Creative Director (Memphis, TN or Remote in USA)
At ALSAC you do more than make a living; you make a difference.
We like people who are different…because we’re different, too. As one of the world’s most iconic and respected nonprofits, we know what it’s like to stand out. That’s why we’re looking at you. Your background, perspective, and desire to make an impact set you apart. As we work to help St. Jude cure childhood cancer, we're calling on the game-changers, innovators and visionaries to join our family. Not just for the kids of St. Jude, but also for you. Because at ALSAC, we develop and celebrate our employees. So, bring your whole, authentic self and become part of our shared mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®
Job Description
Join ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, as a Creative Director. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in a Creative Director role, with a strong emphasis on writing and storytelling. Exceptional writing skills are essential, as this Creative Director will be responsible for developing manifestos, concepts, and scripts across a range of platforms, including social, digital, and traditional campaigns. This individual will play a pivotal role in shaping and evolving our brand voice, ensuring it remains fresh, impactful and relevant. They will bring groundbreaking conceptual thinking and creative expertise to produce transformative work that sets new standards for excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
• Creative Leadership: Guide the creative direction of a diverse portfolio, ensuring all content aligns with ALSAC’s strategic goals and brand standards.
• Innovation and Best Practices: Identify and implement solutions to creative challenges, leveraging industry best practices to foster a collaborative and innovative atmosphere.
• Project Management: Move projects forward through multiple organizational levels using strong presentation skills, tactful negotiation, and the ability to work confidently with internal and external stakeholders.
• Brand Evolution: Play a key role in evolving our brand voice, bringing fresh and groundbreaking conceptual thinking to create transformative work.
• Strategic Content Development: Leverage insights on audience segments to design and develop content that furthers the St. Jude brand, ensuring strategic targeting via appropriate channels.
• Team Guidance: Mentor and guide team members, ensuring efficient real-time production of creative content that aligns with overall campaign strategy and vision.
• External Collaboration: Serve as the project leader when working with external teams, maintaining positive relationships with third-party organizations and freelancers.
Essential Functions:
1. Implement creative and content strategies to meet ALSAC’s critical goals and support overall business objectives effectively and efficiently.
2. Oversee the creative operations of a cross-functional team, ensuring cohesive marketing and storytelling content that meets audience needs and motivations.
3. Establish and enforce policies and procedures to improve organizational effectiveness, operating within established budgetary parameters.
4. Maintain positive relationships with third-party organizations and freelancers, representing ALSAC-St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital positively.
5. Spearhead and manage the execution of creative strategies for projects of all scales, leading the creative team in producing assets for various media.
6. Utilize audience insights and performance data to inform creative decisions, ensuring content aligns with strategic direction.
7. Review and conceptualize new ideas, managing multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines while actively participating in content production.
8. Lead content through the approval process, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and brand guidelines, and providing executive visibility into ongoing work.
9. Prioritize content ideas and requests, working with content producers from conception to completion, providing feedback and editing as needed.
10. Present concepts and creative rationale clearly and compellingly to engage and align key stakeholders.
Job Requirements:
• Knowledge: Thorough understanding of general management methods and content production processes.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for internal and external relations.
• Experience: Proven ability to develop compelling and effective marketing creative, handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree plus 8 years of experience, or 12+ years of relevant experience.
Benefits & PerksThe following Benefits & Perks apply to Full-Time Roles Only.We’re dedicated to ensuring children and their families have every opportunity to enjoy life’s special moments. We’re also committed to giving our staff excellent benefits so they can do the same.
- Core Medical Coverage: (low cost low deductible Medical, Dental, and Vison Insurance plans)
- 401K Retirement Plan with 7% Employer Contribution
- Exceptional Paid Time Off
- Maternity / Paternity Leave
- Infertility Treatment Program
- Adoption Assistance
- Education Assistance
- Enterprise Learning and Development
- And more
ALSAC is an equal employment opportunity employer.
ALSAC does not discriminate against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other protected status.
No Search Firms:
ALSAC does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All resumes submitted by search firms to any ALSAC employee or ALSAC representative via email, the internet or in any form and/or method without being contacted and approved by our Employee Experience team and without a valid written search agreement in place will result in no fee being paid if a referred candidate is hired by ALSAC.
What We Do
ALSAC is the largest healthcare-related charity in the United States. Founded in 1957 by Danny Thomas, our sole mission is to raise the funds and awareness needed to operate and maintain St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®. While our headquarters can be found in Memphis, Tennessee, we have additional offices in more than 30 locations across the country and in Puerto Rico with positions in fundraising, marketing, digital, information technology, legal, finance and many other disciplines all supporting our lifesaving mission - Finding cures. Saving children. ®
At ALSAC, we believe in hiring the best and brightest from around the globe, and in 2020 we were named #1 on Fast Company's 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators. With a concerted focus on diversity and inclusion, we value and respect the contributions of all of our employees. Our work environment encourages everyone to be their authentic selves as we strive together towards a day when “no child dies in the dawn of life.”
As we look to the future, we understand that we must be relentlessly innovative. Our work helps fuel the groundbreaking research and treatment at St. Jude and ensures that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
View our career opportunities at https://www.stjude.org/jobs/alsac.html and follow ALSAC across social media using @stjude.
To learn more about the research hospital, follow St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on LinkedIn. For specific career opportunities available through the hospital, visit www.stjude.org/JoinOurMission.
