Creative Director - Social

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$162K/yr – $232K/yrSenior Level10+ years expPermanent

Posted 12 days ago

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Job Summary

Lead Spotify's global social storytelling, directing campaigns across Brand, Product, Music, Podcasts, Audiobooks, and Fitness while growing a diverse creative team and scalable toolkits.

  • Lead creative vision and social-first campaigns from concept to execution
  • Mentor teams and uphold brand guidelines across regions

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative vision for Spotify's global social channels, delivering innovative, high-quality storytelling that strengthens the brand across Brand, Product, Music, Podcasts, Audiobooks, and Fitness.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams (including Social Strategy, Brand, Project Management, and agency partners) to develop and deliver social-first campaigns from concept through execution.
  • Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of creatives, fostering a collaborative, inclusive environment and ensuring creative excellence across every project.
  • Champion consistency by maintaining Spotify's social brand guidelines, developing scalable creative toolkits, and partnering with regional teams to deliver a cohesive global social presence.
  • Stay ahead of emerging social trends, platform capabilities, and audience behaviors, while confidently presenting creative work and recommendations to senior leadership.

Requirements

  • You have at least 10+ years of creative leadership experience in entertainment, technology, media, or consumer brands, with a strong portfolio of social-first work.
  • You have deep expertise in social platforms, content formats, and creative best practices, and know how to turn strategy into engaging, culturally relevant storytelling.
  • You are an experienced people leader who builds strong partnerships, communicates with influence, and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
  • You care deeply about creative quality, bring a solutions-oriented mindset, and inspire teams to produce work that pushes creative boundaries while delivering meaningful business impact.

Benefits

  • health insurance
  • six month paid parental leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • 23 paid days off
  • 13 paid flexible holidays
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Spotify

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Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it. Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in Sweden in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 70m tracks for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features including offline mode, improved sound quality, and an ad-free music listening experience. Today, Spotify is the most popular global audio streaming service with 365m users, including 165m subscribers across 178 markets. We are the largest driver of revenue to the music business today.

Founded in 2006
Stockholm, Stockholm County, SWE
18K employees (5,177 in marketing)
77% recommend to a friend
68% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
447.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.5M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.1%
Direct
38.9%
Referral
12.1%
Social
4.1%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~17.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2,186 (12% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
5.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

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