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Freelance Director, Creative

Chicago, Illinois, United States

We’re looking for a Creative Director/Writer to not only lead a team of talented creatives, but get their hands dirty and create award-winning work. You’ll do it with your internet-breaking earned first approach, generating impactful ideas that grab national headlines and break the Internet.

The ideal candidate is looking to create work that matters. Work that matters in culture. Work that matters to our clients. Work that matters to us.

We are seeing a creative leader who is passionate about many things…someone who is passionate about big brands and has worked on a variety of them. Someone who is passionate about a brand’s relationship with customers and culture. Someone who is passionate that ideas are more than a :30 spot – it’s about relevant content leading to engagement.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Job #1 is to bring the freshest, most inspired, most unexpected thinking that solves a client’s problem.
• Quickly develop big creative ideas and engaging copy that can live across multiple channels – paid, social, online, media events, activations, etc.
• Put together slick and polished presentations that not only communicate ideas but sell them.
• Present work internally and externally in a strategic and passionate manner. 
• Push the creative envelope…looking for opportunities big or small to make the work better
• Creatively-driven but business-minded – You will need to have an understanding of the business climate for our clients and the impact or opportunity for creative ideas/executions.
• Collaborate with other creatives, strategists, media, digital and account teams to ensure our work is always relevant, strategically sound and headline worthy.
• Creating thumb stopping content and heart stopping ideas

QUALIFICATIONS

• • Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, working in an agency setting.
  • 10+ years’ creative experience in public relations, advertising or social. Knowledge of earned media is vital.
  • A creative portfolio that’s filled with smart thinking.
  • Internet fluency. You know the ins and outs of social media, speak the language of the internet, have gone down YouTube rabbit holes for multiple hours in a row, have uploaded multiple TikTok videos and have explored without fear the inner depths of Reddit.
  • You’re a genuinely good person who brings energy every single day to your work and to the agency.
  • A strong, charismatic presenter, exceptional listener, with a proven ability to think big   
  • A collaborator with a proven ability to build trust and respect with internal partners and clients
  • Experience with and/or passion for social/emerging media and mobile technologies
  • Experience developing integrated campaigns that are earned-first, inherently social
  • Deep knowledge of digital, social, traditional and influencer communications
  • Hands on creative, who is a highly conceptual thinker and a clear communicator
  • Strong desire to collaborate, with a positive demeanor and vision for the future
  • Must love dogs and/or cats 

Salary Range: $100 p/h 

Golin has included the base salary range or hourly rate for this role. Actual compensation offered within the range will depend upon, among other factors: a candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience; actual ranges for current or former employees in the role; and market considerations.  

Any request to schedule an interview and any legitimate offer of employment will only come from an authorized representative of Golin. We will never require an applicant to provide sensitive personally identifiable information in order to conduct an interview.  

  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.