Museum of Science

Museum of Science

Creative Director, Marketing

Boston, MA · Director

Sponsorship not specified$116k-$145kDetected 5 days ago
Brand StrategyResearchLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • Museum of Science, Boston www.mos.org Innovation and creativity come from the unique perspectives of a diverse staff.
  • Among the world's largest science centers and New England's most attended cultural institution, we engage nearly five million people a year - at Science Park and in museums around the world, in classrooms, and online.
  • The Museum's singular location connecting Boston and Cambridge puts us at the junction of some of the world's most influential academic institutions and industries, local and state government, schools, and the public.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and steward brand guidelines that scale, empower internal teams, agencies, and partners to show up with consistency and creative ambition.
  • Lead the brand expression for the Public Science Common and future institutional launches, from campaign identity to digital presence to marketing environments including signage, retail, and promotional materials.
  • Act as the primary creative voice in all agency and vendor relationships, writing tight briefs, reviewing work with authority, and elevating creative partners to their best.
  • Leverage AI-powered creative tools to accelerate ideation, production, and testing - building a team culture where AI augments creative output rather than replacing creative thinking.
  • Own the creative direction of the Museum of Science website, ensuring it reflects the brand, serves the audience, and performs.
  • Partner with the digital product team to ensure brand design and user experience work in sync.
  • Build and apply audience intelligence to develop personas, content positioning, and creative frameworks that drive both engagement and conversion.
  • Partner closely with Marketing, Digital, Membership, and Communications teams to ensure creative alignment across all campaigns and consumer touchpoints.
  • Translate institutional strategy into compelling creative direction that internal teams, agencies, and external partners can execute against.
  • 10+ years of creative leadership experience, with a portfolio demonstrating exceptional brand building across multiple marketing channels, digital, social, advertising, and brand identity.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with AI creative tools (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, or equivalent) and a clear point of view on how AI fits into a modern creative workflow.
  • Experience with major brand launches, venue openings, product lines, or institutional campaign moments is a strong plus.

Compensation

  • $116,000 - $145,000 USD

Benefits

  • Strong communication skills, able to present a brand vision to a board, co-create a concept with a junior designer, and write a brief that gets great work back.

Company info

  • As science and technology increasingly shape our lives, the Museum of Science strives to equip and inspire everyone to use science for the global good while keeping up with the pace of change. Among the world's largest science centers and New England's most attended cultural institution, we engage nearly five million people a year - at Science Park and in museums around the world, in classrooms, and online.
  • The Museum's singular location connecting Boston and Cambridge puts us at the junction of some of the world's most influential academic institutions and industries, local and state government, schools, and the public. Trusted by each sector, we are ideally positioned to convene, inspire, and create meaningful experiences for all. Come join us on our mission to inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone and living our vision for a world where science belongs to each of us for the good of all of us.
  • Why We Need You
  • As Creative Director, Marketing, you will own the visual identity, tone of voice, and creative standards of the Museum of Science across all consumer-facing channels, our website and digital platforms, advertising, social media, email, merchandise and products, and the marketing presence of the Public Science Common and future launches.
  • Work with the VP of Marketing/Brand and cross department stakeholders.
  • Define, protect, and continuously evolve the Museum of Science's visual identity, tone of voice, and creative standards across all marketing and consumer-facing channels.
  • Stay ahead of visual culture, platform trends, and the evolving creative landscape to ensure the MOS brand feels current, distinctive, and resonant.
  • As science and technology increasingly shape our lives, the Museum of Science strives to equip and inspire everyone to use science for the global good while keeping up with the pace of change.
  • Trusted by each sector, we are ideally positioned to convene, inspire, and create meaningful experiences for all.
  • Come join us on our mission to inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone and living our vision for a world where science belongs to each of us for the good of all of us.

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