Accountabilities:
The Creative Director will lead the brand’s creative direction and evolution, building scalable systems while maintaining a high standard of quality across every customer-facing experience.
Own and evolve the overall brand strategy, positioning, creative vision, and messaging framework in partnership with product marketing, design, and executive stakeholders.
Define and maintain a consistent creative direction across websites, events, social channels, product experiences, campaigns, and brand initiatives.
Establish creative standards for visual identity, motion, illustration, voice, tone, and other brand expressions.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of talented brand designers while building a strong culture of collaboration, feedback, and creative excellence.
Create scalable brand systems including guidelines, asset libraries, and marketing design frameworks that support company growth.
Improve creative workflows and prioritization processes to ensure high-quality output while maintaining speed and flexibility.
Collaborate with product, engineering, marketing, and leadership teams on major launches, events, and strategic company initiatives.
Ensure the brand effectively communicates trust, innovation, and credibility to technical audiences and enterprise customers.
Balance strategic leadership with hands-on creative contribution when needed to deliver impactful work.
Champion a user-focused approach to brand experiences and continuously raise creative standards.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate is an experienced creative leader with a strong background in brand development, design systems, and managing high-performing creative teams.
10+ years of experience as an Art Director or Creative Director, ideally within developer tools, infrastructure, SaaS, technology, or another technical industry.
Proven experience managing and developing creative talent, providing clear feedback, and building effective design teams.
Strong strategic thinking skills with a portfolio demonstrating brand vision, creative leadership, and impactful execution.
Exceptional visual design judgment and a high standard for digital experiences, identity systems, and brand expression.
Deep understanding of brand systems, guidelines, scalable design processes, and maintaining consistency across multiple channels.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to partner effectively with product, marketing, engineering, and executive teams.
Ability to understand and communicate with technical audiences, including developers and technical buyers.
Leadership style centered on trust, clarity, collaboration, and empowering creative teams.
Experience working in fast-growing environments where priorities evolve quickly and teams scale.
Nice-to-have qualifications:
Experience evolving a brand from developer-focused audiences toward enterprise-level positioning.
Understanding of how AI-native products influence branding and user experiences.
Experience leading creative direction for events, conferences, and community experiences.
Familiarity with design engineering, prototyping, motion, or working closely with code.
Experience sharing creative perspectives through talks, writing, or personal projects.
Benefits:
Competitive compensation range of $250,000–$344,000 , depending on experience, skills, location, and business impact.
Equity opportunities.
Fully remote work environment.
4 weeks of paid vacation.
14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents.
Employer-paid medical coverage and highly subsidized dental and vision coverage.
Long-term disability and life insurance plans.
401(k) retirement plan.
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs).
Monthly wellness and lifestyle stipend supporting mental health, hobbies, and personal development.
Monthly phone and internet subsidy.
Home office support for remote employees.
Commuter benefits for eligible employees.
Continuous learning resources and professional development support.
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
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