Founding Content & Creative Lead

New York City, NY (On-site)

$100K/yr – $150K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Creative leadership and hands on craft Own the concept and execution of short form video and creative direction across channels while coordinating with Growth on formats and landings.

  • Creative ownership of concept, art direction, and production for videos and campaigns
  • Growth alignment on formats, channels, events, and partnerships; joint decision to run and land initiatives
  • Fast, high quality output with taste focus and early input from the Growth Lead

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Creative concept for every channel — the idea of what we make, before anyone picks up a camera
  • Art direction, photography, video, editing, and design — the craft that brings it to life
  • Short-form video end to end: hook, script, shoot, cut
  • The repeatable formats that make Escargot recognizable
  • The brief and creative direction for any creators we work with
  • The quality bar — if something's dead on arrival, you kill it before it ships
  • One week it’s a format you concept, shoot on a phone, and cut three ways by tomorrow. The next it’s the creative idea for a popup the Growth Lead is running, a campaign that needs to actually look like something, or directing a creator so the thing they make doesn’t feel like an ad. You’ll work closely with Aaron on taste and voice early on. You make a lot, you move fast, and you care whether the work is good — not whether it looks expensive.
  • Owns — Creative Lead owns what people see; Organic Growth Lead owns how we grow.
  • Works in — Creative: ideas and craft (concept, art direction, photo, video, edit, design). Growth: plays (channels, hacks, events, popups, stunts, partnerships).
  • Creators — Creative briefs and directs what they make; Growth sources, closes, and runs the relationship.
  • A stunt or event — Creative dreams up what it actually is and makes it land; Growth decides if it\'s worth running and makes it happen.
  • Both of you invent, both of you execute, and both of you answer the same question: did this make someone actually want to send something?
  • You\'re probably a fit if
  • You\'re the idea person and the maker — you can concept it, shoot it, edit it, and design around it yourself
  • You have taste, and the body of work to prove it (show us)
  • You get platform-native short-form video, down to why the first frame decides everything
  • You\'d rather make ten things and learn than polish one
  • You can feel when something is generic, cringe, or over-polished — and fix it
  • You\'re probably not a fit if
  • You need a full brief and a crew before you can make anything(please remove this?) Wait correction: this item is literal in text:
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Escargot

We make sending physical cards as easy as liking a post, but infinitely cooler.At Escargot, we're serving up thoughtfulness with a side of fun – because who says being caring can't be delightful? From "Congrats on your Taylor Swift tickets" to "Sorry your crypto tanked" (and yes, we have Happy Birthday too), we're creating cards that actually sound like you.We handle the boring stuff (printing, postage, mailing) while you focus on making someone's day with a surprise in their mailbox. Because in a world of endless notifications, nothing hits different quite like real mail.Not your grandmas greeting cards. 🐌

Founded in 2024
New York, New York, USA
10 employees (5 in marketing)

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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
976
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.1%
Direct
24%
Referral
35.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~11

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (10% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$5.3M
Last Raise
$2.8M
Seed, 3 months ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Seed • $2.8M
  • Feb 2025
    Seed • $2.5M