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Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation— inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
Design Studios is BCG’s in-house creative agency: a global, multidisciplinary team of design strategists, creative leaders, and digital experts. We partner with consultants and clients to turn complex ideas into compelling visual stories, using design, technology, and media to take BCG’s work to the next level.
As a Regional Creative Manager in our Chicago office, you will be the creative leader that BCG case teams, partners, and project leaders across Chicago and the Midwest turn to. You will shape the creative vision for their work, advise on the right approach, and scope projects across presentations, high-value proposals, customer journeys, and videos. You will understand the creative process from first brief to final delivery, and you will use that knowledge to raise the quality of what leaves the studio and set clear expectations for the people who ask for it.
This is an advisory role, not an operations role. You will work alongside project managers, creative leads, and subject matter experts who run the day-to-day production, and you will bring applied AI into how the work is conceived and scoped. You will also build relationships and a network across the region, so that case teams know Design Studios and come to you early. You will report to the Senior Regional Creative Manager and partner with the regional Strategy team on go-to-market efforts.
Your time will split roughly as follows: 50% creative leadership and advisory, 30% relationship-building with case teams, and 20% networking and growing awareness of Design Studios.
YOU’RE GOOD AT
Creative leadership and advisory:
- Shaping creative direction: translating a business goal or loose brief into a clear creative concept and approach.
- Scoping creative work with realistic timelines, formats, and effort, and setting expectations with clients up front.
- Holding the line on quality: reviewing work from first draft to final delivery, giving sharp feedback, and raising the bar across formats.
- Applying AI to the creative process, from ideation and research to production, and knowing where it adds value and where it does not.
- Making fast, sound calls on your own. You trust your judgment and move quickly in a high-expectation environment.
- Coaching designers and peers informally on creative thinking and craft, without formal line management.
Relationships and influence:
- Building trusted relationships quickly with busy case teams, and showing your value from the first conversation.
- Advising senior stakeholders with confidence, in person and on screen, and presenting ideas with credibility.
- Managing client expectations, keeping feedback loops open, and making sure case teams have a great experience.
- Thinking commercially: connecting creative choices to the business outcome a team is trying to reach.
Networking and growth:
- Networking with energy and curiosity: you ask about other people’s roles, learn what drives their work, and find ways to help.
- Working with the regional Strategy team to promote Design Studios’ offerings and support go-to-market initiatives.
- Keeping client and project details current in a CRM tool.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
- First 6 months: a firm understanding of BCG, how Design Studios works, and the value creative brings inside a consultancy.
- By 12 months: established relationships with case teams, active involvement in creative projects alongside them, and growing influence on a global team.
We measure success by the quality of the client experience and your influence with case teams, not by a sales number.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- 6 to 10 years of experience in a creative leadership role at a creative or marketing agency, an in-house creative team, or a consultancy. Agency or in-house creative experience is a plus.
- Experience building strong client relationships, ideally in account management or creative management.
- Hands-on experience scoping creative work and a deep understanding of the creative process from start to finish.
- A strong practice in applying AI to creative work. This is a must-have.
- Executive presence, strong commercial judgment, and the confidence to influence direction.
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in design, communications, business, marketing, or a related field.
- A portfolio is welcome, but your track record matters more. Hands-on proficiency in design tools is not required.
- Experience working in fast-paced, matrixed, or global environments.
- Excellent English communication skills, written and spoken.
- Ability to travel about 30% and to work in the Chicago office two days a week.
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
BCG case teams, partners, and project leaders across the Midwest, along with Design Studios project managers, creative leads, designers, and video producers around the world. You will report to the Senior Regional Creative Manager.
ADDITIONAL INFO
We are Design Studios, an in-house creative agency comprised of cutting-edge professionals creating premium designs. We are a global, multidisciplinary team of design strategists, creative leaders, and digital experts. We craft powerful design stories for BCG to deliver inspiring solutions to our clients’ challenges. As part of BCG, Design Studios partners with consultants and clients to shape our brand by elevating our work through the power of design. We offer guidance and orientation through a strategic and audience-centric approach, and apply design, technology, and media solutions to take BCG’s achievements to the next level.
As bold design leaders, we are fresh, punchy, and playful, while committed to delivering premium business excellence. We recognize how to transform complex ideas into compelling visual experiences, and how to activate new commercial opportunities at the intersection of business and design. We value innovation, co-creation, inspiration, and the business impact that design achieves. We believe in the art of the possible and in applying creative solutions to business challenges. We believe we can advance the world by conquering its complexity through a universal human language—design.
At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person collaboration plays an important role in our culture, mentorship, and professional development.
For this role, you will generally be expected to work from a BCG office or in person with clients on a regular basis (typically around 50% of working time), depending on business needs and in line with local policies and practices.
We aim to provide a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters connection and teamwork.
COMPENSATION
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
- The base salary range for this role in Chicago is $99,000.00 - $137,000.00.
This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 20% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
- Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
- Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
- Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
- Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
- Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
- Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
- Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
- Paid sick time on an as needed basis
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
WHO WE ARE
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation— inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
Design Studios is BCG’s in-house creative agency: a global, multidisciplinary team of design strategists, creative leaders, and digital experts. We partner with consultants and clients to turn complex ideas into compelling visual stories, using design, technology, and media to take BCG’s work to the next level.
As a Regional Creative Manager in our Chicago office, you will be the creative leader that BCG case teams, partners, and project leaders across Chicago and the Midwest turn to. You will shape the creative vision for their work, advise on the right approach, and scope projects across presentations, high-value proposals, customer journeys, and videos. You will understand the creative process from first brief to final delivery, and you will use that knowledge to raise the quality of what leaves the studio and set clear expectations for the people who ask for it.
This is an advisory role, not an operations role. You will work alongside project managers, creative leads, and subject matter experts who run the day-to-day production, and you will bring applied AI into how the work is conceived and scoped. You will also build relationships and a network across the region, so that case teams know Design Studios and come to you early. You will report to the Senior Regional Creative Manager and partner with the regional Strategy team on go-to-market efforts.
Your time will split roughly as follows: 50% creative leadership and advisory, 30% relationship-building with case teams, and 20% networking and growing awareness of Design Studios.
YOU’RE GOOD AT
Creative leadership and advisory:
- Shaping creative direction: translating a business goal or loose brief into a clear creative concept and approach.
- Scoping creative work with realistic timelines, formats, and effort, and setting expectations with clients up front.
- Holding the line on quality: reviewing work from first draft to final delivery, giving sharp feedback, and raising the bar across formats.
- Applying AI to the creative process, from ideation and research to production, and knowing where it adds value and where it does not.
- Making fast, sound calls on your own. You trust your judgment and move quickly in a high-expectation environment.
- Coaching designers and peers informally on creative thinking and craft, without formal line management.
Relationships and influence:
- Building trusted relationships quickly with busy case teams, and showing your value from the first conversation.
- Advising senior stakeholders with confidence, in person and on screen, and presenting ideas with credibility.
- Managing client expectations, keeping feedback loops open, and making sure case teams have a great experience.
- Thinking commercially: connecting creative choices to the business outcome a team is trying to reach.
Networking and growth:
- Networking with energy and curiosity: you ask about other people’s roles, learn what drives their work, and find ways to help.
- Working with the regional Strategy team to promote Design Studios’ offerings and support go-to-market initiatives.
- Keeping client and project details current in a CRM tool.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
- First 6 months: a firm understanding of BCG, how Design Studios works, and the value creative brings inside a consultancy.
- By 12 months: established relationships with case teams, active involvement in creative projects alongside them, and growing influence on a global team.
We measure success by the quality of the client experience and your influence with case teams, not by a sales number.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- 6 to 10 years of experience in a creative leadership role at a creative or marketing agency, an in-house creative team, or a consultancy. Agency or in-house creative experience is a plus.
- Experience building strong client relationships, ideally in account management or creative management.
- Hands-on experience scoping creative work and a deep understanding of the creative process from start to finish.
- A strong practice in applying AI to creative work. This is a must-have.
- Executive presence, strong commercial judgment, and the confidence to influence direction.
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in design, communications, business, marketing, or a related field.
- A portfolio is welcome, but your track record matters more. Hands-on proficiency in design tools is not required.
- Experience working in fast-paced, matrixed, or global environments.
- Excellent English communication skills, written and spoken.
- Ability to travel about 30% and to work in the Chicago office two days a week.
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
BCG case teams, partners, and project leaders across the Midwest, along with Design Studios project managers, creative leads, designers, and video producers around the world. You will report to the Senior Regional Creative Manager.
ADDITIONAL INFO
We are Design Studios, an in-house creative agency comprised of cutting-edge professionals creating premium designs. We are a global, multidisciplinary team of design strategists, creative leaders, and digital experts. We craft powerful design stories for BCG to deliver inspiring solutions to our clients’ challenges. As part of BCG, Design Studios partners with consultants and clients to shape our brand by elevating our work through the power of design. We offer guidance and orientation through a strategic and audience-centric approach, and apply design, technology, and media solutions to take BCG’s achievements to the next level.
As bold design leaders, we are fresh, punchy, and playful, while committed to delivering premium business excellence. We recognize how to transform complex ideas into compelling visual experiences, and how to activate new commercial opportunities at the intersection of business and design. We value innovation, co-creation, inspiration, and the business impact that design achieves. We believe in the art of the possible and in applying creative solutions to business challenges. We believe we can advance the world by conquering its complexity through a universal human language—design.
At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person collaboration plays an important role in our culture, mentorship, and professional development.
For this role, you will generally be expected to work from a BCG office or in person with clients on a regular basis (typically around 50% of working time), depending on business needs and in line with local policies and practices.
