Creative Director (Contract)

About You
We are hiring a contract Creative Director to own brand-level creative direction as we move from brand strategy into brand in practice. This is the first Creative Director role in ADB’s history, and it calls for someone who has led creative at this level before.

The work runs on two tracks. The first is fluency. Think of the evolved brand as a language: we already have a robust set of brand guidelines, and this role learns them inside out, then extends them into what the company uses every day—functional toolkits, templates, and standards people can pick up and get right on their own. The second track is hands‑on creative execution for the shared and corporate services teams we support day to day—HR, Talent Acquisition, L&D, Innovation & Technology, Supplier Diversity, Procurement, Market Research, and more.

What We Can Offer You

Be the first Creative Director in ARCO Design/Build history

— a unique opportunity to define the role, shape the creative function, and establish its long‑term impact

Blend strategy with execution

by leading brand direction while remaining hands‑on in the creative process where the brand comes to life

Work directly with Corporate Marketing leadership

and collaborate with a nationally recognized branding agency to elevate ARCO's brand

Help build what's next

as the creative function grows, you'll have the opportunity to influence its evolution and expand your impact

Contract Details

Employment Type:

Independent Contractor (1099)

Contract Term:

Initial 6‑month engagement with the potential for extension based on business needs and performance

Benefits:

This is a contract opportunity and is not eligible for employee benefits, paid time off, or company‑sponsored retirement plans

A Day In The Life

Own brand‑level creative direction across ADB’s corporate and regional work— the standard for how the brand looks, sounds, and shows up everywhere

Learn the evolved brand inside out and extend it into what the company actually uses: toolkits, templates, and standards people can pick up and get right on their own

Partner with our external branding agency through the build, then take ownership of putting the system into production and keeping it consistent once the work hands off

Shape the 2026‑2027 activation roadmap and drive its priorities— the proposal system, video and motion, events, environmental graphics, and social

Roll up your sleeves on hands‑on creative execution for the shared and corporate services teams we support— HR, Talent Acquisition, L&D, Innovation & Technology, Supplier Diversity, Procurement, and Market Research

Serve as brand counsel and the steward of creative quality across every touchpoint

Set the direction for the designers and specialists who sit across the business, help them speak the brand language fluently, and clear the way for their best work— through a dotted line, not a reporting line

Take regional and functional creative requests as they come, routed through Corporate Marketing case by case— producing some work directly, giving templated direction on others, and leading and mentoring the people doing the work throughout

Help roll out the evolved brand across the business by educating and training the divisions, building the fluency every team needs to carry the brand well on their own

Build out the broader creative infrastructure over time— an asset library and the systems that keep creative findable and repeatable

Manage freelance and vendor creative partners as needed

Necessary Qualifications

8+ years leading brand and creative, including time inside an in‑house or corporate marketing team—not only at an agency

Proven brand‑level creative direction: you have carried a brand from strategy and guidelines through to activation across channels

A track record of turning brand systems into functional toolkits, templates, and standards other people can actually use

Experience partnering with external branding, creative, and marketing agencies

Strong eye for creative quality across print, digital, video and motion, environmental, and social

A leader who sets direction and brings others along through influence and a dotted line, not authority or heavy process

Comfort working across regions, business units, and functions in a fast‑moving, growth environment

A portfolio that shows brand work at scale

Experience in construction, design‑build, commercial real‑estate, engineering, or other project‑based industries preferred

Entrepreneurial mindset with ownership, initiative, and a bias toward action

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