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Creative Director

LMG Staffing Solutions · Multiple locations ·

Pay:
110.000 - 180.000
Job type:
Contract

About the Opportunity
LMG Staffing Solutions is partnering with a collaborative, design-driven digital agency to identify a

Creative Director

for a contract opportunity based in Philadelphia.

This role brings together brand strategy, creative leadership, and digital expertise to help clients solve complex business challenges through compelling, human-centered experiences. You will lead the strategic and creative vision across a diverse portfolio that may include healthcare, higher education, enterprise organizations, and emerging brands.

The ideal candidate can guide engagements from discovery through execution, lead multidisciplinary teams, strengthen creative quality, and connect creative recommendations to measurable business outcomes.

What You’ll Do
Strategic Brand Leadership

Lead the development of brand strategies, positioning, messaging frameworks, and digital experience recommendations

Connect strategic and creative recommendations to client goals, audience insights, and business objectives

Facilitate discovery sessions, stakeholder workshops, and strategic planning engagements

Translate research and business insights into compelling brand narratives, messaging platforms, and customer experience strategies

Identify opportunities across marketing, digital experiences, products, and services

Partner with client services teams to align recommendations with client priorities, budgets, and long-term goals

Creative Leadership

Establish the strategic and creative vision for client engagements

Develop creative briefs with clear direction, measurable objectives, and actionable guidance

Lead multidisciplinary teams across branding, web, UX/UI, content, digital marketing, and campaign development

Provide thoughtful creative direction and feedback that strengthens ideas and maintains brand integrity

Ensure work is strategically grounded, human-centered, and aligned with business outcomes

Mentor designers, writers, strategists, and other creative team members

Help foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing creative culture

Client Partnership

Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to executive stakeholders and marketing leaders

Present creative concepts, brand strategies, and campaign recommendations with confidence
Facilitate conversations that connect business goals with creative opportunities

Build alignment across client stakeholders and internal teams

Collaborate with account and project management teams to support successful delivery while protecting strategic and creative integrity

Research & Strategic Planning

Lead stakeholder interviews, audience research, competitive analysis, surveys, and workshop facilitation

Synthesize complex information into clear recommendations and executive-ready presentations

Apply design thinking and human-centered problem-solving to uncover meaningful insights

Monitor trends in branding, customer behavior, digital experiences, marketing, technology, and AI-enabled solutions

Contribute strategic and creative thinking to new business opportunities

What We’re Looking For

5+ years of experience leading brand, digital, or integrated creative initiatives within an agency or consulting environment

Proven experience developing brand strategies, creative campaigns, digital experiences, and integrated marketing initiatives

Strong understanding of branding, UX/UI, web design, digital marketing, content strategy, and customer experience

Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across strategy, design, content, marketing, and technology

Exceptional storytelling, facilitation, presentation, and executive communication skills

Ability to translate complex business challenges into simple, compelling creative solutions

Experience presenting to executive leadership and facilitating strategic workshops

Strong understanding of modern digital ecosystems, including websites, CMS platforms, paid media, marketing automation, analytics, and emerging AI-enabled experiences

Collaborative leadership style grounded in curiosity, empathy, accountability, and continuous learning

Why This Role

Contract opportunity with a collaborative, design-driven agency

Lead strategic and creative work across diverse client engagements

Shape brand strategies, digital experiences, and integrated campaigns

Partner directly with executive stakeholders and marketing leaders

Mentor multidisciplinary creative teams and elevate creative standards

Contribute to new business growth and agency thought leadership

Balance creative excellence with measurable business impact

If you are a strategic creative leader who enjoys building brands, guiding teams, and shaping digital experiences that move organizations forward, we would love to connect.

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