We aim to provide a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters connection and teamwork.
COMPENSATION
Total compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, retirement contribution, and a market leading benefits package described below.
- The base salary range for this role in Chicago is $99,000.00 - $137,000.00.
This is an estimated range, however, specific base salaries within the range depend on various factors such as experience and skill set. It is not common for new BCG employees to be hired at the high-end of the salary range. BCG regularly reviews its ranges to ensure market competitiveness.
In addition to your base salary, your total compensation will include a bonus of up to 20% and a generous retirement contribution that starts at 5% and moves to 10% after 2 years.
All of our plans provide best in class coverage:
- Zero dollar ($0) health insurance premiums for BCG employees, spouses, and children
- Low $10 (USD) copays for trips to the doctor, urgent care visits and prescriptions for generic drugs
- Dental coverage, including up to $5,000 in orthodontia benefits
- Vision insurance with coverage for both glasses and contact lenses annually
- Reimbursement for gym memberships and other fitness activities
- Fully vested Profit Sharing Retirement Fund contributions made annually, whether you contribute or not, plus the option for employees to make personal contributions to a 401(k) plan
- Paid Parental Leave and other family benefits such as elective egg freezing, surrogacy, and adoption reimbursement
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays per year, an annual office closure between Christmas and New Years, and 15 vacation days per year (earned at 1.25 days per month)
- Paid sick time on an as needed basis
Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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Align your portfolio to U.S. specialty occupation standards
USCIS requires your Creative Director role to demand a specific bachelor's degree, not just any degree. Frame your portfolio and job description around discipline-specific creative leadership, not broad management, so the specialty occupation case holds up at the consulate.
Use O*NET to anchor your job classification
Pull the O*NET occupation profile for Art Directors or Creative Directors before your employer drafts the job description. The SOC code you land on determines which prevailing wage tier applies and shapes how USCIS reads the specialty occupation requirement.
Search Migrate Mate for H-1B1-active employers by role
Filter by Creative Director roles on Migrate Mate to surface employers with verified H-1B1 Singapore filing history. DOL Labor Condition Application data shows which companies have actually sponsored this visa category, not just which ones say they do.
Target agencies and studios with established LCA workflows
Creative Director sponsorship stalls most often at the Labor Condition Application stage when employers have no prior DOL filing experience. Focus your outreach on advertising agencies, design studios, and media companies that have certified LCAs before, so the process doesn't start from scratch.
Verify your prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for Creative Director roles in their metro area. Run the OFLC Wage Search for your job title and work location before negotiating compensation so you can confirm the offer meets the Level II or Level III threshold required for LCA certification.
Prepare a degree equivalency letter if your credential is non-U.S.
Singapore's three-year degree programs can raise consular questions about equivalency to a U.S. bachelor's degree. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-member agency before your interview so your employer's H-1B1 visa petition doesn't stall over a documentation gap.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Creative Director role qualify as a specialty occupation for the H-1B1 Singapore visa?
Yes, provided the employer's job description requires a specific bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as graphic design, visual communications, fine arts, or marketing. Generic creative leadership roles that accept any degree can fail the specialty occupation test at the consulate. Your employer should draft the job description to reflect the degree-specific nature of the work, not just seniority or management responsibilities.
How does the H-1B1 Singapore visa compare to the H-1B for Creative Director roles?
The H-1B1 Singapore visa skips the H-1B lottery entirely, which means a Creative Director from Singapore can secure sponsorship in a specific hiring cycle rather than waiting years for a lottery selection. The annual cap of 5,400 slots for Singapore nationals has historically gone unfilled. The trade-off is that the H-1B1 doesn't carry dual intent protections, so consular officers will assess nonimmigrant intent at each renewal.
How do I find employers who have sponsored H-1B1 Singapore visas for Creative Director roles?
Migrate Mate surfaces employers with verified DOL Labor Condition Application filing history, so you can identify which companies have actually certified LCAs for Creative Director positions rather than relying on a company's stated sponsorship policy. Advertising agencies, global media companies, and in-house brand teams at technology firms are the most active sponsors in this category.
What happens to my H-1B1 status if my Creative Director role changes significantly after I arrive?
A material change in job duties, reporting structure, or work location can trigger a new LCA requirement, which means your employer needs to file an amended petition with USCIS before the change takes effect. Creative Director roles are particularly vulnerable to scope changes when agencies reorganize or consolidate creative teams. Document your original job description carefully and flag structural changes to your employer's HR team immediately.
Can I bring my family to the U.S. on H-1B1 Singapore dependent visas?
Spouses and unmarried children under 21 of H-1B1 Singapore holders are eligible for H-4 dependent status, which allows them to live in the United States. H-4 dependents are not automatically authorized to work, and unlike some H-4 holders in H-1B households, H-4 dependents of H-1B1 holders are not eligible for an H-4 Employment Authorization Document under current USCIS rules.