Creative Lead (Higher Education)

About This Role

This role provides creative leadership and brand stewardship for a university's historic milestone anniversary campaign. The Creative Lead partners closely with Marketing & Communications leadership to ensure all creative work aligns with brand standards while delivering compelling, strategic storytelling across channels.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative direction for anniversary-related campaigns and initiatives
• Ensure consistency across brand, messaging, and visual identity
• Review and provide feedback on creative concepts and deliverables
• Develop creative briefs and strategic creative direction
• Mentor designers and creative team members
• Partner with marketing, communications, and key stakeholders to drive campaign success

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in creative leadership roles such as Creative Lead, Senior Art Director, Associate Creative Director, Creative Director, or similar
• Proven experience leading integrated brand campaigns for large organizations, higher education institutions, nonprofits, or enterprise brands
• Strong portfolio demonstrating creative leadership and brand-focused work
• Experience directing multidisciplinary creative teams and developing creative briefs
• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with ClickUp, Asana, Workfront, or similar project management tools

Nice to have:

• Higher education or mission-driven organization experience
• Experience supporting milestone, anniversary, or reputation-building campaigns

Benefits

• Eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan
• Dental/vision/term life package
• Discount prescription program
• Critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health
• 401(k) plan
• Sick leave (where applicable by law)
• Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan (based on length and dates of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (based on length and dates of service)
• Paid holiday eligibility (based on length and dates of service)

Important Details

• Schedule: Must be available during Central Time Zone business hours
• Contract: Contract
• Application deadline: 27 July 2026

Application Process

• Keep the JobID: linkedin : CP15-1993191L664 in the email subject line for your application to be considered

Other Conditions

• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa