American Cancer Society

Group Creative Director

American Cancer Society

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: California • Colorado • United States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $170,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead, inspire, and develop a creative organization of 20+, spanning senior creative leadership, copywriting, art direction, and design.
  • Build and sustain a high-performance, high-care creative culture rooted in curiosity, feedback, craft excellence, and continuous growth.
  • Create an environment where creatives are motivated to push beyond the expected and consistently produce the strongest work of their careers.
  • Serve as a mentor, coach, and talent champion, identifying, developing, and retaining top creative talent at all levels.
  • Model a leadership style that is generous with feedback, decisive with direction, and courageous in upholding creative standards.
  • Define and champion a bold, enterprise-wide creative and content vision that translates brand and mission into compelling storytelling across all channels.
  • Ensure creative work is emotionally resonant, culturally relevant, strategically sound, and scalable across campaigns.
  • Provide executive-level leadership in shaping the concepts and narrative direction for our most critical initiatives and enterprise campaigns.
  • Act as a trusted creative partner to senior stakeholders collaborating closely with Marketing, Brand, Growth, and Direct Marketing.
  • Foster a culture of experimentation and curiosity, encouraging new formats, storytelling approaches, and creative technologies.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of progressive creative leadership experience in both agency and complex in-house environment.
  • Proven experience leading and inspiring creative teams of 20+, including senior creative leaders.
  • Demonstrated success delivering breakthrough, culturally resonant campaigns with real-world impact.
  • Deep understanding of storytelling and production (AV, Print, Social).
  • Extensive experience leading paid social–forward creative work at scale across platforms such as Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and emerging channels.
  • An exceptional portfolio that demonstrates:
  • Best-in-class creative craft and taste.
  • High-performing both video and static paid social and digital campaigns.
  • Integrated brand storytelling across channels.
  • Evidence of creative leadership that elevated both the work and the people behind it.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Graphic Design, Communications, or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
Benefits
  • Generous paid time off policy
  • Medical benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • Retirement benefits
  • Wellness programs
  • Professional development programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
creative leadershipstorytellingproductioncampaign developmentpaid social mediadigital marketingcontent creationbrand storytellingcreative craftportfolio development
Soft Skills
mentoringcoachingfeedbackdecisivenesscouragecollaborationcuriositycreativityinspirationhigh-performance culture
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in AdvertisingBachelor’s degree in Graphic DesignBachelor’s degree in Communications