Associate Director, Creative Brand Strategy (Hybrid)

Notability; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Comprehensive healthcare for you and a

401k with matching

Lunch stipend (HQ)

Transit stipend

Home workstation reimbursement

ISP stipend

Monthly phone bill stipend

Job summary

Notability is seeking an Associate Director, Creative to set the creative direction for Notability’s market presence and manage the external agency relationship. The role reports to the VP of Marketing and partners with the Brand Lead to keep brand and product expression unified.

You’ll own brand and campaign creative from concept to final delivery, ensuring a high craft bar while guiding the agency and internal teams. Hybrid work in San Francisco with on-site 2 days a week.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years in brand, creative, or integrated marketing.
• Proven track record managing external creative agencies.
• Experienced brief writer translating business objectives into creative direction.
• Strong creative instincts linking decisions to business outcomes.
• Fluency across brand identity, campaign creative, social/content, with cohesion.
• Experience collaborating with paid performance teams and evolving creative requirements.
• Cross-functional leadership with design teams to align visual identity.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve creative direction: visual identity, tone, expression across channels.
• Translate goals into clear creative concepts and ensure brand consistency.
• Scale the brand identity system across future channels and media.
• Partner with Design to unify brand, marketing, and product expression.
• Own day-to-day relationship with external agency; write briefs and direct work.
• Review output, set priorities, and maintain quality bar.
• Lead creative development for ads, landing pages, launches, campaigns.
• Maintain feedback loop between creative output and performance data.
• Push new formats, motion, and tech to shape Notability communications.
• Own and evolve brand system across marketing channels; define scalable templates.

Skills

Brand management

Creative leadership

Agency management

Brief writing

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Brand identity

Paid media collaboration

Team collaboration

Creative direction

Job description

Notability is seeking an Associate Director, Creative to set the creative direction for Notability’s market presence and manage the external agency relationship. The role reports to the VP of Marketing and partners with the Brand Lead to keep brand and product expression unified.

You’ll own brand and campaign creative from concept to final delivery, ensuring a high craft bar while guiding the agency and internal teams. Hybrid work in San Francisco with on-site 2 days a week.