Creative Director

BioRender; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

BioRender is seeking a Creative Director to define and evolve our brand identity across marketing touchpoints. You’ll own the creative vision, lead the design function, and shape how BioRender communicates complex science with clarity and impact.

This hands-on leadership role collaborates with Marketing, Product, Executive Leadership, and Design teams to translate strategy into compelling creative that drives awareness, engagement, and growth. We’re a remote-first team with global reach.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in creative, brand, or design leadership.
• Experience leading high-performing creative teams in SaaS, technology, healthcare, or life sciences environments.
• Strong portfolio showing brand leadership, storytelling, and multi-channel execution.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve BioRender’s brand identity, visual language, and creative strategy.
• Lead the creative vision across product marketing, campaigns, website, social, video, events, and sales enablement.
• Partner with Marketing, Product, and Leadership to translate objectives into impactful creative.
• Build and mentor a high-performing creative team and foster collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Develop scalable brand guidelines, design systems, and asset libraries for consistency.
• Establish processes and workflows to enable fast, high-quality work.
• Stay ahead of design and storytelling trends to inform creative direction.

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand leadership

Team management

Marketing collaboration

Brand strategy

Job description

At BioRender, we’re on a mission to accelerate the world’s ability to learn, discover, and communicate science – transforming how knowledge is shared and making science open, collaborative, and easily understandable by all.

We’re shaping the future of science communication and are looking for talented individuals to help bring this vision to life!

About The Role

As Creative Director at BioRender, you’ll bring our mission to life by defining and evolving how BioRender shows up across every marketing touchpoint. You’ll own BioRender’s brand identity, creative vision, and design function—leading the development of world‑class creative that strengthens our brand, tells compelling stories, and helps scientists better understand the value of our platform.

This is a hands‑on, high‑impact leadership role where you’ll collaborate closely with Marketing, Product, Executive Leadership, and Design teams to translate strategy into beautiful, effective creative. You'll set the creative direction while remaining closely connected to the work, building a brand that inspires millions of scientists around the world.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Define and evolve BioRender’s brand identity, visual language, and creative strategy—ensuring a consistent, compelling, and recognizable brand across every customer touchpoint.
• Lead the creative vision and execution across product marketing, integrated campaigns, website, social media, video, motion graphics, events, sales enablement, and other marketing initiatives.
• Partner closely with Marketing, Product, and Leadership to translate business objectives, product strategy, and brand positioning into impactful creative that drives awareness, engagement, and growth.
• Build, mentor, and inspire a high‑performing creative team while fostering a culture of creativity, craftsmanship, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain scalable brand guidelines, design systems, and creative asset libraries that enable consistency and efficiency across the organization.
• Establish creative processes, workflows, and resource planning that allow the team to execute high‑quality work quickly and effectively.
• Stay ahead of design, branding, storytelling, and visual communication trends—bringing fresh ideas and creative ambition to everything BioRender puts into the world.

What You Bring To The Table

• 8+ years of experience in creative, brand, or design leadership, with at least 3 years leading high‑performing creative teams in a fast‑paced SaaS, technology, healthcare, or life sciences environment.
• Experience with or a strong understanding of medical illustration, scientific visualization, or scientific design, and an appreciation for communicating complex science through thoughtful, visually compelling creative.
• Proven success developing and scaling world‑class brands, leading integrated marketing creative, and delivering exceptional creative work across digital, print, video, and experiential channels.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating outstanding brand leadership, visual storytelling, and high‑quality creative execution across multiple marketing channels.
• Experience creating marketing creative for scientific, healthcare, biotech, pharmaceutical, or other highly technical audiences, with the ability to simplify complex concepts through compelling visual communication.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, with a knack for building strong relationships across Marketing, Product, Executive Leadership, and cross‑functional teams.
• A passion for building brands that educate, inspire, and help scientists communicate their discoveries more effectively.
• A growth mindset — you're curious, creative, resourceful, and excited to shape one of the world's most beloved brands in science communication.

Why join us?

• We are mission‑driven: we work collaboratively towards our shared vision of improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery. BioRender figures have appeared in more than 54,000 publications!
• BioRender is loved by millions! We have a world‑class NPS and a community of loyal fans and users in 200+ countries!
• Our company is backed by top investors and accelerators like Y Combinator, and we are on a growth trajectory comparable to many top‑performing SaaS companies
• We’re remote‑first with team members across Canada and the U.S., offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere.

BioRender is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. By submitting this application, you consent to the processing of your personal data by BioRender in accordance with GDPR and our Privacy Policy.