Freelance Creative Director, Design

VSA’s purpose is to design for a better human experience. As a strategy and design agency, we blend consumer insights and data with human-centered design to activate meaningful, motivating and measurable experiences in an increasingly noisy world. With offices in Chicago, New York and San Francisco, VSA offers a full range of fully integrated capabilities—branding, advertising, data science and technology—all under one roof. VSA is also a proud member of Meet The People, an international family of unified and independent agencies. For more than 40 years, we have delivered solutions for business and creative leaders at some of the world’s most respected brands and forward-thinking organizations, including Google, Nike and IBM. 

VSA’s Creative Practice is responsible for bringing our clients’ stories, visions and voices to life. At the intersection of Strategy and Digital, we make ideas tangible and meaningful for the audiences that matter, in a cross-platform, media-agnostic way.

The Freelance Creative Director will achieve and maintain a high quality level for all work produced for assigned projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute visually striking concepts for campaigns.
• Ability to support a CD, Writing as a duo on client project
• Design pitch decks that align with the client’s vision.
• Collaborate with writers, designers, and strategists to ensure cohesive creative direction.
• Creation of spec work, from ideation to polished visuals.
• Present ideas and materials to internal teams and stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS

• Proven experience as a Creative Director or Senior Art Director in advertising or marketing.
• Full time availability for the month of JANUARY 2025
• Prior CPG campaign experience.
• A robust portfolio showcasing campaign concepts and pitch work.
• Clear fluency in social media marketing (e.g., TikTok, IG).
• Must be thorough, thoughtful, easy to work with, and able to turn around ideas quickly.*
• Ability to think strategically and deliver innovative creative solutions.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities.