Join a mission that matters. At St. Jude, every campaign we create helps save lives. We’re seeking a visionary and strategic leader to shape the future of our creative strategy discipline. As Director, Creative Strategy, you will define the strategic foundation for all creative campaigns, ensuring they resonate emotionally, align with brand goals, and advance the lifesaving mission of St. Jude.
Why This Role Matters
This is not just another strategy role—it’s an opportunity to influence how millions connect with one of the world’s most trusted nonprofit brands. You’ll lead a talented team, collaborate with award-winning creatives, and set the tone for purpose-driven storytelling that inspires action.
What You’ll Do
Strategic Leadership
- Champion and evolve the creative strategy discipline across the organization.
- Translate brand objectives, audience insights, and cultural trends into powerful creative briefs that spark big ideas.
- Partner with senior creative leaders to maintain strategic integrity throughout the creative process.
Team Leadership
- Lead and mentor a team of strategists, fostering growth, collaboration, and innovation.
- Set clear goals, establish workflows, and create feedback loops that drive excellence.
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Collaborate with Brand Strategy, Integrated Marketing, Audience Planning, Insights, and Creative teams to ensure alignment.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to campaign leads, guiding projects from concept through execution.
Creative Briefing & Development
- Own the development of high-impact creative briefs rooted in data, audience understanding, and brand purpose.
- Inspire creative teams with insights that lead to breakthrough ideas.
Innovation & Thought Leadership
- Stay ahead of cultural, creative, and media trends to inform strategy.
- Advocate for new tools, approaches, and methodologies that elevate strategic thinking and creative output.
Job Requirements:
- 10–12 years of experience in creative strategy, brand strategy, or related roles within advertising, marketing, or nonprofit sectors.
- Proven success leading integrated campaigns across digital, social, video, and experiential platforms.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Exceptional communication, storytelling, and presentation abilities.
- Deep understanding of audience segmentation, consumer behavior, and cultural insights.
- Passion for purpose-driven work and the mission of St. Jude.
Preferred Experience
- Background in advertising agencies, nonprofit, healthcare, or cause-related marketing.
- Familiarity with in-house creative team dynamics.
- Expertise in both brand and creative marketing strategy.
This position will be based at our national executive office in Memphis, TN and eligible for hybrid working schedule.
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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.
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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.
