Senior Creative Director; Remote or Hybrid

Senior Creative Director (Remote or Hybrid Available)

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About Us

S&S Activewear is a leading North American, tech‑enabled specialty distributor of imprintable apparel, including t-shirts, fleece, athletic wear, headwear, workwear, scrubs and accessories. We pride ourselves on being the “critical link” that enables our 100+ brand partners such as Adidas, Columbia and Gildan to reach our hyper‑fragmented base of customers, comprised of apparel decorators, e‑Retailers and promotional products distributors that embellish apparel items for diverse end‑consumer use cases (e.g., everyday wear, concerts, fitness attire, life events, team sports, etc.).

At S&S, we differentiate in the market through a customer‑service focus, strategic product portfolio, world‑class distribution infrastructure, a collaborative growth culture and a relentless focus on technology and innovation.

About the Role

The Senior Creative Director is a seasoned creative leader responsible for elevating and executing all visual content across S&S Activewear’s marketing channels—while also stewarding the brand’s visual expression across the entire organization. This role leads the Creative Department across design, photography, and video, ensuring that the brand is consistently represented in marketing, sales materials, and all customer‑facing and internal touchpoints. The Senior Creative Director oversees outsourced imagery and video production through agency partners and freelancers, and is responsible for building scalable processes, strengthening team capabilities, and ensuring high‑quality execution that brings the S&S Activewear brand to life.

Schedule & Compensation

Monday – Friday, Full‑time, Exempt
Remote or Hybrid Available
Hybrid location: 220 Remington Blvd, Bolingbrook, IL
Starting salary: $171k

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your life, health, and future. Benefits begin 0–90 days after hire and include:
Vacation, Personal, and Sick time;
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Disability coverage;
Flexible Spending Accounts; and a 401(k) plan. You’ll also enjoy discounts on brand‑name apparel, fun employee events, and meaningful opportunities for growth and advancement.

• Lead the concepting and development of creative assets for catalogs, events, email, website collateral, flyers, paid media, social content, and video.
• Translate business objectives and marketing strategies into effective creative concepts that bring the brand to life while adhering to established brand standards.
• Provide strong creative guidance and actionable feedback to designers, video producers, editors, photographers, stylists, and external partners.
• Ensure creative is channel‑appropriate, visually cohesive, and executed at an enterprise‑quality level.

• Manage, maintain, and evolve S&S Activewear’s brand guidelines, ensuring they are clear, accessible, and consistently applied across all internal and external channels.
• Develop and maintain templates, toolkits, and visual standards that support consistency in marketing, sales collateral, corporate materials, presentations, office/environmental branding, and partner‑facing communications.
• Serve as the primary resource for guideline interpretation, helping internal teams and external partners apply the brand correctly.

• Oversee the imagery and video teams, including production operations, product photography, on‑model and lifestyle shoots, and video content production.
• Establish and maintain high standards for photography and video quality, ensuring consistency in lighting, composition, editing, color, and brand expression.
• Drive innovation in visual storytelling across still imagery and video, enhancing product presentation and brand engagement.
• Guide the development of video content for marketing, product storytelling, social media, events, and other initiatives.

• Manage, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary creative team, fostering a…