Freelance Creative Director, Healthcare

Weber Shandwick - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Weber Shandwick is seeking a Freelance Creative Director specializing in social campaigns and creative ideas within the health and wellness sector. The role requires a strategic thinker with strong storytelling abilities, capable of generating impactful ideas that foster conversation and media coverage. The Creative Director will manage multiple projects, collaborate with teams, and mentor junior talent while developing innovative earned campaign ideas and content activations for various clients and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Ideate and execute earned and social first creative activations in the health and wellness space
• Creatively interpret strategy vision of client's business
• Liaise with client teams to ensure alignment with client objectives
• Establish and set quality standards for the creative team
• Collaborate and concept across integrated teams and platforms
• Foster a culture of creative innovation, excellence, and accountability
• Mentor staff, receive and provide constructive feedback
• Remain current, sharing industry best practices, trends, and techniques

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience in Creative Director role on the agency side
• Experience in big ideas, brand activations, scripts, social content, and creative writing
• Experience delivering creative campaigns for PR (earned, owned and paid strategies)
• Experience in digital (social, content, video, media, influencer)
• A love and respect for true collaboration between teams, from concept to completion

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $110.00 - $125.00 per hour