Creative Director

Creative Director

COOK SYSTEMS has an immediate need for a Creative Director to work onsite three days per week in Memphis, TN.

Engagement Summary:

• Provide creative leadership and campaign development expertise in support of enterprise marketing, fundraising, and brand initiatives.
• Partner with stakeholders to develop creative concepts, provide strategic recommendations, review creative deliverables, and support the execution of integrated marketing campaigns across multiple channels.

Creative Strategy & Campaign Development:

• Translate business objectives and audience insights and marketing goals into creative concepts and campaign recommendations.
• Develop creative approaches supporting marketing, fundraising, and brand initiatives, shaping and strengthening concepts to ensure strategically grounded.
• Provide strategic creative direction throughout project lifecycles.
• Ensure creative concepts align with approved brand standards and campaign objectives.
• Ensure the campaign story is carried effectively across all channels—social, digital, video, print, experiential, and more.

Creative Review & Quality Assurance:

• Review creative materials and provide recommendations to improve effectiveness, consistency, and audience impact/brand alignment.
• Evaluate concepts, messaging, visual direction, and campaign execution.
• Identify risks, gaps, or opportunities prior to stakeholder review and approval.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Partner with assigned internal/external stakeholders, project teams, agencies, production vendors, and subject matter experts on broader campaigns and business plans.
• Lead or participate in multi-team ideation sessions to bring diverse perspectives together and spark innovative creative solutions.
• Participate in project planning, creative reviews, and milestone discussions.
• Present creative recommendations and rationale to stakeholders.

Production Support:

• Provide creative consultation throughout production activities.
• Review deliverables during development and production phases.
• Support alignment between approved concepts and final execution.

Executive Stakeholder Exposure:

• Regular interaction with senior leadership stakeholders.
• Expected to present and defend creative recommendations during executive review sessions.
• Ability to influence strategic creative decisions through data, audience insights, and creative expertise.

Deliverables:

• Campaign concepts
• Creative briefs
• Brand recommendations
• Creative review feedback
• Executive presentation materials
• Production consultation
• Campaign creative assessments

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of creative direction experience.
• Portfolio demonstrating integrated campaign leadership.
• Experience overseeing multi-channel campaigns.
• Experience presenting recommendations to executive stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating with agencies, designers, copywriters, and production teams.

Mandatory Candidate Submission Requirements:

• Portfolio required. Candidates without a portfolio will not be considered.
• Portfolio should demonstrate large-scale integrated campaigns, brand strategy work, creative direction, and cross-channel marketing campaigns.

Additional Details:

• Workplace Setting: Hybrid
• Job Type: Contract
• Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level
• Job Function: Marketing