Director, Content

About The OpportunityAt Medifast, our team members are relentless in our mission of driving Lifelong Transformation, Making a Healthy Lifestyle Second Nature. When you join Medifast, you become part of a dynamic, fast-growing community of highly motivated, like-hearted people who share a passion for promoting health and wellness. Just as OPTAVIA Coaches inspire Clients to reach their personal wellness goals, at Medifast, we inspire each other to bring our best to work each day to further our shared mission. If you want to build a rewarding career that makes lives better on a daily basis, Medifast may be the perfect place for you. Overview Of Position The Director, Content & Creative leads a function that combines content strategy, content creation, and creative services to deliver compelling, high-impact content and communications. This role ensures the development of content that positions the brand as a thought leader while creating engaging, inspiring content for our primary audiences — especially our independent field of Coaches. The Director drives the creative vision in partnership with brand, sets standards for brand continuity, and ensures the seamless execution of strategic design across all channels and formats. Opportunity Highlights Thought Leadership: Shape content that establishes the brand as a trusted voice in metabolic health and lifestyle transformation. Creative Impact: Lead the creative vision and ensure compelling design that inspires Coaches and strengthens brand continuity. Unified Team Leadership: Oversee both content creators and creative services, fostering collaboration and innovation across functions. Coach-Centric Engagement: Deliver exciting, practical, and inspiring content that empowers Coaches to share the brand story with confidence. Strategic Influence: Partner with senior leaders to align content and design with business priorities, ensuring measurable impact and engagement. Job Responsibilities Content Strategy & Creation Develop and oversee a comprehensive content strategy that reinforces the brand’s authority in metabolic health and lifestyle transformation. Lead a team of writers in creating compelling, Coach-centric content (articles, video scripts, toolkits, digital content, presentations, etc.). Ensure all content is aligned with corporate priorities, reflects brand voice, and is optimized for audience engagement across channels. Partner with internal subject matter experts to transform complex science into approachable, inspiring content. Creative Services Leadership Manage and mentor the creative services team. Oversee development of creative assets (visual design, digital, print, multimedia, event collateral) that bring the brand to life. Drive the execution of design systems, templates, and brand guidelines to ensure consistency across all communications and touchpoints. Maintain a balance between breakthrough creative and adherence to established brand identity. Strategic Leadership Serve as the connective tissue between brand strategy, creative execution, and field engagement. Partner closely with Marketing, Field Communications, Training, and Events teams to deliver integrated campaigns that build belief, confidence, and excitement. Establish performance metrics to measure the reach, quality, and impact of content and creative outputs. Stay ahead of industry trends, competitor activity, and innovations in content and design to keep the brand relevant and differentiated. Scope Direct reports  Knowledge, Education, Skills & Abilities Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Design, or related field. + years of experience in marketing communications, creative leadership, or content strategy, with at least years in a management role. Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional creative and content teams in a fast-paced, brand-driven environment. Exceptional storytelling skills with proven success translating complex or scientific topics into approachable, engaging content. Strong design sensibility with hands-on experience managing creative direction, brand guidelines, and multi-channel execution. Highly collaborative, with the ability to influence across teams and present effectively to senior executives. Strong project management skills; able to balance big-picture vision with day-to-day execution. At Medifast, Relationships Are At The Center Of What We Do  We thrive by elevating our connections with one another as well as with our Coaches & Clients. We believe that everyone has the potential to be OUTSTANDING. The Medifast culture is built on seven core values: integrity, courage, teaming, accountability, empowerment, partnership and diversity. These values aren’t just words on a page – they are celebrated as a core part of the company’s philosophy. We Lead By… Mastering Relationships: We build trust, promote collaboration and we are reliable. Being innovative: We strive to improve things in our areas of influence; test, refine and expand within the business strategy; and reach beyond real and perceived boundaries. Simplifying: We are committed to making things measurable, repeatable and scalable; focusing on outcomes not activities; and eliminating complexity to increase focus. Anticipating: We predict long-term business and organizational needs; challenge assumptions; and expect and prepare for the unexpected. About Medifast Medifast (NYSE: MED) is the health and wellness company offering a simple, yet comprehensive approach to weight management and lifestyle change through its science-backed and coach-guided lifestyle system. Designed to address the challenges of metabolic dysfunction, the company’s lifestyle system integrates personalized plans, scientifically developed products and a framework for habit creation — all supported by a unique network of independent coaches. Science is core to the company, marked by an in-house Scientific & Clinical Affairs team and independent esteemed Scientific Advisory Board, + research studies, + scientific abstract presentations and publications, and + publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals. With more than years of clinical heritage, Medifast is addressing the metabolic health crisis through cutting-edge science and community-driven support and remains committed to its mission of offering Lifelong Transformation, Making a Healthy Lifestyle Second Nature. For more information visit and follow Medifast on and .