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Creative Lead
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Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-07-30
Listing for:
Jobtailor
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-30
Job specializations:
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Marketing / Advertising / PR
Creative Advertising / Marketing, Marketing Communications, Branding Specialist / Ambassador -
Creative Arts/Media
Creative Advertising / Marketing
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the overall creative for brand, marketing, and product campaigns.
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a multidisciplinary creative team, providing clear feedback and direction throughout the creative process.
- Lead cross-functional teams across multiple time zones, primarily in Europe and North America.
- Actively contribute hands-on creative work while leading the team, ensuring the highest quality across concepts, design, and final execution.
- Work closely with marketing, product, and leadership teams to translate business objectives into strong creative concepts.
- Oversee projects from initial brief through final delivery, ensuring quality, consistency, and attention to detail.
- Develop creative concepts for campaigns across digital, social, video, and other marketing channels.
- Work with and evolve our existing brand identity, creative systems, and visual guidelines while ensuring consistency across all outputs.
- Review and approve creative work, helping elevate ideas through constructive feedback rather than simply signing off on deliverables.
- Balance creative ambition with timelines, budgets, and business priorities.
- Help establish creative processes and workflows that enable the team to work efficiently without compromising quality.
- Stay informed on design, branding, and content trends, bringing new ideas and perspectives to the team.
- 6+ years of experience in creative leadership, with a strong foundation in design and experience across branding, advertising, or digital marketing.
- A portfolio that demonstrates strategic design thinking, creative excellence, and successful execution across multiple channels.
- Consultancy mindset; you're a trusted client partner.
- Experience leading and mentoring creative teams in a collaborative environment.
- Strong understanding of branding, elevated visual communication, storytelling, and content strategy.
- Ability to give clear, constructive feedback that helps people produce stronger work.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, with confidence presenting ideas to stakeholders.
- Comfortable managing multiple projects and balancing creative quality with business objectives.
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to build strong relationships across departments.
- Demonstrated skills in relevant software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Figma); motion skills are a plus.
Demonstrates expertise in creative leadership, strategic design thinking, and effective project management across branding and digital marketing. Proven ability to mentor teams, provide constructive feedback, and deliver high-quality creative concepts that align with business objectives.
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