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Job Title: Contractor - Creative Director (Senior Strategist)
Location: NEO/Memphis
Schedule: 8:00AM - 5:00PM CST Monday -Friday
Non-supervisory responsibilities.
The Creative Director contractor will serve as a senior individual contributor, providing strategic creative guidance and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, on-brand work across fundraising and awareness initiatives.
This role is responsible for maintaining momentum across active creative projects, shaping multi-channel storytelling, and partnering closely with cross-functional teams to move work efficiently through established processes and approval structures.
The ideal candidate brings strong creative strategy, storytelling, and executional expertise, with the ability to influence outcomes, solve creative challenges, and elevate work without direct supervisory responsibility.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Creative Strategy & Direction
- Provide strategic creative guidance across design, content, video, and marketing workstreams
- Shape audience-first concepts and storytelling approaches that align with brand and campaign objectives
- Ensure consistency and quality across all channels and touchpoints
Strategic Storytelling
- Develop and refine multi-channel creative narratives supporting fundraising and awareness goals
- Translate business and marketing objectives into compelling, cohesive creative solutions
- Ensure alignment between creative output and broader organizational priorities
Execution & Workflow Enablement
- Maintain forward progress across multiple concurrent creative initiatives
- Partner with stakeholders to move work efficiently through defined workflows and approval processes
- Identify and resolve creative or process-related challenges that may impact timelines or quality
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Collaborate closely with:
- Creative & Content leadership
- Design, writing, video, and photography teams
- Integrated Marketing, Strategy, and Operations
- Provide clear direction and input to ensure alignment without direct management responsibility
Quality & Innovation
- Apply best-in-class creative practices to elevate output quality
- Identify opportunities to improve creative effectiveness and workflow efficiency
- Contribute to innovative approaches to storytelling and audience engagement
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in creative, design, or integrated marketing roles
- Strong portfolio demonstrating:
- Multi-channel campaigns
- Strategic storytelling
- Brand consistency across complex initiatives
- Advanced proficiency in:
- Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat)
- Strong presentation and communication skills (PowerPoint and/or Keynote)
- Experience working across cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Proven ability to influence creative outcomes and guide work without direct authority
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in fundraising, donor engagement, or awareness campaigns a plus.
- Experience working within complex, matrixed organizations
- Familiarity with project/workflow tools (Jira, Smartsheet, or similar toold)
- Delivery of high-quality, on-brand creative across campaigns and channels
- Ability to keep multiple initiatives progressing on schedule
- Positive contribution to storytelling quality and campaign execution
