Creative Director Copy, Brand and Social

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Serves as a lead writer and brand voice steward, helping shape and elevate the U.S. Bank brand through strategic storytelling, integrated campaigns, and social-first content. Responsible for leading and collaborating with creative leaders, marketing teams, content creators, designers and external agencies to bring brand strategy to life across digital, social, video, and emerging channels, user experience   [MJ1]  and digital platforms. Develops content that aligns to customer needs, business objectives, and brand voice while creating compelling content that drives engagement and supports key initiatives. Provides guidance and consultation to stakeholders, and ensures consistency in messaging across channels. Evaluates and improves content development processes, leveraging audience insights, AI-enabled tools, and emerging technologies to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and creative impact. Requires exceptional writing and editing skills, strong social and digital content instincts, and the ability to create content that resonates with modern audiences while advancing business and brand objectives.

Serve as the lead copywriter and brand voice steward for U.S. Bank, ensuring consistency, quality, and clarity across customer touchpoints. Evolve the brand voice to feel modern, sophisticated, culturally connected, and unmistakably U.S. Bank while maintaining trust and credibility. Translate complex business strategies into clear, motivating, and on-brand messaging. Lead the development of creative concepts, campaign narratives, messaging platforms, and integrated campaign ideas across digital, social, video, experiential, and traditional media. Lead the development of social-first creative, including concepts, scripts, campaigns, and content for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and emerging platforms. Partner with creators, designers, editors, and social teams to produce platform-native content that is culturally relevant, on-brand, and engaging. Present creative concepts and strategic rationale with confidence and clarity to executive leadership, including senior and C-suite stakeholders. Manage, mentor, and develop writers, fostering a culture of curiosity, craft, creativity, accountability, and excellence. Identify opportunities to streamline creative processes and reduce manual effort while maintaining high standards of creative excellence. Foster a culture of experimentation that balances efficiency gains with strong editorial judgment, strategic thinking, and brand stewardship. Stay connected to contemporary culture, consumer behavior, social trends, and emerging storytelling formats. Champion a collaborative, enthusiastic, and solutions-oriented approach to creative leadership.   Preferred Skills/Experience: Exceptional writing, editing, concepting, and storytelling skills with a strong portfolio of integrated campaign work. Demonstrated ability to develop, evolve, and maintain a distinctive brand voice across channels. Experience leading creative development across integrated campaigns, social media, digital marketing, advertising, and content ecosystems. Demonstrated experience developing creative work for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Strong understanding of social-first storytelling, creator-led content, and platform-native content development. Experience presenting and selling creative work to senior executives, business