Creative Director

Energy Innovation Corp; Waipahu (HI); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Autonomy to set schedule

Competitive salary

Job summary

HP in Hawaii seeks a Creative Director to consolidate brand assets into a scalable system and drive creative decisions for the next phase. You will own the voice, localization for Waipahu, and presentations to stakeholders, ensuring a clear design rationale and durable documentation for future teams.

You will collaborate in a hybrid role, balancing autonomy with HP backing at every step, and you will guide copy, visuals, and strategy to deliver cohesive campaigns that resonate locally and beyond.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead brand and creative direction under deadline pressure.
• Strong sense of brand voice and copywriting skills.
• Experience shaping persona development and design strategy.

Responsibilities

• Stitch fragmented brand assets into a scalable system for HP's next phase.
• Keep current with facilitation and networking to expand the creative toolkit.
• Write, edit, and shape copy reflecting HP's voice and values.
• Localize creative for Waipahu audiences without diluting the idea.
• Present design rationale clearly to directors and clients.
• Leave a documented trail for future creative ownership.
• Translate Lottie research findings into a visual for broad action.

Skills

Creative direction

Brand development

Persona development

Facilitation

Copywriting

Job description

Somewhere in Waipahu is a designer who's outgrown their current sandbox, and HP built this Creative Director role to be the bigger one. The whole arrangement rewards initiative — $167,000 - $260,000 to start, creative ownership throughout, and HP backing every step.

Key Responsibilities

• Stitch fragmented brand assets into a system that scales past HP's next phase
• Keep current with Facilitation and Networking to expand the creative toolkit
• Write, edit, and shape copy that reflects HP's voice and values
• Localize creative for Waipahu audiences without flattening the original idea
• Present design rationale clearly to director stakeholders and clients
• Leave a documented trail so the next creative inherits judgment, not just files
• Translate Lottie research findings into a visual the whole floor can act on

What You'll Bring

• Track record that proves you can gloriously-unglamorous ship under deadline pressure
• Solid Persona Development grounding, plus Micro-Interactions you can pick up on the fly
• Fluency across Facilitation and Persona Development, with strong opinions on both
• Proven track record delivering results as a Creative Director
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description
• A track record of no-ego delivery in a hybrid structure

You won't find HP on every billboard, but inside creative circles across HI, this detail-focused team is well known. We keep the hybrid workload sustainable so your best Layout Design work isn't your last gasp.

HP offers $167,000 - $260,000 plus the autonomy to set your own schedule and the support to keep growing.

Recruiting for this hybrid position is happening in real time, not on a backlog.