Group Creative Director (Future Opportunity)
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections where posting has real specific content. We have description about role, responsibilities, qualifications, skills, etc. Also pay range is given. No schedule info. Benefits not mentioned. So we include About the role (maybe from description), Responsibilities (What You Will Do), Requirements (Basic Qualifications), Skills (Professional Skills), Pay (Pay Range). Possibly also Qualifications? The posting has "Basic Qualifications" and "Professional Skills". Could treat Basic Qualifications as Requirements, Professional Skills as Skills. Also maybe "What Makes This Role Different" could be part of About the role. We'll combine.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate. No EEO etc. No application instructions. No AI usage policy? That's boilerplate; remove. Also remove "Bot and Third-Party Applications" etc. Remove "Working at ICF" etc. Remove "Candidate AI Usage Policy". Keep substantive content.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the details from sections.
We'll produce something like:
About the role
ICF Next brings together strategy, creativity, data, and technology to solve complex challenges ... The Group Creative Director is responsible for the quality, direction, and creative sensibility of a significant portfolio of work, as well as the teams responsible for creating it. ...
But we need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to include list for duties/requirements/benefits using- . For Responsibilities we have bullet-like sentences each starting with a verb. We'll convert each line to
- . For Requirements (Basic Qualifications) we have two bullet points: "15+ years of agency or equivalent creative experience..." and "An exceptional portfolio...". We'll list them.
For Skills (Professional Skills) we have many bullet-like sentences; we'll list each.
Pay: we have pay range: $131,256.00 - $269,993.00 Nationwide Remote Office (US99). We'll put in
. We must not include schedule. Let's extract the text. First, "About the role": The description before "The Role": "Note: This is a strategic job posting...". Actually the posting starts with Description Note. Then paragraph about ICF Next. Then "The Role". We'll combine the ICF Next description and The Role paragraph as About the role. Let's copy: "ICF Next brings together strategy, creativity, data, and technology to solve complex challenges and move people when it matters most. We work with organizations tackling some of today's most important issues—from public health and energy to climate, resilience, and economic opportunity. Our work isn't simply about communication. It's about helping people understand, make informed decisions, build confidence, and take meaningful action. We create integrated campaigns and experiences that connect with people wherever they are, building ideas that work seamlessly across channels and endure across every touchpoint. Whether we're launching a national behavior-change campaign, helping communities navigate change, or strengthening trust, we believe the best creative work combines insight, strategy, and exceptional craft to create measurable impact. The Role We are looking for a Group Creative Director who can lead important work, build exceptional teams, and create the conditions for ambitious ideas to thrive. This role sits at the heart of Creative. The Group Creative Director is responsible for the quality, direction, and creative sensibility of a significant portfolio of work, as well as the teams responsible for creating it. This person should be able to see the big picture without losing sight of the idea, the craft, or the audience. They should know when to push, when to protect, and when to simplify. Much of the work will address some of the most consequential issues facing people and communities, including public health, public safety, education, energy, environmental sustainability, and other mission-driven challenges. These are often complex issues involving diverse audiences, competing priorities, deeply held beliefs, and decisions with meaningful consequences. The right experience, however, can come from anywhere truly great integrated creative work gets made. Consumer. Healthcare. Technology. Culture. We are looking for someone who understands not just how creativity can attract attention, but how the right idea can make complex information human, connect with people, shift perception, build confidence, and move audiences to act. The strongest candidates will have a body of work that demonstrates original thinking, exceptional creative judgment, and consistently high standards of craft. Industry recognition and award-winning work are valued, but what matters most is evidence of ideas that were distinctive, beautifully made, strategically sound, and effective." We'll put that in
. Now Responsibilities: "What You Will Do" list: - Lead the creative direction, quality, and vision of a significant portfolio of clients, integrated campaigns, and multidisciplinary creative teams. - Develop breakthrough integrated campaigns that translate strategy, audience insight, behavioral understanding, and cultural context into ideas that connect with people and create measurable impact. - Lead creative development from brief through production, ensuring every execution reflects the strength of the original idea and the highest standards of craft. - Build, mentor, and inspire Creative Directors, Associate Creative Directors, writers, art directors, designers, and other creative specialists, creating an environment where ambitious ideas and exceptional people can thrive. - Partner closely with strategy, research, behavioral science, media, production, communications, experience design, and technology teams to deliver seamless integrated campaigns across every channel. - Build trusted relationships with senior clients and stakeholders, confidently presenting ambitious creative thinking and guiding complex decision-making while protecting the integrity of the work. - Lead major productions across film, photography, digital, social, experiential, and emerging platforms, ensuring creative excellence from concept to final delivery. - Play a significant leadership role in new business, pitches, and agency growth by helping shape winning strategies, creative platforms, and client relationships. - Champion creative excellence while ensuring work meets the highest standards of accessibility, inclusivity, clarity, effectiveness, and measurable performance. - Help shape the creative culture, standards, capabilities, and long-term reputation of ICF Next. We'll put each as
