EquiLife is a founder-led functional medicine company offering supplements, lab testing, protocols, and health coaching. We're hiring a Creative Director to turn our brand and product stories into creative that looks right, reads right, and converts. You'll lead a small creative team, supported by contractors as workload requires, and stay hands-on in concepting, design, and copywriting.
We're an AI-forward company. We expect this leader to use AI tools daily to produce better creative faster, and to build them into how the team works.
Reports to: Chief Marketing Officer
Location: Fully remote (EST or CST preferred)
What You'll Do
- Concept and direct brand-led campaigns that bring EquiLife products to life across our DTC site and supporting channels, with paid social, email, and SMS as the primary channels.
- Partner with the marketing team on product launches, promotions, and other creative projects.Write copy from product marketing briefs, turning approved product claims into clear, persuasive messaging.
- Lead one full time direct report and a bench of contractors: set priorities, give clear direction and feedback, and keep work on schedule.
- Stay hands-on in concepting, design, and copywriting when the workload calls for it.
- Run an AI-first creative workflow across concepting, copy, design, and asset variations. Set standards for how your team and contractors use AI, and keep quality and brand standards high.
- Design for the equi.life ecommerce experience, from product pages to checkout, with a strong grasp of UX.
- Develop print packaging with our packaging designer and the operations and regulatory teams.
- Work with the technical ecommerce team to bring approved designs to life in Shopify, providing the assets and input they need.
- Keep creative briefs moving from request to launch alongside the team.
Who You'll Work With
- Chief Marketing Officer (your manager)
- Your direct report and creative contractors
- Director, Marketing Communications
- Lifecycle Marketing Manager
- Senior Manager, Social Media
- Director of Ambassador Relations
- Technical team (cross-functional partner for Shopify)
- VP, Regulatory (cross-functional partner)
What You Bring
- 7–10 years of creative experience, including leading or directing others.
- Bachelors' degree in Art, Creative Services or similar.
- Experience in the functional medicine, vitamins, supplements or health and wellness industry a plus.
- A portfolio showing ideas carried through to finished, high-performing work.
- Strong writing skills and the ability to turn a brief into polished, persuasive copy.
- Required: hands-on experience using AI tools for creative work (concepting, copy, image and design generation, asset variations), with examples of work you produced faster without lowering quality.
- Solid understanding of ecommerce UX and DTC channel creative: email, SMS, and paid media.
- Experience or exposure to print packaging design or production and ability to oversee a resource handling print and packaging design.
- Ability to work with technical teams to bring designs to life in Shopify.
- Comfort working within regulatory guardrails on health and supplement claims.
- Organized, self-directed, and willing to roll up your sleeves.