Creative Director

Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

$133K/yr – $157K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead design across digital platforms, driving UX, accessibility, and a shared design system at a large bank.

  • Own end-to-end creative delivery with data-driven decisions.
  • Must-have: 7+ years in digital design and a strong UX/art direction portfolio.
  • Standout: Shield Design System leadership and WCAG 2.2 AA focus.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Set the Creative Bar : Lead concept development across business lines, ensuring work is differentiated, emotionally engaging, aligned with brand standards and is data-driven.
  • Champion Inclusive Design : Advocate for accessibility and ensure WCAG 2.2 AA compliance across all digital flows.
  • Advance Design System Adoption : Drive usage and governance of our Shield Design System (React & native), scaling components across platforms and teams.
  • Evolve Brand Expression : Adapt and extend brand assets for digital contexts, ensuring consistency and modernity across channels.
  • Create Visual Guidance : Develop documentation and visual standards that empower design teams to execute with clarity and confidence.
  • Consult Across Teams : Provide creative input on everything from micro-elements (icons, form fields) to macro-level strategies (end-to-end campaigns).
  • Iterate with Purpose : Embrace feedback and data analysis to refine work quickly, balancing speed with craft.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in digital design, with a strong foundation in UX and a specialty in art direction
  • Certification or Degrees in Design, Art, or a related discipline
  • A portfolio that showcases outstanding digital design and a track record of shaping well-crafted, user-centered products

Preferred

  • Experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services) with an understanding of compliance, risk, and security in UX
  • Familiarity with experimentation programs and data-informed design
  • Mastery of Figma and ability to rapidly prototype across digital surfaces
  • Collaborative and proactive mindset

Benefits

  • Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
  • Basic term and optional term life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Pregnancy disability and parental leave
  • 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
  • Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
  • Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
  • Adoption assistance
  • Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
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At U.S. Bank, we help millions of clients achieve their goals with a balance of best-in-class technology and human expertise tailored to individual needs. As the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, we’ve built a reputation for strength and stability across a diversified mix of businesses, including commercial and institutional banking, business banking, payments, wealth management and consumer banking. We’ve been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute and the most admired superregional bank by Fortune. In addition to thousands of branches serving consumers, U.S. Bank offers a complete suite of products, services and strategic partnerships for business. Within our Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking division, we serve more than half a million clients across the country and around the world, ranging from wealthy individuals and families to the largest corporations, including 90% of Fortune 1000 companies.We’re also consistently recognized as a great place to work. We’re shaping our company culture with intention, focused on creating a workplace where it’s safe to speak up, share ideas and try new things. We’re proud to be recognized as a “Best for Vets” employer by the Military Times and included on Fair360’s (formerly DiversityInc.) list of Top 50 Companies for Diversity. U.S. Bank, NA. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.

Founded in 1968
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
81K employees (1,757 in marketing)
59% recommend to a friend
65% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
27.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.7M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20.5%
Direct
74.2%
Referral
4%
Social
0.3%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~80.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,168 (1% of company)
Median Career Experience
21 years
Median Tenure
4.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
15

Funding

Total Funding
$991M
Last Raise
$55M
Post IPO Debt, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2023
    Post IPO Debt • $55M
  • Aug 2023
    Post IPO Debt • $936M

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