- . Now Requirements (Basic Qualifications): "What We Are Looking For:" two bullet points: - 15+ years of agency or equivalent creative experience, including deep experience leading integrated campaigns and multidisciplinary creative teams. - An exceptional portfolio demonstrating original conceptual thinking, creative leadership, and a consistent ability to produce strategically smart, beautifully crafted work that delivers measurable results. We'll list. Now Skills (Professional Skills): list: - A proven track record of building, mentoring, and leading high-performing creative teams while establishing a clear creative vision across a significant portfolio of work. - Extensive experience developing integrated campaigns across video, digital, social, experiential, print, out-of-home, web, emerging platforms, and connected customer experiences. - Exceptional creative judgment and the ability to recognize, shape, challenge, and protect powerful ideas from concept through execution. - Deep understanding of how strategy, audience insight, behavioral science, storytelling, design, technology, and craft come together to create work that moves people. - Experience translating complex, technical, scientific, regulated, or sensitive subject matter into compelling creative communications that people genuinely engage with. - Confidence presenting ambitious creative thinking to senior executives, clients, and diverse stakeholder groups while building trust and creative momentum. - Experience developing campaigns addressing public health, public safety, education, energy, environmental sustainability, climate, or other complex mission-driven challenges is highly valued. - Public-sector experience is welcome but not required. - Industry recognition is valued, but what matters most is a body of work that demonstrates originality, exceptional craft, strategic thinking, and measurable impact. We'll list each as
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Now Pay: "Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $131,256.00 - $269,993.00 Nationwide Remote Office (US99)". We'll include the pay range sentence. Possibly we can keep the explanatory sentence? It's substantive. We'll include it as
. We should not include the "Pay Range - There are multiple factors..." if it's considered boilerplate? It's part of the posting describing how pay determined; it's substantive. We'll keep. Now ensure no duplicate lines. Also remove any mention of "Bot and Third-Party Applications", "Working at ICF", "EEO", "Reasonable Accommodations", "Candidate AI Usage Policy". Already omitted. Now produce HTML fragment. We'll wrap sections in appropriate tags. Let's craft:
About the role
ICF Next brings together strategy, creativity, data, and technology to solve complex challenges and move people when it matters most. We work with organizations tackling some of today's most important issues—from public health and energy to climate, resilience, and economic opportunity. Our work isn't simply about communication. It's about helping people understand, make informed decisions, build confidence, and take meaningful action. We create integrated campaigns and experiences that connect with people wherever they are, building ideas that work seamlessly across channels and endure across every touchpoint. Whether we're launching a national behavior-change campaign, helping communities navigate change, or strengthening trust, we believe the best creative work combines insight, strategy, and exceptional craft to create measurable impact. The Role We are looking for a Group Creative Director who can lead important work, build exceptional teams, and create the conditions for ambitious ideas to thrive. This role sits at the heart of Creative. The Group Creative Director is responsible for the quality, direction, and creative sensibility of a significant portfolio of work, as well as the teams responsible for creating it. This person should be able to see the big picture without losing sight of the idea, the craft, or the audience. They should know when to push, when to protect, and when to simplify. Much of the work will address some of the most consequential issues facing people and communities, including public health, public safety, education, energy, environmental sustainability, and other mission-driven challenges. These are often complex issues involving diverse audiences, competing priorities, deeply held beliefs, and decisions with meaningful consequences. The right experience, however, can come from anywhere truly great integrated creative work gets made. Consumer. Healthcare. Technology. Culture. We are looking for someone who understands not just how creativity can attract attention, but how the right idea can make complex information human, connect with people, shift perception, build confidence, and move audiences to act. The strongest candidates will have a body of work that demonstrates original thinking, exceptional creative judgment, and consistently high standards of craft. Industry recognition and award-winning work are valued, but what matters most is evidence of ideas that were distinctive, beautifully made, strategically sound, and effective.
Responsibilities
- Lead the creative direction, quality, and vision of a significant portfolio of clients, integrated campaigns, and multidisciplinary creative teams.
- Develop breakthrough integrated campaigns that translate strategy, audience insight, behavioral understanding, and cultural context into ideas that connect with people and create measurable impact.
- Lead creative development from brief through production, ensuring every execution reflects the strength of the original idea and the highest standards of craft.
- Build, mentor, and inspire Creative Directors, Associate Creative Directors, writers, art directors, designers, and other creative specialists, creating an environment where ambitious ideas and exceptional people can thrive.
- Partner closely with strategy, research, behavioral science, media, production, communications, experience design, and technology teams to deliver seamless integrated campaigns across every channel.
- Build trusted relationships with senior clients and stakeholders, confidently presenting ambitious creative thinking and guiding complex decision-making while protecting the integrity of the work.
- Lead major productions across film, photography, digital, social, experiential, and emerging platforms,