Creative Director

Unilever; Dearborn (MI); Remote; USD 113,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Growth path to senior creative work

Competitive salary

Job summary

Unilever is seeking a Creative Director to guide high-impact design work in a remote setting from Dearborn, MI. The role focuses on owning the creative direction, maintaining brand consistency, and driving fast prototyping of interfaces and stories.

You’ll collaborate across teams, defend bold visual choices, and push for design excellence while navigating remote workflows and regulatory considerations in Michigan.

Qualifications

• Solid service design grounding and prototyping ability.
• Self-directed work style in a remote environment.
• Experience leading creative initiatives at senior levels.
• Ability to say no to ideas at the right time with sound judgment.
• Familiarity with MI-specific regulations relevant to creative work.

Responsibilities

• Keep current with Style Guides and Blender to expand the creative toolkit.
• Pitch the uncomfortable direction when the safe one has clearly run dry.
• Reframe constraints from the remote budget as the brief's most useful lever.
• Argue palette and type with evidence you’d bring to a Style Guides review.
• Curate the reference wall that keeps a studio pointed the same way.
• Hold the line on kerning while shipping at a remote pace.
• Cut a sixty-second story to fifteen without losing the point.
• Prototype interface ideas fast enough to kill the weak ones cheaply.

Skills

Service design

Prototyping

Self-direction

Under pressure communication

12+ years experience

Adaptability

Decision making

MI regulations knowledge

Job description

We don't hand our Creative Director a style guide and call it creativity; we hand them a problem and watch what Resilience can do at Unilever. This remote job at Unilever delivers $113,000 - $155,000, hands-on ownership, and a clear ladder for creative professionals.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep current with Style Guides and Blender to expand the creative toolkit
• Pitch the uncomfortable direction when the safe one has clearly run dry
• Reframe constraints from the remote budget as the brief's most useful lever
• Argue palette and type with the same evidence you'd bring to a Style Guides review
• Curate the reference wall that keeps a 11-person studio pointed the same way
• Hold the line on kerning while shipping at a remote pace
• Cut a sixty-second story to fifteen without amputating the point
• Prototype interface ideas fast enough to kill the weak ones cheaply

What You'll Bring

• Solid Service Design grounding, plus Prototyping you can pick up on the fly
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly
• Roughly 12+ years operating in a similar Creative Director position
• Comfort with an Unilever pace that rarely sits still
• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time
• Knowledge of MI-specific regulations relevant to creative work

There's a reason creative leaders keep calling Unilever: this refreshingly-candid Dearborn, MI team simply refuses to ship anything mediocre. We believe the best creative decisions get made closest to the work, not three floors up.

We offer a competitive salary of $113,000 - $155,000, comprehensive health coverage, and a clear path to grow into senior creative work.

As of right now, Unilever is still reading every resume that lands here.