Creative Director: Brand System & Campaigns Lead

NinjaTrader; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Condtion

1 Service Day Annually

401k with 3.5% Company Match

Paid Parental Bonding Leave

Health, Vision, Dental Coverage

Life and Disability Insurance Covered

Job summary

NinjaTrader, based in Chicago, IL, seeks a Creative Director to own how the company looks, sounds, and feels across all consumer-facing marketing. This senior role reports to the CMO and leads the branding and visual identity in a fast-growing fintech environment.

You will level up the visual identity to reflect a dynamic brand, operationalize it, and defend it as volume scales, while owning the marketing creative standards and storytelling across campaigns, web, and product marketing.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of brand and creative experience with 2+ years leading a team as an ACD, CD or design lead.
• A portfolio built on systems, not one-offs.
• Storytelling range — develop narrative, not only art-direct someone else's script.
• Range across brand campaign work and performance creative.
• Desire to remain hands-on — stay in the work, not just direct it.
• Fluency with AI tooling in the creative process.
• Track record of managing designers and directing external agencies.
• Comfort with performance data.

Responsibilities

• Own the marketing identity system and extend it across surfaces.
• Build and scale the marketing design system for campaigns, web, lifecycle, and partners.
• Establish governance to maintain system integrity and brand standards.
• Be the final quality gate on brand expression across marketing.

Skills

Brand & creative leadership

Portfolio-driven approach

Storytelling range

Hands-on leadership

AI tooling fluency

People management

Performance data comfort

Job description

NinjaTrader, based in Chicago, IL, seeks a Creative Director to own how the company looks, sounds, and feels across all consumer-facing marketing. This senior role reports to the CMO and leads the branding and visual identity in a fast-growing fintech environment.

You will level up the visual identity to reflect a dynamic brand, operationalize it, and defend it as volume scales, while owning the marketing creative standards and storytelling across campaigns, web, and product marketing.