Creative Director: Brand Systems & Campaigns (Hybrid)

OpenKrill; United States; Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Optional

1 Service Day Annually

401k with 3.5% Company Match

Paid Parental Bonding Leave

Health, Vision, Dental Coverage

Life and Disability Insurance

Job summary

NinjaTrader, based in Chicago, IL, is seeking a Creative Director to own how the company looks across marketing surfaces. This senior role reports to the CMO and will elevate the visual identity to reflect a dynamic brand in futures trading.

You will build and govern a scalable marketing design system, stay hands-on on hero projects, and lead a small in-house team while collaborating with agencies. Fintech and trading experience are a bonus.

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 across narrative and art direction.
• Experience across brand campaigns and performance creative.
• Desire to stay hands-on while directing others.
• Fluency with AI tooling in the creative process.
• Track record of managing designers and directing external agencies.
• Comfort with performance data.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize the brand identity system across surfaces.
• Own the marketing design system to scale across campaigns and web assets.
• Establish governance to maintain system integrity.
• Act as final quality gate on brand expression across marketing.
• Concept and direct integrated campaigns from brief to launch — video, social, paid, OOH, sponsorship, events.
• Develop the narrative and art-direct production for video and campaigns.
• Own marketing web and landing page design for acquisition and conversion.
• Direct lifecycle and product marketing creative for coherent experiences.
• Stay hands-on on hero projects — concepting, designing, directing.

Skills

Brand leadership

Portfolio systems

Storytelling range

Campaign + performance

Hands-on design

AI in creativity

Team management

Agency management

Performance data

Job description

NinjaTrader, based in Chicago, IL, is seeking a Creative Director to own how the company looks across marketing surfaces. This senior role reports to the CMO and will elevate the visual identity to reflect a dynamic brand in futures trading.

You will build and govern a scalable marketing design system, stay hands-on on hero projects, and lead a small in-house team while collaborating with agencies. Fintech and trading experience are a bonus.