Creative Director, Brand & Design Systems for AI Cloud

Render; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks of paid vacation

Parental leave 14 weeks

Medical coverage 100%

Wellness stipend

Cell phone subsidy

Commuter benefits

Continuous learning benefits

Job summary

Render seeks a Creative Director to lead the brand evolution, setting a strategic vision across products, marketing, events, and partnerships. You will steer a founding design team, elevate craft, and build a reusable brand system that scales with rapid product launches.

You will partner with product marketing, engineering leadership, and executives to ensure brand credibility with developers while maintaining warmth and approachability for the broader audience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading creative teams in credibility-driven tech or SaaS contexts.
• Strong track record in building and guiding brand strategy and design systems.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop senior designers and integrate brand across surfaces.

Responsibilities

• Set the creative vision and brand strategy for Render across all surfaces.
• Lead and grow the founding brand design team, shaping structure as the company scales.
• Build brand as an end-to-end system with guidelines, assets, and reusable components.
• Maintain high-quality craft and speed, balancing brand work with rapid launches.
• Collaborate with product, marketing, and engineering leadership on high-impact moments.

Skills

10+ years experience

Creative leadership

Brand strategy

Team management

Strategic vision

Technical credibility

Design craft

Brand systems

Mentoring

Cross-functional

Job description

Render seeks a Creative Director to lead the brand evolution, setting a strategic vision across products, marketing, events, and partnerships. You will steer a founding design team, elevate craft, and build a reusable brand system that scales with rapid product launches.

You will partner with product marketing, engineering leadership, and executives to ensure brand credibility with developers while maintaining warmth and approachability for the broader audience.