLES OF WORK

Benefits

  • Remote-friendly team with flexible working hours
  • Fast-paced, high-impact work that shapes elections and supports meaningful causes
  • A mission-driven environment where your creative work matters
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AL Media Strategy

Recognized nationally for our award-winning creative and break-through victories, AL Media has taken on some of the highest profile, against-the-odds challenges in electoral, legislative, and public affairs campaigns... and won.Talking points are one thing. Truly connecting with your audience is another. We pride ourselves on helping clients tell their own stories in compelling speeches, interviews, blog entries, and of course, television spots. Together, we will work with you to create a comprehensive strategy to develop and deliver a winning message.In today’s cluttered media landscape, traditional, one-size fits all media buys won’t cut it. You need to consider the range of mediums available, determine which will best reach your target audience, how to use them, and when to use them. Our firm’s media-buying operation is one of the best, with over 20 years of media placement experience. So how can we help? Victory begins with BIG AL Analytics, our proprietary system that identifies the people we need to persuade and reaches them across TV, desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile phone screens. We place millions of dollars each year, and as a result, we’ve built strong relationships with stations in every market, guaranteeing that our clients have the competitive edge when it comes to ad placement at affordable rates. On the digital side, we use real-time bidding and third party data to ensure that we are reaching the right audience online at the lowest possible price. Using the latest tools to analyze the trends of your target audience, we will provide you with the most effective and efficient media buy options based on your budget.Our in-house post-production facility operates 24-7, which allows us to respond immediately to any new developments, guarantees a quick turnaround time, and keeps our costs low. We work extensively with local cinematographers, producers, and talent to ensure the best raw material possible for each campaign.

Chicago, Illinois, USA
57 employees (26 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29.7%
Direct
45.8%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.1%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~57

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
18 (32% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1