Creative Director

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

Job summary

BioRender, a science-communication platform, seeks a Creative Director to own brand identity, creative vision, and design at a hands-on leadership level within Marketing. You will shape a brand reaching millions of scientists worldwide and partner with cross-functional teams to translate strategy into compelling visuals.

You’ll lead a high-performing creative team, scale brand systems, and stay ahead of design trends while delivering impact across product marketing, campaigns, website, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years in creative, brand, or design leadership.
• Experience leading teams in SaaS/tech/healthcare/life sciences.
• Portfolio showing brand leadership across channels.
• Experience with scientific/medical visualization is a plus.
• Strong communication and collaboration across functions.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve BioRender's brand identity, visual language, and creative strategy to ensure a consistent and recognizable presence across every customer touchpoint.
• Lead creative vision and execution across product marketing, integrated campaigns, website, social media, video, motion graphics, events, sales enablement, and other marketing initiatives.
• Partner with Marketing, Product, and Leadership to translate business objectives, product strategy, and brand positioning into creative that drives awareness, engagement, and growth.
• Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performing creative team, fostering a culture of creativity, craftsmanship, and collaboration.
• Develop and maintain scalable brand guidelines, design systems, and creative asset libraries to enable consistency and efficiency across the organization.
• Establish creative processes, workflows, and resource planning so the team can execute high-quality work quickly and effectively.
• Stay current with design, branding, storytelling, and visual communication trends and bring fresh ideas to BioRender's creative output.

Skills

Brand leadership

Creative leadership

Team leadership

SaaS marketing

Brand strategy

Visual storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

BioRender is a science communication platform on a mission to accelerate how the world learns, discovers, and communicates science. Its tools help researchers create professional scientific figures and visualizations, and its figures have appeared in more than 54,000 publications. The platform is used by millions of scientists across 200+ countries and is backed by investors including Y Combinator.

The role

The Creative Director owns BioRender's brand identity, creative vision, and design function. This is a hands-on leadership role within the Marketing department, working closely with Marketing, Product, Executive Leadership, and Design teams. You would set creative direction while remaining closely connected to the day-to-day work, building a brand that reaches millions of scientists worldwide.

What you would do

• Define and evolve BioRender's brand identity, visual language, and creative strategy to ensure a consistent and recognizable presence across every customer touchpoint.
• Lead creative vision and execution across product marketing, integrated campaigns, website, social media, video, motion graphics, events, sales enablement, and other marketing initiatives.
• Partner with Marketing, Product, and Leadership to translate business objectives, product strategy, and brand positioning into creative that drives awareness, engagement, and growth.
• Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performing creative team, fostering a culture of creativity, craftsmanship, and collaboration.
• Develop and maintain scalable brand guidelines, design systems, and creative asset libraries to enable consistency and efficiency across the organization.
• Establish creative processes, workflows, and resource planning so the team can execute high-quality work quickly and effectively.
• Stay current with design, branding, storytelling, and visual communication trends and bring fresh ideas to BioRender's creative output.

What they are looking for

• 8+ years of experience in creative, brand, or design leadership, with at least 3 years leading high-performing creative teams in a SaaS, technology, healthcare, or life sciences environment.
• Experience with or a strong understanding of medical illustration, scientific visualization, or scientific design, and the ability to communicate complex science through compelling visuals.
• Proven track record developing and scaling brands, leading integrated marketing creative, and delivering work across digital, print, video, and experiential channels.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating brand leadership, visual storytelling, and high-quality creative execution across multiple marketing channels.
• Experience creating marketing creative for scientific, healthcare, biotech, pharmaceutical, or other technical audiences.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build relationships across Marketing, Product, Executive Leadership, and cross-functional teams.
• A growth mindset: curious, creative, and resourceful.

Working arrangements

This role is fully remote, open to candidates based in Canada or the United States.