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Creative Director, Media Experience

Ascension Health

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Compensation
$124–234K/yr
Location
Remote · US
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Creative Director, Media Experience leads creative development and visual direction for Ascension storytelling, including approximately 10–12 annual video productions. The role stewards the organization’s family of brands and partners with strategy, creative, marketing, communications, and market leadership teams to align storytelling with organizational priorities. The position is listed as remote and includes an annual bonus incentive.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Creative DirectionMedia ExperienceMotion DesignFilmmakingVideo StorytellingContent DevelopmentStoryboardingMoodboardingCreative TreatmentsVisual NarrativesConcept PresentationsVideo Production WorkflowsPost-Production WorkflowsPresentation SkillsStorytellingArticulating Creative Vision

Qualifications

High School Diploma or Associate's or Bachelor's Degree5 Years Applicable Experience or 3 Years With Associate's or Bachelor's2 Years Leadership or Management Experience8+ Years Creative Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance
Parental Leave

Full job description

Your future role at a glance

  • Location: Remote

  • Facility: Ascension

  • Department: Marketing

  • Eligible for an annual bonus incentive

How you’ll make an impact in this role

  • Lead the creative development of brand stories that communicate Ascension's mission, values, and impact through emotionally resonant visual narratives.

  • Establish the visual language, tone, aesthetic direction, and emotional experience for enterprise storytelling projects.

  • Serve as the creative lead for approximately 10–12 annual video productions, including patient stories, caregiver stories, brand campaigns, executive storytelling, and mission-focused content.

  • Serve as a steward of the Ascension family of brands, ensuring consistency and integrity across all storytelling experiences.

  • Partner closely with Brand Strategy, Creative Services, Marketing, Communications, and Market leadership teams to ensure storytelling initiatives align with organizational priorities.

What minimum requirements you’ll need

Licensure / Certification / Registration

  • Required Credential(s):

  • None Required.

Education

  • High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership/management.

Additional Preferences:

  • 8+ years of experience in creative direction, media experience, motion design, filmmaking, video storytelling, content development, or related creative disciplines.

  • Strong experience creating storyboards, moodboards, creative treatments, visual narratives, and concept presentations

  • Experience collaborating within video production and post-production workflows

  • Strong presentation and storytelling skills with the ability to articulate creative vision to stakeholders at all levels.

Benefits that help you thrive

  • Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options

  • Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance

  • Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays

  • Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning

  • Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources

  • Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits

  • Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

Equal employment opportunity employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf) poster.

Fraud prevention notice

Prospective applicants should be vigilant against fraudulent job offers and interview requests. Scammers may use sophisticated tactics to impersonate Ascension employees. To ensure your safety, please remember: Ascension will never ask for payment or to provide banking or financial information as part of the job application or hiring process, our legitimate email communications will always come from an @ascension.org email address; do not trust other domains, and an official offer will only be extended to candidates who have completed a job application through our authorized applicant tracking system.

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Min Salary: 124432.46

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How this job compares

Set against the 6,595 open Marketing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$124–234K/yr
  • Missouri median$99–156K/yr34 salary ranges
  • US median$113–170K/yr3,406 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $179K, is 41% above the Missouri median midpoint ($127K) — in the middle half of Marketing salary ranges in Missouri.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 78 open Marketing jobs in Missouri and 6,595 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Missouri
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Marketing postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,153 postings).
Education
2,146 of the 6,595 open Marketing jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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