Creative Strategy Director

Application Deadline: 13 October 2026 | Department: Creative - Director | Location: Detroit

About the role

This is an opportunity to play a key creative role in one of Imagination's longest-standing client relationships: Ford Motor Company and other Imagination clients. We're looking for a creative thinker, storyteller and writer who can move comfortably between strategy and ideas. Someone who can take a complex client challenge, find the opportunity within it, and turn it into a clear creative direction that a team can get excited about. You are part Creative Director, part strategist and part writer. You'll work closely with Ford and other Imagination clients to understand their business, their brands, their audiences and the stories they want to tell. You'll challenge and unpack briefs, identify the real opportunity, and translate them into clear strategic and creative briefs for our teams. You'll also be hands-on in the work. Depending on the project, you might lead the creative response, develop initial territories and thought starters, write a manifesto, name an experience, shape positioning, develop a film treatment or work alongside a Creative Director to turn a strategic idea into something bigger. Some projects you'll own. On others, you'll be the strategic and creative partner who comes in at the right moments to make the work sharper, clearer and more compelling. This isn't a traditional strategy role. It's a creative role with a strong strategic point of view. We're looking for a high performer who thrives in a