Creative Director

Energy Innovation Corp; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 113,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Flexible hours

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Kohls in Louisville, KY seeks a Creative Director to set direction and roll up sleeves to deliver. This role offers freelance hours with a clear growth path and mentorship, targeting a long-term impact beyond a single project cycle.

The candidate will lead with a scrappy mindset, maintain high-quality output, and collaborate with marketing to keep Kohls ahead of the curve from Louisville. Compensation is noted as $113,000 - $166,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Creative leadership with ability to set direction and drive execution.
• Proven track record delivering freelance projects on time and on budget.
• Strong multitasking across multiple campaigns and stakeholders.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, flexible freelance environment.

Responsibilities

• Research trends and competitor work to keep output ahead of the curve.
• Co-author the content calendar with marketing and make it look effortless.
• Reframe constraints from the freelance budget as the brief's most useful lever.
• Hand engineer specs tight enough that the build matches the mock.
• Seed fresh visual motifs that outlast a single-quarter budget.
• Grow a Goal Setting toolkit into a documented system for the next hire.

Skills

Creative direction

Freelance experience

Multitasking

Adaptability

Budget management

Job description

We're after a Creative Director who can set creative direction and roll up their sleeves to make it happen. This KY role reads like an upgrade — $113,000 - $166,000, freelance hours, 10 years valued, and a path that does not dead-end.

Key Responsibilities

• Research trends and competitor work to keep Kohls's output ahead of the curve
• Co-author the creative content calendar with marketing, then make it look effortless
• Reframe constraints from the freelance budget as the brief's most useful lever
• Hand engineering specs tight enough that the build matches the mock
• Seed fresh visual motifs that outlast a single $113,000 - $166,000-budget quarter
• Grow a scrappy Goal Setting toolkit into a documented system the next hire inherits

What You’re Bring

• Practical Multitasking skills sharpened in a freelance setting
• A Louisville grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• A track record of solutions-focused delivery in a freelance structure
• 10+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illustrations

Plenty of firms claim to do creative; Kohls actually does it, and from Louisville no less, with a scrappy stubbornness about quality. Psychological safety is something we actively build, so disagreeing in good faith is encouraged.

We pay $113,000 - $166,000 for this creative position and back it with mentorship, flexibility, and real growth opportunities.

Currently accepting applications, last confirmed open within the hour.