Associate Creative Director (Design)

Duration: client is considering both direct hire as well as contract to hire

Start date: realistically late May/early June

Location: Boston (1 day/week in office - Thursdays)

Salary: salary in the range of $110-130K

Position Overview

Our client, the fundraising arm of one of the world's top hospitals, is looking to hire an Associate Creative Director. The ACD will oversee the creative direction of communications materials, working with colleagues to develop

communications materials to support all key stages through the donor process: awareness, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.

They need a strategic thinker and driver who will be energized by their mission, understand what motivates donors, and bring a fresh approach to fundraising and new ideas to the table!

Key Responsibilities

• Determines the most effective creative approaches and media with senior staff to meet specific fundraising communications needs.
• Oversees fundraising and event communications materials in coordination with the channels team, including presentations, invitations, signage, videos, and digital communications as needed.
• Serves as the lead creative voice on photoshoots and guides the photography selection process.
• Directs a team of two multimedia designers, freelance designers and photographers in the production of donor communications.
• Partner with copywriters to generate innovative ideas and craft cohesive, compelling concepts
• Ensure all creative work aligns with client's brand voice and strategy, while pushing creative boundaries to deliver fresh and unexpected fundraising solutions.
• Roll up your sleeves and contribute directly to various design projects, ensuring high-quality execution across: print, branding, event graphics, storyboards for motion graphics, keynote presentations, social media ads and banners, print production
  
  

Qualifications

• 7+ years of creative experience leading integrated cross-channel campaigns, preferably with a background in fundraising OR agency experience
• A strong portfolio showcasing creative direction and innovative design work spanning digital and print
• Strong leadership skills with a desire to manage/mentor a team
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate creative concepts effectively
• Directing/storyboarding motion graphics a plus
  
  

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including medical data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment. Additionally, drug products may be present in the workplace.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

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Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also:

cornelia.wolcott@jobalert.creativecircle.com

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Cornelia Wolcott - Senior Recruiter

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you 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. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 04/08/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.

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