Writer / Associate Creative Director

Location: Washington, DC or Chantilly, VA
Published: May 19, 2023

At History Factory, you’ll discover smart, fascinating people building creative ideas and doing interesting and unusual work—collecting, organizing and interpreting materials found deep within a company’s history. Together, we design creative ways to interpret the gems of authentic content we find in a company’s past to help it chart its future.

We’re a community like no other, consisting of artists, writers, designers, historians, curators, researchers, planners…all drawn by the opportunity to use the power of history to shape the future. Don’t have a history degree? That’s ok. We prefer you demonstrate an inquisitive mind, a collaborative spirit, infectious enthusiasm, and a strong desire to help our clients craft the next chapter in their story.

We’re looking for a writer / Associate Creative Director with a strong content and conceptual focus to help lead our teams to delivering their (and our) best work.

What you’ll do in this role:

• Work in the weeds of managing creative projects, shepherding deliverables from concept to completion
• Support delivery of creative strategy/plans, concepts, and executions for all kinds of media: corporate publications, museum-quality exhibits and environmental branding, video and digital executions, to name a few
• Create content that consistently connects an organization’s past with its present and future
• Translate researching findings and insights into compelling story topics
• Perform research within corporate archival collections and outside repositories to discover information, develop messaging, and assemble baseline factual information (timelines, leadership chronologies, product launches, etc.)
• Identify and nurture the best ideas that are uniquely History Factory. Connect a client’s past with its future goals and opportunities by digging deep to uncover and understand a company’s historical insights.
• Prepare and conduct interviews with client contacts at all levels of an organization
• Under the leadership of a Creative Director, supervise the work of a cross-functional team of creatives (e.g., graphic designers, copywriters, curators, third-party vendors)
• Own the story of clients, maintaining and developing a deep understating of all aspects of their history, brand and vision
• Identify story topics and develop conceptual approaches for communications plans, publications, exhibits and anniversaries
• Cultivate trusting relationships with clients, partners, and other internal teams.
• Develop written content for communications programs, including exhibits, websites, social media, publications and videos

What you’ll need for this role:

• The ability to easily toggle between the big picture and the nitty gritty. You’re as comfortable working on a strategic level as you are diving in and getting your hands dirty.
• Have a good understanding of the corporate world, how organizations function, and how corporate storytelling can be used to meet broader strategic goals
• A strong portfolio of work showcasing your writing, content and conceptual expertise
• An appreciation and passion for the craft of making things. You’re as much a doer as you are a strategic thinker.
• The people skills to build cohesion and collaboration among a diverse group of creatives and third party stakeholders.

Application Details:

Interested? Please email your resume and a portfolio link to [email protected]. In your cover letter, tell us about your favorite concept work in your portfolio and why you love it.

Interested? Please submit your resume and a portfolio/writing samples.

Preference is given to those who are located in the Washington, D.C. area or within drop-in distance, but we’re open to candidates located anywhere in the U.S.