Creative Director

Responsibilities

• Creative Vision & Brand Standard
• - Define and champion Nodpod's creative vision, visual identity, and brand voice, and keep them consistent across every channel.
• - Own the creative direction and standard of Nodpod, including brand guidelines that the whole company can use.
• - Present creative strategy and a point of view on what's next to the CEO and leadership team.
• - Make the call on what meets the standard and what doesn't, and explain why.
• Art Direction
• - Lead art direction across campaigns, product and packaging, the website, email, social, paid media, and partner collaborations.
• - Develop creative concepts and campaign ideas, and guide them from brief through final execution.
• - Direct photographers, videographers, illustrators, and other creative partners and agencies, with a strong internal point of view.
• - Make sure creative is built to work: ideas that look great and also meet the goals of the brief.

Requirements

• 8+ years in creative direction, art direction, or brand design , ideally within a high-growth DTC or consumer brand.
• A portfolio that shows a clear creative point of view and work across brand, digital, packaging, and campaigns.
• Experience leading and developing a design team , including setting standards and giving clear, useful feedback.
• Strong skills in art direction and visual storytelling , with experience directing photo and video shoots.
• Deep craft in graphic design and brand identity , with fluency in modern design tools.
• Experience working with agencies, freelancers, and production partners .
• The ability to work closely with growth, brand, and product teams, and to turn performance data into better creative.
• Strong commercial judgment : great creative should also move the business.
• Comfort moving between vision and execution, close enough to the work to know how it's going.

Preferred

• Experience with sleep, wellness, beauty, or lifestyle brands.
• Experience with packaging and product design .
• Experience building a brand's creative function from an early stage.
• Experience at a startup or founder-led brand, and you liked the pace.
• A brand or campaign you shaped from start to finish, what made it work, and what you would do differently.

Benefits

• Performance bonus: Opportunity to earn a bonus based on performance targets.
• Medical insurance: The base plan is fully covered by Nodpod, with extra coverage options available. Dental and vision are also offered. Health insurance starts within your first 30 days.
• 401(k): Nodpod contributes 3% of your salary, whether or not you contribute. You're eligible after 12 months.
• Paid parental leave: Up to four months, after 12 months with Nodpod.
• Paid time off: 10 days of PTO in your first year, rising to 25 days with tenure. You also get at least 5 sick/wellness days.
• Holidays: 10 company holidays, 2 floating holidays, and a paid day off for your birthday.
• Home office equipment & stipend: Nodpod provides the resources you need to do your job.