Creative Director

profluent; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

401(k) with employer match

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

profluent seeks a player-coach Creative Director to lead the creative function for a science-focused technology organization, shaping visual identity and public presence from concept to publication. This role blends hands-on work across video, design, web, social, and events with creative direction, vendor management, and plans to build a small team.

You’ll translate dense science into clear, human, engaging communication while guiding budgets, partnerships, and creative workflows to scale as

Qualifications

• 10–12 years in creative or brand roles, with leadership experience as Creative Director or equivalent.
• Portfolio demonstrating both direction and hands-on work across video, editorial, digital, events, and merchandise.
• Ability to translate dense technical material into clear, human communication.
• Background in biology, AI, deep technology, or related technical fields.
• Proficiency with design and production tools (Figma, Webflow, Adobe Creative Suite) and video editing.
• Experience managing budgets and people or external teams.

Responsibilities

• Set creative direction across brand channels from brief through finished, published work.
• Develop and maintain visual identity standards for typography, color, imagery, motion, and other design elements.
• Produce and direct photography, illustration, video, social content, executive communications, technical decks, white papers, and launch materials.
• Guide website updates and work directly with design and development contractors.
• Shape conference and owned-event experiences and create reusable templates, asset libraries, and processes.
• Manage creative spending and external partners, then hire and lead a small creative team as the function grows.

Skills

Creative leadership

Project management

Communication

Tools

Figma

Video editing software

Webflow

Adobe Creative Suite

Project management tools

Job description

Role overview

Lead the creative function for a science-focused technology organization, shaping its visual identity and public presence from initial concept through publication. This player-coach role blends hands-on work across video, design, web, social, and events with creative direction, vendor management, and plans to build a small team. The work calls for making complex science clear and engaging without relying on jargon or hype.

Responsibilities

• Set creative direction across brand channels and deliver projects from brief through finished, published work.
• Develop and maintain visual identity standards for typography, color, imagery, motion, and other design elements.
• Produce and direct photography, illustration, video, social content, executive communications, technical decks, white papers, and launch materials.
• Guide website updates and work directly with design and development contractors.
• Shape conference and owned-event experiences and create reusable templates, asset libraries, and processes.
• Manage creative spending and external partners, then hire and lead a small creative team as the function grows.

Requirements

• 10–12 years in creative or brand roles, including leadership as a Creative Director or in an equivalent capacity.
• A portfolio showing both creative direction and hands-on work across video or motion, editorial, digital, event or environmental design, and physical merchandise.
• Ability to translate dense technical material into clear, human, visually compelling communication.
• Background in biology, AI, deep technology, or a related technical field.
• Working fluency with design and production tools such as Figma, video editing software, Webflow, and Adobe tools, plus project management platforms.
• Experience managing budgets and people or external teams, with the judgment to set direction and carry work through to publication.

Nice to have

• Experience working where hard science, design, and culture meet; in a high-growth startup; or in a service-based industry.

Benefits and work setup

The source describes equity participation, a 401(k) with employer match, health, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.