Creative Director (All U.S. Offices)

Kansas City, MO (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Summary

Own and lead integrated creative campaigns from concept to activation, guiding creative direction, strategy alignment, and client growth across multiple channels.

  • Own a senior creative voice in client discussions and presentations
  • Oversee team development and cross-functional collaboration
  • Drive data-driven, insight-backed creative work with external partners

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leads the development of integrated creative campaigns from concept through activation, spanning digital, social, web, video, and traditional media channels, ensuring they are on strategy, on time, and on budget
  • Leads the creative concepting process, ensuring innovative and original ideas are consistently delivered
  • Maintains a hands-on approach in the creative development process, providing guidance on art direction, design and copy to ensure the highest quality of creative output
  • Directs both visual and written creative development, ensuring consistency and excellence across deliverables
  • Builds client relationships, and grows a specific client roster alongside Client Partners
  • Serves as the senior creative voice in client presentations, workshops, and strategic creative discussions
  • Manages, in tandem with Client Partnership and Project Management, the overall health and wellness of accounts – including budgets, timelines, quality of work, and resourcing
  • Works with client partners to identify organic opportunities to grow existing accounts, or pursue new business with prospective clients
  • Stays abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and design best practices to expand creative offerings
  • Establishes and enforces creative standards and guidelines within Global Prairie to maintain high-quality design and cohesive brand messaging across all client projects

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience, with p rior roles in a creative and/or agency setting and demonstrated increasing responsibility
  • Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365
  • Proficiency with MacOS
  • Experience managing a designated team and working cross functionally with other company leaders

Preferred

  • Passion for producing exceptional deliverables and measurable client impact
  • Strong ability to connect business strategy, audience insights, and creative execution
  • Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
  • Strong organizational and resourcing skills, including aligning internal and external talent to project needs
  • Experience directing both visual and written content development
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and team growth

Benefits

  • Healthcare coverage, ESOP retirement plan, 401k matching, Health & Wellness stipends and a broad range of other benefits.
  • The culture at Global Prairie is best-in-class. With generous, industry-leading benefits, supportive and progressive employee programs, collaborative office environments, and top percentile compensation packages, the culture at Global Prairie is unparalleled.
  • As a Best for the World' Benefit Corporation and Employee-Owned organization, Global Prairie offers a best-in-class total rewards package.

Global Prairie

Global Prairie is a purpose-driven marketing firm crafting business-building solutions that help our clients drive social impact and cultivate a healthier world. One part creative agency, one part data analytics firm, and one part consulting company, Global Prairie unites the creativity, insight and strategy needed to drive meaningful change. As a certified B Corporation (B Corp), a legally designated Public Benefit Corporation, 100% employee owned, and Certified by WBENC (Women's Business Enterprise National Council) as Women Owned, we hold ourselves to very high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. And because our business model is designed for social good, it's not just the work we do - but how we work - that creates our impact.

Founded in 2008
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
194 employees (32 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$110K/yr – $150K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
16 (8% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
18.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.5%
Direct
37.2%
Referral
5%
Social
12.9%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~194

Creative Director (All U.S. Offices)

Global Prairie · Kansas City, MO · Hybrid