Senior Creative Director: Visual Storytelling & Film

Abbott; United States; On-site; USD 149,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott in the United States seeks a Creative Director to lead the in-house visual storytelling team across video, motion graphics, and photography, setting the craft and standards and personally directing the most important productions.

You will mentor artists, build scalable workflows, manage budgets and vendors, and partner with social and digital teams to tailor stories for every platform.

Qualifications

• Experience running an in-house video studio for a major healthcare brand: leading a team, setting standards, and delivering high volume across business lines.

Responsibilities

• Own the creative vision and storytelling standards for video, motion, and photography.
• Review treatments, edits, and final work; uphold quality on all outputs.
• Lead on set and guide post through edit, color, sound, and motion design.
• Direct and shoot priority productions: patient stories, brand films, executive content.
• Develop editors, animators, and photographers with hands-on coaching to raise craft across teams.
• Set craft standards for vertical and sound-off viewing and platform-native edits.
• Mentor and develop the team through hands-on coaching and honest creative feedback.

Skills

Creative leadership

Storytelling

Mentoring

Budget management

On-set directing

Cinematography

Quality oversight

AI production tools

Job description

Abbott in the United States seeks a Creative Director to lead the in-house visual storytelling team across video, motion graphics, and photography, setting the craft and standards and personally directing the most important productions.

You will mentor artists, build scalable workflows, manage budgets and vendors, and partner with social and digital teams to tailor stories for every platform.