Responsibilities

• Define and lead global brand creative strategy in partnership with marketing leadership
• Lead the development of breakthrough creative ideas that connect with culture, community, and our 3-part mission
• Translate business and marketing strategy into compelling, insight-driven creative execution
• Own and evolve the overall look, feel, and voice of the brand across all channels and touchpoints, ensuring consistency & distinction
• Lead end-to-end creative development across campaigns, content, and experiences
• Co-create alongside marketing & digital partners, sharing a P&L, annual brand goal setting, and team accountability
• Oversee all creative output across product, packaging, brand, and channels (digital, retail, experiential), with a solid understanding of content and social platforms
• Establish and manage efficient creative processes, governance, and workflows
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure alignment, consistency, and quality in a matrixed global organization
• Manage budgets, timelines, and resourcing in partnership with the Design Traffic Controller

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in creative design leadership roles
• Bachelor’s degree (Design, Visual Communication, Marketing, Communications, or related field preferred)
• Minimum of 3 years’ of experience directly leading an in-house creative department or agency creative team
• Experience leading brand, content, digital and communication design, with substantial exposure to a wide variety of disciplines and channels
• Expert knowledge of the creative process and what it takes to lead a large team across multiple departments, regions, and stakeholders to deliver industry changing communications
• Exceptional decision-making skills & stakeholder management – able to thrive in both highly autonomous & highly collaborative work environments
• Excellent hiring, performance management, mentoring, and coaching skills to build a high-performing creative team
• Strong ability to establish and maintain effective, collaborative work relationships with diverse individuals, internally and externally through direct and positive communications
• Experience managing freelancers, agencies, and vendors
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills along with the ability to professionally communicate effectively in a multiple stakeholder environment and across all levels of the organization
• Excellent proficiency in creative, graphic design, and social content development & production processes
• Familiarity with consumer and popular culture trends
• Proven ability to develop annual and strategic department plans and budgets
• Willingness to work across time zones
• Demonstrated understanding of company mission, goals and objectives
• Cooperative team player with an upbeat, positive attitude and bias for action
• Strong conceptual thinker with a portfolio demonstrating excellence in brand building, integrated marketing campaigns, and creative leadership
• Highly proficient in design, typography, and visual communications – proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Substance/Stager, Firefly, Premiere Pro), Canto, Canva, UI/UX software like Figma and Copilot

Benefits

• Market-competitive pay and performance related rewards
• Flexible ways of working
• Health and wellbeing support, including employee assistance programs and wellness initiatives
• Time off to rest and recharge
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Medical, dental and (where applicable) vision coverage
• Health-related savings and spending accounts
• Retirement savings programs with a competitive matching plan
• Additional employee perks (e.g., corporate discounts, commuter or learning support)
• Hybrid workplace (3+ days/week in office)
• Dog-friendly office environment
• Community volunteer days
• Learning and development programs
• Access to our gym at headquarters and the local area
• 3 free pints a day!
• Travel required approximately 15% of the time