Associate Creative Director (Copy)

San Mateo, CA (On-site)

$180K/yr – $210K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive high‑impact advertising creative for Verkada at senior level, shaping brand voice and multi‑format campaigns.

  • Own concepting and production across social, performance, OLV, broadcast, and brand ads.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in advertising creative with a multidisciplinary portfolio.
  • Prolific, big-thinking creator with cross‑channel impact on B2B/tech brands.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You’ll be focussed on all things advertising, producing the content that drives our growth.
  • As a copywriter by trade, you’ll be a key contributor involved in every step of the creative process, from conceptual ideation to scrappy social and performance marketing to OLV, broadcast and brand advertising.
  • Helping us define our rich product ecosystem of possibilities into a memorable, human brand.
  • Helping to identify creative opportunities—a prolific idea generator with an appetite for PR.
  • You’ll help guide creative vision and provide oversight to a team of makers.
  • Creating platform-relevant, tailor-made executions through static, animated, and video formats.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in an advertising creative setting.
  • Strong portfolio of multidisciplinary campaign-based advertising—from social to broadcast.
  • Prolific, big-thinking, hands-on creator.
  • Writer’s writer. Conceptual, clever, compelling and precise.
  • Experience on B2B and tech brands (can crack a brief for complex marketing ecosystems).
  • Appreciates an ad that works really hard.
  • Able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, on multiple projects with rapidly shifting priorities.
  • Must be willing and able to commute 5 days in office.
  • Must be independently authorized to work in the U.S.

    Benefits

    • Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
    • Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
    • Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
    • Expanded mental health support
    • Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
    • Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
    • Professional development stipend
    • Wellness/fitness benefits
    • Healthy lunches provided daily
    • Commuter benefits
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    Verkada

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    Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform.A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada unifies video security, access control, sensors, alarms, intercoms, and workplace tools through one connected platform—Verkada Command—empowering teams to act proactively and create safer, smarter environments.

    Founded in 2016
    San Mateo, California, USA
    2.6K employees (157 in marketing)
    62% recommend to a friend
    81% CEO approval

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    1.4M
    Monthly Google Ads Budget
    $278.3K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    28.1%
    Direct
    65.2%
    Referral
    4.8%
    Social
    0.7%
    Paid
    1.1%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~2.6K

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    102 (4% of company)
    Median Career Experience
    8.5 years
    Median Tenure
    2 years
    Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
    1

    Funding

    Total Funding
    $814.3M
    Last Raise
    $20M
    Series Unknown, 3 months ago

    Funding History

    • Dec 2025
      Series Unknown • $20M
    • Sep 2025
      Debt Financing • $150M
    • Feb 2025
      Series E • $200M

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