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An award-winning agency and consultancy transforming businesses by designing technology for people

Creative Director – Contract

Art DirectorArt DirectorContractRemoteLeadTeam 51-200Since 2002H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Maryland

Posted

5 days ago

Salary

$70 - $90 / hour

Seniority

Lead

Professional Certificate5 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Creative Director – Contract

Mindgrub

• Guide the continued evolution of Mindgrub’s brand across products, campaigns, marketing, thought leadership, and client-facing experiences • Maintain creative standards across all channels and touchpoints • Lead the development of thoughtful, differentiated, and strategically aligned creative work • Facilitate presentations, workshops, reviews, and creative discussions with clients and internal stakeholders • Help strengthen client relationships through quality, consistency, storytelling, and user experience • Help define the user experience and strategy for digital products, platforms, applications, websites, and emerging interactive solutions • Lead UI designers in modern product and responsive web design, enhancing brands through digital experiences • Establish scalable design systems, interaction models, and experience standards • Partner with engineering, product strategy, and production teams to ensure creative vision carries through to shipped experiences • Provide guidance on accessibility, usability, storytelling, and customer experience best practices • Support enterprise client engagements requiring strategic creative and UX leadership • Help evolve AI-enabled creative and production capabilities throughout the organization • Introduce practical workflows that improve creative quality, operational efficiency, collaboration, and scalability • Evaluate emerging tools and technologies related to design, video, ideation, prototyping, and production • Establish thoughtful standards for responsible and effective use of AI within creative workflows • Guide teams through evolving technologies while maintaining creative judgment, originality, and brand integrity • Oversee creative direction for product, application, web, and digital experience initiatives, along with supporting campaigns, content, and brand work • Improve creative operations and production workflows to support scalability and execution quality • Mentor and support multidisciplinary creative talent spanning design, UX, content, analytics, video, and production • Help teams strengthen both creative craft and technology fluency • Identify evolving skill needs and growth opportunities • Support hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and professional development efforts • Foster a culture of curiosity, accountability, experimentation, collaboration, and continuous learning • Partner with sales, marketing, engineering, product strategy, and production teams to align strategy and execution • Translate business goals, technical requirements, and customer needs into compelling creative solutions • Participate in planning sessions, innovation initiatives, workshops, and leadership collaboration • Actively participate in in-office collaboration days and strategic planning sessions.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a Creative Director or senior creative leadership role
  • Proven leadership of multidisciplinary creative teams within agencies, consultancies, product companies, or technology-focused organizations
  • Background in digital product design, UX/UI, branding, storytelling, content systems, and creative strategy
  • Demonstrated success improving creative operations, production workflows, and organizational processes
  • Familiarity with accessibility standards and UX/UI best practices
  • Hands-on experience with Agile workflows and collaboration tools, including Jira and Confluence
  • Fluent with modern creative tools such as Figma and Miro and evolving workflows related to design, video, prototyping, and production
  • Ability to integrate generative AI technologies into creative, content, product design, or production workflows
  • Familiarity with platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, Runway, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Figma AI, Canva, and related tools is preferred.
  • Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite
  • Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and client leadership skills
  • Ability to lead multiple workstreams and multidisciplinary teams simultaneously
  • Systems-thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • Understanding of digital ecosystems, evolving customer behaviors, and AI-driven experience trends
  • Portfolio demonstrating leadership across digital products, mobile and web applications, campaigns, brand systems, or experience-driven work spanning multiple mediums and teams
  • Strategic thinker with a collaborative, adaptive, and team-oriented approach.

Benefits

  • Inclusivity without exception | At Mindgrub we value and encourage mutual respect and acceptance. We know we all have something to contribute. We work every day to ensure all are welcome, and that we treat all people with fairness and dignity.

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