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Creative Director

  • Hybrid
  • 6+ years

Salary

$230,000 - 275,000/ year

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About the company

The company is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions.

We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission.

Reporting to the company's VP of Marketing, the Creative Director, Head of Brand will set the creative vision for how the company shows up in the world, while owning and evolving our newly refreshed brand identity.

This role will lead the company's Brand Studio team and creative execution across Marketing's full portfolio of work, turning brand strategy into distinctive, memorable creative that builds recognition and preference for the company. The role will build brand into an operating system — clear standards, briefs, and review processes paired with AI-powered, self-serve tools — so the rest of the company can produce great work without the team touching every asset. Partnering closely with teams across Marketing, Internal Communications, HR, and Product, and advising executives on how the company shows up and is perceived, this leader will play a defining role in the company's reputation as it continues to grow.

Responsibilities

  • Set and lead the creative vision for the company, translating brand strategy into distinctive ideas, campaigns, and experiences that build recognition and strengthen the brand over time
  • Own and evolve the company's newly refreshed brand identity system — visual language, voice, and design standards — ensuring it's applied consistently and thoughtfully while continuing to push the brand creatively as the company scales
  • Lead and inspire the Brand Studio team, raising the creative bar through strong direction, mentorship, and a high standard of craft, while continually exploring new ways of working — including AI tools and processes — used additively to extend the team's craft, never in place of it
  • Lead the development of high-impact brand campaigns and creative platforms from concept through execution, bringing strong creative judgment to work across channels and formats
  • Build brand into an operating system — standards, briefs, review cycles, and clear decision rights — paired with AI-powered, self-serve tools, and partner across the company to put those tools directly in every team's hands
  • Define and track brand health (awareness, sentiment, consistency) to measure the impact of brand investment beyond individual campaigns
  • Own creative execution and exercise final judgment on high-visibility brand moments — from campaigns and product launches to executive communications — ensuring the work is strategically sound, creatively distinctive, and executed at a high level of craft, including knowing when AI-generated work is off-brand or needs a human hand
  • Advise the company's executives on brand positioning and narrative, and partner with Marketing leadership to align brand strategy with go-to-market priorities
  • What you bring
  • 10+ years of experience in creative and brand leadership
  • including experience building or significantly scaling a brand function — not just maintaining one
  • A strong portfolio of brand-building work demonstrating exceptional creative thinking, conceptual ability, and craft across campaigns, channels, and experiences
  • A proven track record of developing distinctive creative ideas and translating brand strategy into work that earns attention and builds brand recognition
  • Exceptional creative taste and judgment, with the ability to recognize great work, articulate what makes it great, and help teams make it better
  • Demonstrated use of AI tools in real, shipped brand work, with a clear point of view on where automation belongs and where human judgment and craft are non-negotiable
  • Proven judgment shaping brand and narrative at the company level, with experience advising executives on positioning
  • Rigorous measurement instincts — defines and owns brand health metrics like awareness and sentiment as a discipline in their own right, alongside campaign performance
  • Strong people leadership experience, with a track record of building, inspiring, and developing high-performing creative teams, and comfort operating with high autonomy in a fast-moving environment
  • An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.

Conditions

We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website .

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)

$233,000 - $274,000 USD

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Denver, CO)

$197,000 - $232,000 USD

Benefits

  • A fast-paced and collaborative environment
  • Learning and development allowance
  • Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
  • 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
  • Flexible PTO policy
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • At the company, we believe an in office work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a the company hub location.
  • Equal Employment Opportunities at the company
  • The company is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. The company believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance .
  • For applicants in Massachusetts: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
  • Legitimate the company emails will always include our official domain name after the @ symbol (e.g., the company's site or the company's site ).

Where you’d work

Part of the week in the office

Relocation offered

About the company

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Offices in Denver, United States, San Francisco, United States

Your chances

Still hiring, not crowded yet, and you'd be among the first.

  • 19 checks run
  • 6 good signs
  • 2 red flags

Still hiring?

12 checks

Actively hiring

In its favour4

  • Still on the company's own careers site, checked 1 h agoModerate evidence
  • Found in the last 48 hours, before the big job boardsModerate evidence
  • The company opened 5 roles and closed 13 in the last 2 weeks: hiring is movingModerate evidence
1 moreFewer
  • A tight salary range, set for one seat: $230K to $275KSlight evidence

How crowded?

7 checks

Low

In its favour2

  • In its Early Window: not on the big job boards yetStrong evidence
  • Asks for 10+ years: a narrow poolModerate evidence

Against it2

  • Offers relocation: people from other countries apply tooSlight evidence
  • Pays more than 99% of similar roles: that draws applicantsSlight evidence

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Details12 facts · Role, Location, Compensation, Employment
Seniority
Director
Type
Full-time
Equity
Equity offered
Specialty
Graphic
Region
United States
Pay period
Annual
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Role

Category
Design
Specialty
Graphic
Seniority
Director
Experience
10+ years

Location

Work model
Hybrid
Region
United States
Offices
  • Denver, United States
  • San Francisco, United States
Relocation
Offered

Compensation

Salary
$230,000 - 275,000 / year
Pay period
Annual
Equity
Equity offered

Employment

Type
Full-time

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