Associate Creative Director, Corporate Positioning & Insights (CPI)

Our Corporate Positioning & Insights (CPI&I) practice is seeking a Senior Creative Strategist to lead high-impact, integrated creative engagements across industries. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, storytelling, and execution - shaping client narratives, driving creative direction, and contributing meaningfully to business growth.

This is a senior client-facing position requiring strong client leadership, new business experience, and the ability to guide projects from insight through execution.

- Lead creative strategy across complex, multi-channel client engagements.

- Serve as a senior client-facing lead, shaping conversations and advising on creative and content direction.

- Translate research, positioning, and business objectives into differentiated, audience-first creative platforms.

- Own projects end-to-end, ensuring strategic alignment, quality, timelines, and financial performance.

- Lead the integration of AI-enabled tools and emerging technologies into creative and content workflows to drive efficiency, insight generation, and innovation.

- Direct cross-functional teams to deliver integrated campaigns across digital, print, and multimedia channels.

- Lead workshops, working sessions, and executive presentations.

- Drive creative strategy for new business pursuits, including pitch development and proposal storytelling.

- Identify risks and opportunities, providing proactive strategic guidance to clients.

- Mentor and elevate junior team members, strengthening overall creative excellence.

- Stay ahead of evolving digital trends, platform shifts, and audience behaviors to ensure CPI's creative offering remains differentiated and future-ready.

- Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or related field.

- 8+ years of experience leading creative strategy within an agency, consulting, or integrated communications environment.

- Strong portfolio reflecting strategic rigor and business impact, not just execution.

- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; the employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas

- Experience managing budgets, scopes, and cross-functional teams.

- Deep expertise in creative strategy, brand positioning, content development, and digital experience (UX/IA).

- Exceptional strategic, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.

- Ability to balance big-picture vision with executional rigor.

- Strong conceptual thinking capabilities with the ability to set creative direction tied to client objectives.

- Experience mentoring multidisciplinary teams and building high-performing creative environments.

- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage shifting priorities.

- Ability to travel to FTI offices and client site(s) as needed