Creative Director

Stanley Black & Decker; Charlottesville (VA); Remote; USD 138,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker is seeking a storyteller-designer to serve as Creative Director, capable of taking an idea from napkin to launch. The role offers full-time flexibility with a salary range of $138,000 to $218,000 and a path for real influence within the company.

The successful candidate will salvage frames, collaborate with copywriters, uphold brand standards across products and markets, and continuously expand their toolkit through Critical Thinking and Sketch.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in a Creative Director role.
• Willingness to relocate to Charlottesville, VA, or work remotely.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience aligning visuals with messaging and tone.

Responsibilities

• Salvage usable frames from a shoot that the weather in Charlottesville half-ruined.
• Partner with copywriters to align visuals with messaging and tone.
• Uphold the Stanley Black & Decker brand as its standards scale across new products and markets.
• Keep current with Critical Thinking and Sketch to expand the creative toolkit.
• Edit raw footage and audio into share-ready stories for multiple platforms.
• Maintain organized source files, asset libraries, and version histories.

Job description

Stanley Black & Decker is looking for a storyteller-designer — a Creative Director who can carry an idea from napkin to launch. Everything about this Creative Director post says trust — $138,000 - $218,000, full-time flexibility, and 11 years rewarded with real say.

Key Responsibilities

• Salvage usable frames from a shoot the weather in Charlottesville half-ruined
• Partner with copywriters to align visuals with messaging and tone
• Uphold the Stanley Black & Decker brand as its standards scale across new products and markets
• Keep current with Critical Thinking and Sketch to expand the creative toolkit
• Edit raw footage and audio into share-ready stories for multiple platforms
• Maintain organized source files, asset libraries, and version histories

What You'll Bring

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• A Stanley Black & Decker mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow
• Willingness to relocate to Charlottesville, VA, or to make remote work
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• Roughly 12+ years operating in a similar Creative Director position

There's a reason creative leaders keep calling Stanley Black & Decker: this plainspoken Charlottesville, VA team simply refuses to ship anything mediocre. People here care as much about how we work together as what we ship.

Sign on for $138,000 - $218,000, gain a growth path into creative, a personal mentor, and benefits that make Charlottesville feel like home.

The Stanley Black & Decker team is expanding in Charlottesville, VA this quarter, and this seat is part of that growth.