Creative Director

Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

$160K/yr – $190K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 21 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and guide STARZ's creative direction across integrated campaigns, leading brand storytelling, art direction, and team leadership to ensure premium, cinematic visual identity.

  • Lead integrated campaigns across print, digital, motion, and social
  • Mentor and inspire a multidisciplinary creative team
  • Present concepts and strategic rationale to executive leadership

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative development of integrated marketing campaigns across print, digital, motion, video, social and emerging platforms, ensuring a cohesive and premium STARZ brand experience.
  • Partner with Marketing, Brand, Originals, PR, Digital Marketing and Corporate Communications to translate strategic objectives into compelling creative solutions that strengthen the STARZ brand.
  • Champion STARZ's visual identity, design standards and creative excellence, ensuring consistency while evolving the brand's premium, cinematic aesthetic.
  • Lead the creative direction of key art and campaign photo shoots, partnering closely with Originals Marketing leadership, photographers, talent and production teams to develop compelling visual assets that define each campaign.
  • Lead, mentor and inspire a multidisciplinary creative team, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture that champions innovation, craftsmanship and creative excellence.
  • Guide projects from concept through execution, providing hands-on creative direction, design feedback and art direction throughout the creative process.
  • Present creative concepts and strategic rationale to executive leadership and key stakeholders, building alignment around the creative vision.
  • Collaborate with the Executive Creative Director to establish creative priorities, department goals, operational plans and long-term creative initiatives while ensuring projects are delivered with exceptional quality and craftsmanship.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 10+ years of creative experience in entertainment, media, streaming or agency environments.
  • 3+ years leading multidisciplinary creative teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop integrated creative campaigns and translate business objectives into compelling visual solutions.
  • Exceptional portfolio showcasing outstanding design aesthetics, conceptual thinking and visual storytelling.
  • Strong understanding of branding, typography, photography, layout, motion design and visual communication principles.
  • Experience presenting creative work to executive leadership and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud and current creative technologies, with an understanding of AI-enabled creative workflows and emerging platforms.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration and leadership skills.

Benefits

  • Full Coverage – Medical, Vision, and Dental
  • Annual discretionary bonus and merit increase
  • Work/Life Balance – generous sick days, vacation days, holidays, and wellness days
  • 401(k) company matching
  • Tuition Reimbursement (up to graduate degree)
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Starz

STARZ (NASDAQ: STRZ) is the leading premium entertainment destination for women and underrepresented audiences, and home to some of the most popular franchises and series on television. STARZ offers a robust programming mix for discerning adult audiences, including boundary-breaking originals and an expansive lineup of blockbuster movies, and is embodied by its brand positioning “We’re All Adults Here.” Complementary to any platform or service, STARZ is available across a wide range of digital OTT platforms and multichannel video distributors and is a bundling partner of choice. STARZ is powered by an industry-leading advanced technology, data analytics and digital infrastructure and the highly rated and first-of-its-kind STARZ app.

Founded in 1994
Santa Monica, California, USA
1.2K employees (427 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$429.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.4%
Direct
66.5%
Referral
3.3%
Social
2.2%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
253 (21% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
4.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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