Associate Creative Director, Marketing
About JOBSwithDOD
What began as a way to help emerging defense companies find top candidates has grown into the largest defense industry careers marketplace. JOBSwithDOD provides a unified ecosystem of career opportunities across both private sector defense companies of all sizes and DoD civilian employers: one industry, one network. At JOBSwithDOD our purpose unites us. The core values that animate everything we do are based upon integrity, service, and excellence. This commitment to our mission, and a focus on delivering the highest quality solutions for the defense industry means we are ever striving for continuous improvement and growth.
- Location:
- Reston, VA
We are looking for an Associate Creative Director to join our Marketing team. In this role you will collaborate with a group of strategists, brand managers, project managers, producers, as well as cross-functional and external partners to create and craft integrated campaigns for services to enhance experiences for our defense company partners.
In this role, you will lead creative efforts and campaigns for product and feature launches associated with the JOBSwithDOD brand. You will ideate, collaborate, and write for conceptual development and creative execution. With a commitment to excellence, you craft, review, and empower campaigns for JOBSwithDOD brand and products. You will present work to senior creative staff, product marketing managers, and JOBSwithDOD executives, and articulate concepts with energy and enthusiasm. You will collaborate with the Art Director to concept ideas and co-direct teams to produce quality creative. You will work across subject areas to integrate strategies and messaging for brand campaigns, digital performance efforts, social, owned channels, and new mediums of communication. You will work with project managers and creative directors to ensure that schedules are accurate, realistic and that deadlines are met. You will also guide creatives to do their best work and to support each other's strengths.
Education/Experience:
- 9+ years experience writing and concepting, creative directing and producing major marketing, communication, or advertising campaigns.
- Experience in developing integrated campaigns, earned media efforts, and social-first thinking.
- Bachelors degree in Communications, Advertising, Journalism, English, Copywriting or equivalent industry experience.
- Must provide a creative portfolio or work samples with an emphasis in copywriting.
As part of our team you'll enjoy:
- Competitive salary
- Exceptional benefits package
- Flexible Vacation & Paid Time Off
- Employer-matched 401(k) plan