Associate Creative Director: Campaign Copy & Strategy

directive; Illinois; Remote; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Unlimited PTO

401(k) with match

Mental health benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Directive is a revenue-first marketing consultancy serving B2B brands. We seek an Associate Creative Director who translates Moments that Matter into creative territories, messaging hypotheses, and campaign concepts that drive business outcomes.

This individual contributor role demands hands-on copy direction, strong executive presence in client discussions, and the ability to shape briefs into scalable, testable creative assets that outperform traditional requests.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of professional creative experience in an agency, professional services, or B2B marketing environment.
• A portfolio that shows range across brand work and performance creative with measurable results.
• Experience developing campaigns from concept through execution.
• Ability to maintain and evolve brand standards across multiple channels.

Responsibilities

• Own the idea, message, and creative direction before production begins and prove that better campaign thinking drives performance.
• Support new‑business and portfolio‑sales opportunities with speculative creative and stronger campaign narratives.
• Translate strategic inputs into territories, concepts, hooks, headlines, CTAs, and message sequencing.
• Partner with designers by providing strong copy direction for execution.
• Build early proof points, campaign-style case studies, and future revenue opportunities.

Skills

Creative strategy

Campaign concepts

Copywriting

Executive presence

Campaign direction

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Figma

Job description

Directive is a revenue-first marketing consultancy serving B2B brands. We seek an Associate Creative Director who translates Moments that Matter into creative territories, messaging hypotheses, and campaign concepts that drive business outcomes.

This individual contributor role demands hands-on copy direction, strong executive presence in client discussions, and the ability to shape briefs into scalable, testable creative assets that outperform traditional requests.