Assistant Director, Creative Studio

Assistant Director, Creative Studio

Hybrid work within the Seattle, Tacoma or Portland area

Build a career with purpose. Join our Cause to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system.  

Who We Are Looking For: 

Every day, Cambia’s dedicated Creative Studio team is living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. As a key member of the Creative Studio, our Assistant Director, Creative Studio oversees a high-performing team of creatives—providing guidance, mentorship, and inspiration while fostering a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning. This role combines strategic partnership, creative direction, and team development to meet Cambia’s marketing objectives. Through effective leadership, they build strong relationships with peers in Marketing, internal clients, and other communication partners throughout the organization—all in service of creating a more person-focused health care experience.   

As a people leader, you are willing to learn and grow, understanding that leadership is a craft that is continuously honed as you support your team and the lives that depend upon us.

Do you have strong leadership skills and inspire creativity? Do you thrive as part of a collaborative, caring team? Then this role may be the perfect fit. 

What You Bring to Cambia: 

Qualifications:  

• The Assistant Director, Creative Studio would have a Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Marketing, Graphic Design, Creative Writing or a related creative field, and a minimum of 10 years’ experience in creative services, with at least 8 years of progressively responsible experience.

• Health care industry or highly regulated industries such as financial services, insurance, or pharmaceutical advertising.

Skills and Attributes: 

• 10+ years of creative direction and leadership experience in an in-house creative services or agency setting, with health care organization experience preferred

• Proven track record of translating brand strategy and business objectives into compelling, digital-first multichannel campaigns

• Strong ability to manage multiple stakeholder groups and inform marketing strategy, emphasizing brand and creative implementation

• Experience partnering across matrix organizations to drive creative solutions for business challenges

• Exceptional soft skills, including emotional intelligence and active listening, with the ability to build strong relationships and drive collaborative solutions and inspire team members.

• An appreciation of marketing technologies (DAMs, workflow tools) to support sales and marketing objectives

• Demonstrated success in effectively advocating for creative teams, clients, and consumers, leveraging a unique blend of left-brain analytical thinking and right-brain creative vision.

What You Will Do at Cambia:  

• Lead a multidisciplinary creative team across copywriting, design and videography, while staying ahead of industry trends to ensure we're leading, not following

• Drive creative thinking, development and evolution aligned with brand strategy, emphasizing simplification of complex concepts

• Oversee concept development and creative execution, ensuring deliverables effectively communicate key messages and engage target audiences

• Drive quality assurance through ongoing feedback and final approvals, maintaining brand consistency across all materials

• Manage B2B and B2C marketing deliverables for Regence health plans, including collateral, campaigns, naming, creative frameworks, and content development aligned with market standards and customer needs

• Combine user insights and strategic thinking to deliver compelling creative solutions for both corporate and health plan brands

• Partner with Marketing Operations to optimize creative workflow processes and systems

• Build strong relationships across marketing, clients, and communication partners while fostering cross-functional collaboration

As a member of our strong leadership community, you will provide direction to your team, engage them towards common goals and create a positive experience that helps people flourish. 

The expected hiring range for an Assistant Director, Creative Studio is $134,300 - $170,000 depending on skills, experience, education, and training; relevant licensure / certifications; and performance history. The bonus target for this position is 15%.  The current full salary range for this role is $126,000 - $206,000. #LI-hybrid

About Cambia

Working at Cambia means being part of a purpose-driven, award-winning culture built on trust and innovation anchored in our 100+ year history. Our caring and supportive colleagues are some of the best and brightest in the industry, innovating together toward sustainable, person-focused health care.  Whether we're helping members, lending a hand to a colleague or volunteering in our communities, our compassion, empathy and team spirit always shine through.

Why Join the Cambia Team?

At Cambia, you can:  

• Work alongside diverse teams building cutting-edge solutions to transform health care.  
• Earn a competitive salary and enjoy generous benefits while doing work that changes lives.  
• Grow your career with a company committed to helping you succeed. 
• Give back to your community by participating in Cambia-supported outreach programs.  
• Connect with colleagues who share similar interests and backgrounds through our employee resource groups.  

We believe a career at Cambia is more than just a paycheck – and your compensation should be too. Our compensation package includes competitive base pay as well as a market-leading 401(k) with a significant company match, bonus opportunities and more.  

In exchange for helping members live healthy lives, we offer benefits that empower you to do the same. Just a few highlights include: 

• Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members, including mental health benefits. 
• Annual employer contribution to a health savings account.  
• Generous paid time off varying by role and tenure in addition to 10 company-paid holidays. 
• Market-leading retirement plan including a company match on employee 401(k) contributions, with a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance (no vesting period). 
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off (eligibility requires 12 months of continuous service with Cambia immediately preceding leave). 
• Award-winning wellness programs that reward you for participation. 
• Employee Assistance Fund for those in need. 
• Commute and parking benefits. 

Learn more about our benefits. 

We are happy to offer work from home options for most of our roles. To take advantage of this flexible option, we require employees to have a wired internet connection that is not satellite or cellular and internet service with a minimum upload speed of 5Mb and a minimum download speed of 10 Mb.