M&C Saatchi World Services US is seeking a highly creative and strategic Creative Content Director to lead the vision and delivery of world‑class creative output across the programme. This is a senior leadership role, responsible for setting the creative direction and ensuring consistently high standards across all channels, including digital, print, video, and experiential content.
This is a hybrid role; however, the ideal candidate will live in the greater NYC area or the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region.
What you’ll do
- Serve as the senior creative authority for the program, providing vision, direction, and quality oversight across all creative disciplines.
- Develop and enforce visual identity standards, ensuring consistency across digital, print, video, and experiential content.
- Provide hands‑on creative direction for campaigns, graphics, animations, multimedia storytelling, and high‑profile communication products.
- Guide the design and review of complex creative outputs including brand assets, multimedia packages, templates, and high‑impact presentations.
- Ensure all creative work aligns with accessibility standards (Section 508/WCAG), federal guidelines, and organizational quality requirements.
- Collaborate with UX, content, data, and digital teams to ensure creative solutions support user experience and mission outcomes.
- Mentor designers, videographers, editors, and multimedia staff to elevate overall creative performance.
- Lead creative reviews, provide constructive direction, and approve final deliverables.
- Support rapid‑turn content development for high‑visibility initiatives.
- Maintain a forward‑looking perspective on design trends, tools, and immersive technologies applicable to federal communications.
You’ll Bring
- Proven experience in creative leadership, multimedia production, visual communications, art direction, or related fields.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high‑quality creative work for complex organizations or public‑facing programs.
- Experience guiding multidisciplinary creative teams and providing expert‑level design direction.
- Mastery of design tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere).
- Strong knowledge of multimedia production workflows and creative asset management.
- Deep understanding of branding, accessibility, layout, typography, and visual storytelling.
- Experience developing creative standards, templates, and repeatable design systems.
- Experience supporting federal, DoD, or large‑scale communications programs.
- Familiarity with immersive technologies (AR/VR), motion graphics, and high‑end multimedia production.
- Exceptional creative leadership and vision.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across diverse teams.
- Ability to produce, review, and refine high‑quality creative outputs under tight deadlines.
- Excellent problem‑solving and conceptual thinking abilities.
- High attention to detail, quality, accessibility, and brand alignment.
What you get
- A competitive salary ($130,000-$165,000) and a benefits package designed to support your health, family life, financial wellbeing, and growth.
- Family & Parental Support: 12 weeks’ full pay for Primary Carers and 6 weeks for Secondary Carers (after one year of service; return requirements apply for subsequent leave), applies to birth, adoption, and surrogacy; up to 10 days’ paid fertility leave per year (5 per cycle); 2 days’ paid leave for new grandparents; $2,500 annual interest‑free parental loan; $6,000 interest‑free fertility treatment loan.
- Healthcare & Wellbeing: Three medical plans (HSA at $0 cost; EPO 75% employer‑funded; PPO 65% employer‑funded); $0 employee‑cost dental and vision; 10 days’ health leave per year (mental and physical); 24/7 mental health support through Self Space; Wellhub subscription.
- Financial & Practical Support: 401(k) match (3% after 3 months; 4% after 1 year); pre‑tax commuter benefits; 10 days’ paid military leave; full pay for jury duty (state/city payments declined); Uber/taxi home after 9:30pm.
- Time Off & Flexibility: 23 days’ PTO (with 3 discretionary carryover days; CA/CO policies follow state mandate); 10 federal holidays, plus the day after Thanksgiving; option to swap 2 federal holidays (excluding Thanksgiving and the day after); office closed between Christmas and New Year; 10 days’ special emergency leave (including bereavement); 10 days’ volunteering leave (5 paid, 5 unpaid); half‑day for blood donation; work from anywhere for up to 2 weeks per year (subject to approval).
- Culture & Development: $300 annual cultural stimulation allowance (accrued monthly; available after 90 days); weekly Thursday happy hour; mentorship and buddy programmes.