Group Creative Director (Future Opportunity)

Note: This is a strategic job posting to network for future anticipated opportunities as we continue to grow. While this may not be an immediate need, we would love the opportunity to connect with you.

ICF Next brings together strategy, creativity, data, and technology to solve complex challenges and move people when it matters most.

We work with organizations tackling some of today's most important issues—from public health and energy to climate, resilience, and economic opportunity. Our work isn't simply about communication. It's about helping people understand, make informed decisions, build confidence, and take meaningful action.

We create integrated campaigns and experiences that connect with people wherever they are, building ideas that work seamlessly across channels and endure across every touchpoint. Whether we're launching a national behavior-change campaign, helping communities navigate change, or strengthening trust, we believe the best creative work combines insight, strategy, and exceptional craft to create measurable impact.
The Role

We are looking for a Group Creative Director who can lead important work, build exceptional teams, and create the conditions for ambitious ideas to thrive.

This role sits at the heart of Creative. The Group Creative Director is responsible for the quality, direction, and creative sensibility of a significant portfolio of work, as well as the teams responsible for creating it. This person should be able to see the big picture without losing sight of the idea, the craft, or the audience. They should know when to push, when to protect, and when to simplify.

Much of the work will address some of the most consequential issues facing people and communities, including public health, public safety, education, energy, environmental sustainability, and other mission-driven challenges. These are often complex issues involving diverse audiences, competing priorities, deeply held beliefs, and decisions with meaningful consequences.

The right experience, however, can come from anywhere truly great integrated creative work gets made. Consumer. Healthcare. Technology. Culture. We are looking for someone who understands not just how creativity can attract attention, but how the right idea can make complex information human, connect with people, shift perception, build confidence, and move audiences to act.

The strongest candidates will have a body of work that demonstrates original thinking, exceptional creative judgment, and consistently high standards of craft. Industry recognition and award-winning work are valued, but what matters most is evidence of ideas that were distinctive, beautifully made, strategically sound, and effective.
What You Will Do:

- Lead the creative direction, quality, and vision of a significant portfolio of clients, integrated campaigns, and multidisciplinary creative teams.

- Develop breakthrough integrated campaigns that translate strategy, audience insight, behavioral understanding, and cultural context into ideas that connect with people and create measurable impact.

- Lead creative development from brief through production, ensuring every execution reflects the strength of the original idea and the highest standards of craft.

- Build, mentor, and inspire Creative Directors, Associate Creative Directors, writers, art directors, designers, and other creative specialists, creating an environment where ambitious ideas and exceptional people can thrive.

- Partner closely with strategy, research, behavioral science, media, production, communications, experience design, and technology teams to deliver seamless integrated campaigns across every channel.

- Build trusted relationships with senior clients and stakeholders, confidently presenting ambitious creative thinking and guiding complex decision-making while protecting the integrity of the work.

- Lead major productions across film, photography, digital, social, experiential, and emerging platforms, ensur