Creative Director

Jobgether; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Medical and dental benefits

401(k) retirement plan with employer-m

Massage chair and relaxation room

Complimentary coffee and lattes

Job summary

Jobgether, on behalf of our partner in Dallas, Texas, seeks a Creative Director to shape and elevate the creative vision across packaging, digital campaigns, retail experiences, social media, and product launches. You will lead designers, agencies, freelancers, and cross-functional teams to deliver compelling brand experiences.

This leadership role requires strategic thinking, a strong portfolio, and the ability to build scalable processes, driving business growth while maintaining high creative

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of progressive creative experience across branding, design, packaging, marketing and leadership.
• At least 5 years of experience leading and developing creative teams.
• Proven track record in building consumer-facing brands.
• Strong portfolio in brand development and visual storytelling.
• Experience across digital, social, retail, packaging, print and web.
• Deep knowledge of branding and creative strategy.
• Experience managing budgets and external agencies.
• Strong operational mindset and process development.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma.

Responsibilities

• Creative vision and brand strategy: Define and lead the overarching creative vision across channels.
• Campaigns and product launches: Direct concepts and direction for campaigns and launches.
• Brand development: Establish design systems, visual guidelines, and media blueprints.
• Team leadership: Build and develop a high-performing creative team.
• Creative operations and workflows: Develop briefs, roadmaps, workflows, approvals.
• Budget and resource management: Manage budgets and external partners for profitability.
• Creative quality assurance: Oversee reviews for all deliverables and compliance.
• Agency and freelance management: Coordinate external partners to align with vision.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Align with leadership, development, marketing, and other teams.
• Marketing and customer insights: Guide strategy using audience and product insights.
• Creative innovation: Encourage fresh thinking while maintaining quality.

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand strategy

Team mentoring

Stakeholder mgmt

Adobe CC

Figma

Cross-functional

Project mgmt

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Figma

Job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Creative Director based in Dallas, Texas, United States. We are looking for an innovative and strategic Creative Director to shape and elevate the creative vision across a growing portfolio of consumer brands. In this leadership role, you will oversee brand expression across packaging, digital campaigns, retail experiences, social media, and product launches. You will work closely with executive leadership to develop distinctive creative strategies that strengthen brand identity and drive business growth. Combining creative vision with operational excellence, you will lead designers, agencies, freelancers, and cross-functional teams. You will also build scalable processes that improve collaboration, efficiency, and the quality of creative output. This is an exciting opportunity for a design-driven leader who enjoys challenging conventions, developing new brands, and turning ambitious ideas into memorable consumer experiences.

Accountabilities

Responsibilities

• Creative vision and brand strategy: Define and lead the overarching creative vision, translating brand positioning and business objectives into compelling work across web, digital, print, packaging, retail, and social channels.
• Campaigns and product launches: Partner with executive leadership to develop creative concepts and direction for marketing campaigns, product launches, new business proposals, and strategic initiatives.
• Brand development: Establish creative direction for emerging brands, including brand identities, design systems, visual guidelines, and media blueprints.
• Team leadership: Build, lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing creative team, ensuring projects meet quality standards, timelines, and expectations.
• Creative operations and workflows: Establish integrated project management processes that align creative teams with internal stakeholders and external partners. Develop clear briefs, project roadmaps, workflows, and approval structures while maintaining flexibility and creative quality.
• Budget and resource management: Manage creative budgets responsibly, allocate resources across projects, and collaborate with leadership to ensure projects remain profitable through effective scope and time management.
• Creative quality assurance: Oversee creative reviews and approval processes for print materials, digital assets, and other deliverables, ensuring accuracy, regulatory compliance, consistency, and alignment with project briefs.
• Agency and freelance management: Coordinate external creative agencies and freelance partners, ensuring deliverables remain aligned with the creative vision, timelines, and project requirements.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with leadership, development, marketing, and other internal teams to define project requirements, assign tasks, manage deadlines, and maintain alignment throughout execution.
• Marketing and customer insights: Use a strong understanding of target audiences, customer experience, product offerings, and marketing objectives to guide creative strategy and optimize visual communication across channels.
• Creative innovation: Encourage experimentation, fresh thinking, and continuous improvement while maintaining high standards across B2B and direct-to-consumer marketing assets.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of progressive creative experience, with increasing responsibility across branding, design, packaging, marketing, and creative leadership.
• At least 5 years of experience leading, mentoring, and developing creative teams.
• A proven track record of building and evolving consumer-facing brands.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional creative thinking, brand development, visual storytelling, and design execution.
• Experience overseeing creative development across digital, social, retail, packaging, print, and web channels.
• Deep knowledge of branding, customer experience, visual communication, and creative strategy.
• Experience managing creative budgets, external agencies, freelancers, and cross-functional projects.
• A strong operational mindset, with the ability to develop efficient processes without compromising creativity or quality.
• Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and modern creative collaboration tools.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and highly collaborative environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with disruptive, challenger, or category-defining consumer brands.
• Background in direct-to-consumer (DTC) and omnichannel retail environments.
• Experience launching new products, sub-brands, or entirely new brands.
• Familiarity with content creation, video production, photography, and performance marketing creative.
• A genuine passion for branding, design, storytelling, and creating brands that challenge conventions.

Benefits

• Full-time opportunity in a creative and energetic environment.
• Hybrid work arrangement combining remote work with in-office and on-set days.
• Medical and dental benefits.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching.
• Access to a massage chair and relaxation room when working in the office.
• Complimentary coffee and lattes on office days.
• Casual and collaborative workplace culture.
• Opportunity to work with award-winning products and shape the creative direction of an expanding brand portfolio.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!