Creative Director

Denver, CO (Hybrid)

$145K/yr – $170K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own the brand and lead the creative function to scale Ibotta’s identity across all touchpoints, partnering with product, analytics, and marketing to drive brand consistency and business impact.

  • Lead and mentor a diverse creative team across design and production
  • Translate complex product offerings into clean, engaging concepts

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build corporate brand identity and creative guidelines for Ibotta to show up visually and experientially across every touchpoint with distinction.
  • Lead and mentor a diverse team of creative professionals across design and production, fostering a culture of proven concept, craft, and collaboration while ensuring consistent creative execution.
  • Partner closely with product, analytics, marketing, and leadership teams to drive brand consistency and elevate Ibotta's market presence.
  • Help translate complex product offerings, data, and value propositions into clean, engaging creative concepts.
  • Establish and optimize operational processes to enhance efficiency, quality, and scalability of creative output.
  • Lead creative reviews, provide actionable feedback, and foster a culture of craft, curiosity, and innovation.
  • Serve as a key brand ambassador internally and externally, articulating creative vision and strategy clearly across all levels of the organization.
  • Manage team health, resource planning, and talent strategy, ensuring the right capabilities, skills, and staffing are in place to meet business needs.
  • Embrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency, & A good idea can come from anywhere

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience as a hands-on creative with a proven track record across diverse media (agency and in-house). In-house experience is strongly preferred.
  • 4+ years of experience leading creative teams in dynamic, fast-growing companies, ideally with a B2B / tech focus.
  • A portfolio or sample of work demonstrating excellence in creative direction, brand identity, and multi-channel campaign execution.
  • Exceptional leadership and communication skills, capable of influencing cross-functional teams and building strong partnerships across the business.
  • Proven track record developing and executing creative strategies that drive measurable business impact.
  • Deep expertise across multi-disciplinary creative work with a love for craft and storytelling.
  • Proven understanding of multi-channel marketing strategy and how to tie creative initiatives to business goals.
  • Confidence in establishing and scaling creative operations and processes in fast-growing environments.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and driving brand transformation in a rapidly evolving landscape.
  • Belief in the power of teamwork, transparency, and the notion that a good idea can come from anywhere.

Benefits

  • benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), Employee Stock Purchase Program, and 401k match.
  • Denver office perks include paid parking, snacks, and occasional meals.
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Ibotta

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Built in Denver, CO, Ibotta ("I bought a...") (NYSE: IBTA) is a performance marketing platform allowing brands to deliver digital promotions to over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). The IPN allows marketers to influence what people buy, and where and how often they shop – all while paying only when their campaigns directly result in a sale.Guided by our values and our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding, we come to work energized by the business problems we get to solve, the technology we build, the innovative people we work (and have fun) with, and the consumers we get to help. To date, we have credited American consumers $1.8 billion. The largest tech IPO to come out of Colorado, Ibotta is headquartered in Denver.Ibotta has been named as a Top Workplace by The Denver Post five times, made BuiltIn Colorado’s Best Places to Work list four years in a row and appeared on Inc.'s list of Best Workplaces in 2017 and 2023.

Founded in 2011
Denver, Colorado, USA
902 employees (71 in marketing)
55% recommend to a friend
69% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$145K/yr – $170K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
50 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Funding

Total Funding
$92.9M
Last Raise
$25M
Series D, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2019
    Series D
  • Aug 2017
    Series D • $25M
  • Jul 2017
    Series C

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$6.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
9.8%
Direct
66.6%
Referral
20.4%
Social
2.4%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~902

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