[Hiring] Creative Director @Christian Career

Role Description

Paravel Insights is seeking an experienced, strategic, and visionary Creative Director to lead our creative department and oversee creative direction, strategy, development, and execution across our client accounts and campaigns. This is a senior leadership role responsible for guiding the entire creative process, from initial strategy and conceptual development through design, copywriting, storytelling, film and video production, and final execution.

We are looking for someone who can see the big picture while maintaining a strong understanding of the details that make great work successful. The ideal candidate brings a combination of creative vision, strategic thinking, strong leadership, and hands-on expertise.

We need someone who can:

• Lead a multidisciplinary team.
• Develop strong campaign concepts.
• Oversee visual and written content as well as film and video.
• Establish clear standards.
• Ensure everything produced by the department is strategically aligned and executed with excellence.
• Lead creative conversations, present and defend ideas, make decisions, mentor team members, and take ownership of the department's performance and output.

Qualifications

• Must be based in the United States and legally authorized to work in the U.S.
• Exceptional written and spoken English proficiency, with native-level fluency, is required.
• 8+ years of professional experience in creative, advertising, marketing, branding, or campaign development, preferably within an agency environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading creative teams, departments, or multidisciplinary creative initiatives.
• Proven ability to oversee design, copywriting, and film and video, with a strong understanding of how these disciplines work together.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating creative direction, integrated campaign development, brand strategy, advertising, storytelling, and high-quality execution.
• Experience developing and leading campaigns from initial strategy and concept through production and launch.
• Experience providing creative direction for film, video production, television commercials, digital advertising, or branded video content.
• Strong understanding of visual storytelling, scripting, production workflows, editing, and post-production, with the ability to guide specialized production teams.
• Strong understanding of branding, art direction, design, copywriting, content strategy, advertising, and multichannel marketing.
• Ability to translate complex strategies, audience insights, and organizational objectives into clear and compelling concepts.
• Experience managing, mentoring, and developing creative professionals while maintaining accountability and high performance standards.
• Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, organization, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple client accounts, competing priorities, and fast-moving projects without sacrificing quality.
• Comfortable collaborating directly with senior leadership, strategists, account teams, and clients.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to evaluate both the big-picture strategy and the finer details of execution.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and modern design and production workflows.
• Experience with Google Workspace, Slack, Asana, or similar collaboration and project management tools preferred.
• Experience with web development, motion graphics, or emerging creative technologies is a plus.
• Experience working with advocacy, nonprofit, education, faith-based, or mission-driven organizations is a plus.

Requirements

• Lead and oversee Paravel's creative department, including design, copywriting, film and video, and related creative disciplines.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day leader of the department, providing clear direction, support, and accountability.
• Establish and maintain high standards for quality, consistency, collaboration, and execution.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, professional development, and performance feedback to team members.
• Partner with the Design Director to ensure strong visual leadership, effective design execution, and consistency across projects.
• Foster a collaborative, solutions-oriented environment that encourages innovation, initiative, ownership, and excellence.
• Partner with executive leadership on department structure, staffing needs, resource planning, and long-term team development.
• Establish and improve workflows, review processes, and departmental practices that support both quality and efficiency.

Benefits

• Opportunity to lead and help shape the creative department of a growing, mission-driven agency.
• Meaningful leadership role with influence over creative direction, team development, and departmental performance.
• Opportunity to work on high-impact campaigns across branding, advocacy, advertising, film, video, media, and storytelling.
• Collaborative environment with direct access to executive leadership and strategic decision-making.
• Talented multidisciplinary team with opportunities to mentor, develop, and strengthen creative professionals.
• Variety of projects, clients, and campaigns that provide ongoing opportunities for new challenges and innovative thinking.
• Flexible remote work environment.
• Fast-moving agency culture that values initiative, excellence, collaboration, and strong leadership.

To Apply

Please submit a resume, portfolio or portfolio link, and a short introduction outlining your experience and interest in the role. We are especially interested in seeing examples of campaigns or initiatives you have led from strategy and concept through final execution, including integrated campaigns, branding, advertising, and film or video projects. Please highlight one's experience leading creative teams, overseeing design and copywriting, directing film and video projects, developing integrated campaigns, and collaborating with senior leadership and clients.

This is a remote, U.S.-based position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Exceptional written and spoken English proficiency is required. Applications without relevant portfolio examples demonstrating creative leadership and campaign development may not be considered.