Creative Director

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$142K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 5 days ago

Job Summary

Own and guide the creative direction across two dynamic CPG brands, leading a multi-disciplinary team to shape campaigns, product storytelling, and brand experiences.

  • Direct and mentor Art Directors, Copywriters, and Designers to push ideas and execution
  • Shape visual storytelling for launches, campaigns, and high-impact marketing initiatives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with the SVP, Group Creative Director to help shape, develop, and elevate creative across two dynamic CPG brands in food, beauty, and home.
  • Help lead and guide a team of Art Directors, Copywriters, and Designers, providing creative direction, thoughtful feedback, and hands-on support to push ideas and execution further.
  • Contribute to concept development and visual storytelling for new product launches, integrated campaigns, and high-impact marketing initiatives, translating strategic objectives into compelling brand experiences.
  • Help oversee creative development across key brand touchpoints that may include packaging, e-commerce PDPs, digital, social, retail, and integrated marketing materials, ensuring consistency, quality, and a strong visual point of view.
  • Partner with the creative team to develop art direction for photo and video shoots, helping shape visual concepts, shot lists, mood boards, styling, and on-set execution to ensure content aligns with the brand vision and creative objectives.
  • Review and refine creative deliverables throughout the development process, identifying opportunities to strengthen concepts, elevate design, and maintain a high standard of craft.
  • Guide the development of engaging, on-brand e-commerce PDP experiences that bring product benefits and brand storytelling to life while supporting consumer engagement and conversion.
  • Build and present compelling creative concepts and recommendations to clients, clearly articulating the thinking behind the work and bringing ideas to life through persuasive visual storytelling.
  • Collaborate with account, strategy, production, and other cross-functional partners to keep projects moving forward, balance competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work within established timelines.
  • Foster a collaborative, creatively ambitious environment that encourages fresh thinking, supports team development, and continually raises the bar for the work.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in art direction, design, or creative development, with a strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual craft, conceptual thinking, and brand storytelling
  • A strong art and design background, with a sophisticated eye for typography, composition, color, imagery, layout, and visual identity
  • Proven experience developing and evolving consumer-facing brands across multiple touchpoints, ideally within CPG, food, beauty, personal care, home, or lifestyle categories
  • Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, with the ability to work hands-on in design files and refine creative execution
  • Experience developing and overseeing e-commerce Product Detail Pages (PDPs), with an understanding of digital merchandising, product storytelling, content hierarchy, and conversion-minded design
  • Experience art directing and overseeing photo and video production, including familiarity with photography, styling, lighting, shot planning, and translating creative concepts into compelling visual content
  • Working knowledge of Figma and its application in collaborative design development and digital creative workflows
  • Strong PowerPoint skills, with the ability to create polished, visually engaging client presentations that communicate creative concepts and tell a compelling story
  • Experience presenting creative work to clients and stakeholders, articulating creative rationale, and building confidence in ideas through clear, thoughtful communication
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor and support creative talent, offer constructive feedback, and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams

Benefits

  • Generous medical, dental, vision and other great benefits
  • Paid parental and medical leave programs
  • 401(k) with a company match component and profit sharing
  • 15 days of paid time off plus company holidays
  • Hybrid work model
  • Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance
  • Inclusive employee resource groups
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Morgan Street Holdings

Morgan Street Holdings is a holding company and private investment group with a growth mindset, owning a diverse portfolio across industries. With 50 years of deep customer relationships and business expansion, we seek long-term acquisitions that align with our values and vision.Morgan Street Holdings is seeking to build on its foundation of owning and growing industry-leading companies that deliver the highest quality products and services to their customers.Companies we look to acquire or invest in have at least $25M of EBITDA, alignment with our values and culture, strong leadership teams, and a sector focus within business services, consumer products, distribution, food and beverage services, and sourcing. We’re also open to working with other investor partners that share our values and are actively looking to invest in partnership opportunities.Learn more at https://morganstreet.com/Visit our businesses: https://www.havi.comhttps://www.tmsw.comhttps://www.stanley1913.comhttps://www.continentalserves.com

Chicago, Illinois, USA
68 employees (2 in marketing)

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$142K/yr – $150K/yr

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Creative Director

Morgan Street Holdings · Chicago, IL · Hybrid