Creative Director, Brand Experience

Ascension; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

403(b) retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Parental leave

Job summary

Ascension is seeking a strategic Creative Director to lead enterprise brand systems across digital, print, environmental, and experiential channels. This remote role sits in Marketing and guides designers, writers, and cross-functional teams to elevate brand experience.

You will establish design standards, mentor talent, and balance creativity with efficiency, driving multi-channel campaigns that resonate with diverse audiences while ensuring accessibility and craftsmanship.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent with leadership/management experience.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree with leadership experience (3+ years).
• Bachelor's degree preferred in Design, Advertising, Visual Communications or related field.
• 8+ years in creative direction, brand experience, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading enterprise brand systems and multi-channel campaigns.
• Experience managing designers and cross-functional creative teams.
• Strong portfolio showing enterprise brand systems and multi-channel leadership.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all work reflects the highest standards of creativity, craftsmanship, accessibility, and brand consistency.
• Establish design standards, frameworks, and best practices across digital, print, environmental, and experiential channels.
• Ensure creative solutions are optimized for channel-specific audiences, formats, and engagement goals.
• Champion creative excellence across all touchpoints while balancing efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness.
• Mentor designers, writers, producers, and creative team members through the development process.
• Identify opportunities to evolve Ascension's brand experience capabilities and audience engagement.

Skills

Creative direction

Brand experience

Design leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Mentoring

Education

High school diploma with 5 years' leadership experience

Associate's/Bachelor's degree with 3 years' leadership experience

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Brand management tools

Job description

• Ensure all work reflects the highest standards of creativity, craftsmanship, accessibility, and brand consistency.
• Establish design standards, frameworks, and best practices that strengthen the Ascension family of brands across digital, print, environmental, and experiential channels.
• Ensure creative solutions are optimized for channel-specific audiences, formats, and engagement goals.
• Champion creative excellence across all touchpoints while balancing efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness.
• Mentor designers, writers, producers, and creative team members throughout the creative development process.
• Identify opportunities to evolve Ascension's brand experience capabilities and create more meaningful audience engagement.

Your future role at a glance

• Location: Remote
• Facility: Ascension
• Department: Marketing
• Eligible for an annual bonus incentive

How you’ll make an impact in this role

• Ensure all work reflects the highest standards of creativity, craftsmanship, accessibility, and brand consistency.
• Establish design standards, frameworks, and best practices that strengthen the Ascension family of brands across digital, print, environmental, and experiential channels.
• Ensure creative solutions are optimized for channel-specific audiences, formats, and engagement goals.
• Champion creative excellence across all touchpoints while balancing efficiency, scalability, and effectiveness.
• Mentor designers, writers, producers, and creative team members throughout the creative development process.
• Identify opportunities to evolve Ascension's brand experience capabilities and create more meaningful audience engagement.

What Minimum Requirements You’ll Need

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• Required Credential(s):
• None Required.

Education

• High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management

Additional Preferences

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Advertising, Visual Communications, Film, Fine Arts, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered
• 8+ years of experience in creative direction, brand experience, integrated marketing, design leadership, or related creative disciplines
• Experience leading enterprise brand systems and multi-channel campaign development
• Experience managing designers and cross-functional creative teams.
• Exceptional design portfolio demonstrating mastery of enterprise brand systems, integrated campaign development, customer experience design, and multi-channel creative leadership.

Benefits that help you thrive

• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
• Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
• Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
• Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
• Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
• Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

Equal employment opportunity employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.

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