Top Creative Director Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead and grow a team of designers to develop brand and campaign concepts across channels. Provide creative direction, approve work, partner cross-functionally, refine processes, and elevate visual identity to meet business goals.

Lead and contribute to brand creative for Retail Bank across digital channels. Define briefs with Creative Directors, manage Art Directors and Copywriters, design paid social/display/email/web/SEM, use data to inform decisions, present work to stakeholders, mentor team members, and manage multiple projects to deliver effective marketing creative.

Lead HiBob's US creative function to define and execute a world-class visual identity and brand system. Drive high-impact campaigns (TV/OOH/digital), integrate AI-enabled design workflows, manage agencies and a global creative team, and align creative output to measurable business outcomes.

Lead and scale a conceptually driven design organization, set and enforce a high creative bar, build systems and processes for design at scale, mentor emerging leaders, partner with strategy and cross-functional teams, and oversee visual identity, campaigns, digital experiences, motion, and production partners to ensure cohesive, insight-led brand work.

Lead creative strategy for multi-channel client engagements, translate research into audience-first creative platforms, manage projects end-to-end, integrate AI tools, direct cross-functional teams, drive pitches and new business, mentor junior staff, and present to executives to ensure strategic alignment and measurable business impact.

Own B&D’s visual brand expression and creative direction while personally designing high-priority work across digital, print, presentations, proposals, publications, events, social media, recruiting, and internal communications. Build scalable brand standards, templates, tools, workflows, and quality-control processes. Translate complex ideas and data into compelling visual communications, manage projects and external creative partners, and guide responsible adoption of AI and emerging creative technologies.

Lead and run copy-first creative across Mangomint and sub-brands: own brand voice, campaign concepts, art direction for video and design, and quality control. Mentor direct reports (Copywriter, Sr. Video Production Manager), direct agency and internal designers, and partner with Creative Ops to manage delivery.

Lead multidisciplinary creative teams across Kraft Heinz brand portfolios to develop integrated campaigns, social and retail/shopper experiences. Coach senior and junior creatives, collaborate with strategy and accounts, manage production and budgets, and deliver culturally relevant, award-ready work across consumer touchpoints.

Lead a multidisciplinary creative team supporting Data 360, partnering with Product Marketing to translate complex product narratives into cross-channel campaigns, digital and event experiences. Provide creative direction, mentorship, workload prioritization, agency oversight, and brand stewardship. Champion generative AI tools to accelerate ideation and production while ensuring cohesive, high-quality storytelling across channels.

Lead and mentor a small team of copywriters while producing and directing on-brand copy across CRM, digital, social, video, broadcast, and in-office channels. Develop big ideas and messaging frameworks, champion Aspen Dental's voice, integrate AI tools to scale content, collaborate with cross-functional partners, present concepts to senior leaders, and uphold creative standards and quality across campaigns.

Leads a creative pod of strategists, designers, editors, and ACDs while owning hiring, development, retention, capacity, and performance management. Oversees creative strategy, client presentations, delivery quality, escalations, and high-priority hands-on execution across concepting, design, production, and post-production. Drives creative product innovation, AI adoption, QA, client retention, service expansion, and measurable business outcomes while partnering with R&D and platform teams.

Lead creative strategy and execution for a large B2B client portfolio, overseeing concepting, design, production, and post-production. Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary creative team, drive client retention and service expansion, contribute to new business and P&L goals, implement QA and operational standards, leverage AI and the Nova platform, and represent the agency externally.

The Creative Director will lead paid social creative strategy and execution across various platforms, drive UGC and influencer partnerships, and develop a high-performing creative team.

Leads creative vision across brand, identity systems, websites, and digital experiences. Develops strategically grounded concepts, maintains high craft standards, guides multidisciplinary teams, presents ideas to senior clients, manages multiple workstreams, and supports new business and account growth. Requires strong conceptual and brand expertise, digital experience leadership, client relationship skills, creative judgment, and collaborative leadership.

Lead creative vision and brand strategy for complex corporate events from concept through onsite delivery. Create AI-enhanced visual concepts, narratives, mood boards, and guest journeys; ensure cohesive brand expression across physical and digital touchpoints; develop sustainable spatial and multimodal experiences; and direct specialized freelancers. Partner with production, technology, and clients to deliver large-scale conferences, stages, and immersive experiences.

The Creative Director will lead the design and execution of corporate events, blending brand strategy with innovative design, including AI tools. Responsibilities include managing project vision, brand consistency, presentation design, and overseeing freelancers.

Leads and executes copy, brand narratives, campaign concepts, and creative storytelling across digital, social, experiential, and other platforms. Partners with strategy, design, production, and executives; mentors copywriters; manages stakeholder feedback; develops pitch decks; adapts brand voice across B2B and B2C audiences; and drives AI adoption, AEO/GEO understanding, and creative excellence.

Concept, craft, and produce earned-first creative across social, digital, video and 360 campaigns. Collaborate cross-functionally, manage multiple projects, lead team members, coordinate production and budgets, present to clients, and drive client approvals. Maintain portfolios and deliver work that is social-first, culturally relevant, and award-caliber.

Own and define brand and visual identity for the company, focusing on marketing and web design. Collaborate with product designers and elevate the brand's presence through storytelling and attention to detail.

Leads Stripe’s copy, creative concepts, and global campaigns across film, digital, print, OOH, and activations. Owns ideas from strategy through launch, writes and sharpens campaign language, presents work to senior stakeholders, directs agencies, builds brand-in-culture partnerships, experiments with AI-enabled creative workflows, and raises creative standards across teams. Requires strong conceptual thinking, language craft, stakeholder management, and experience selling ambitious work through.

Own the agency’s creative output across visual identity, campaign and web design, brand strategy, copywriting, video, and motion. Lead creative direction in client engagements, strategy sessions, and new business pitches while setting quality standards and shaping the agency’s market presence. This senior individual contributor role offers autonomy, remote flexibility, and a path toward building and leading a creative team.

The Associate Creative Director will lead and execute content strategies, manage projects, collaborate with teams, and ensure brand voice consistency across various formats in a remote-first environment.

Leads the visual identity and creative strategy for Outside Magazine and digital editorial platforms. Oversees design, photography, illustration, photo shoots, budgets, freelancers, vendors, and cross-functional creative initiatives. Responsibilities include directing magazine and web features, developing newsletter and social assets, launching a photo hub, integrating video into editorial systems, partnering on site design, and creating branded merchandise.

Lead creative vision across physical and digital brand experiences, including interactive installations, spatial environments, brand stunts, and digital media. Manage client relationships, concept development, pitches, creative resourcing, and teams of 4–8 across multiple projects. Collaborate with production, technology, and animation teams to deliver high-quality work on time and budget while mentoring designers and tracking industry trends.

Lead creative vision and player experience across a portfolio of Netflix Games from concept through live operations. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prototype, scale into production, launch, and iterate. Establish creative goals, give actionable feedback, and foster experimentation and craft excellence to deliver memorable, retention-focused games.