Senior Vice President, Creative Strategy (Contract)

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$175K/yr – $225K/yrSenior Level6+ years expContract

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own the creative strategy across a multi account portfolio, turning briefs and insights into platform-driven campaigns and executive-ready guidance.

  • Creative Strategy & Portfolio Leadership: Define insight-led platforms and lead strategy discussions with senior clients to elevate work.
  • Campaign Development & Execution: Oversee end-to-end multi-channel campaigns, coordinating across creative, digital, content, and communications teams.
  • New Business & Pitch Support: Deliver bold, differentiated pitch concepts and articulate a compelling creative vision to win business.

Job Description

Own creative strategy across a portfolio of client accounts, translating briefs into insight-driven platforms and guiding senior stakeholders with strategic counsel and data-backed insight.

  • Creative Strategy & Portfolio Leadership: Develop cross-channel platforms and lead client strategy sessions to elevate creative work.
  • Campaign Development & Execution: Drive integrated concepts from brief to delivery, coordinating with creative, digital, content, and communications teams for consistency.
  • New Business & Pitch Support: Craft bold, differentiated pitch concepts and articulate a clear creative vision for prospective clients.
  • Creative Execution Across Accounts: Provide senior direction, ensure alignment with client priorities, and push for originality and impact across the portfolio.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of creative strategy experience, with significant time in senior creative roles within a top-tier agency or in-house environment.
  • An exceptional portfolio demonstrating strategic, cross-channel creative thinking with proven business impact across multiple industries.
  • Deep experience developing and presenting creative strategy to senior and C-suite client stakeholders.
  • Strong conceptual skills with the ability to generate bold, original ideas rooted in insight and strategy.
  • Proven track record of leading integrated, multi-channel campaign development from concept through execution.
  • Fluency across digital, social, content, and brand creative — with a clear understanding of how each channel plays a role in a connected campaign.
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to articulate creative vision to both creative and non-creative audiences.
  • Experience supporting new business pitches, from concept development through to live presentation.
  • A genuine, active commitment to DIBs — ensuring creative work is inclusive, culturally resonant, and representative of diverse audiences.
  • Ability to hit the ground running, deliver immediate value, and operate with confidence across multiple accounts in a fast-paced agency environment.

Preferred

    Benefits

    • Competitive salary with merit-based opportunities for growth
    • Flexible hybrid work model tailored to your schedule and lifestyle
    • Generous vacation policy, including extended summer and winter breaks
    • Early log-off on Fridays through our Empower Hours program
    • 401(k) plan with employer matching
    • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus FSA options
    • Paid parental leave benefits
    • Commuter benefits
    • Annual Growth Mindset stipend for books, events, or learning experiences
    • Monthly technology reimbursement
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    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)

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    Marketing Team

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    33 (18% of company)
    Median Career Experience
    8.5 years
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    2.3 years
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    Last Raise
    Private Equity, 4 years ago

    Funding History

    • Sep 2022
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