Creative Director CMO

Ambassador Group; Coeur d'Alene (ID); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A recruiting firm is seeking a Fractional Creative Director / CMO to oversee visual identity and brand storytelling. This remote position involves designing marketing graphics and managing social media across various channels. The ideal candidate has experience in creative direction and a strong design portfolio. Join a values-aligned team where your insights can significantly shape growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Creative Director, Brand Designer, or Marketing Lead.
• Strong portfolio of modern, clean, professional design work.
• Ability to own both design and delivery with hands-on production.

Responsibilities

• Design marketing graphics, social media content, and digital assets weekly.
• Own and manage the social media calendar across 5+ channels.
• Translate broad positioning into bite-sized visual content.

Skills

Creative direction

Brand design

Social media management

Graphic design

Tools

Canva

Adobe Suite

Miro

Job description

About Us

Ambassador Group is a high-touch recruiting firm specializing in the construction industry, serving custom and high-end residential builders across the Bay Area. We’re known for pairing deep relationship-building with sharp execution, and we're scaling both our impact and visibility. We operate on the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) and take brand seriously — we want our creative presence to reflect the clarity and craft we bring to every client and candidate relationship.

About the Role

We’re hiring a Fractional Creative Director / CMO to lead our visual identity, brand storytelling, and day-to-day marketing content. This is a lean-start, production-heavy role with room to evolve into strategic creative leadership.

You’ll report to the Integrator (Managing Partner) and act as our go-to resource for brand expression and market education. This means making — not just managing — the creative that fuels our growth: social content, digital assets, light video, and more. You’ll also help structure the brand ecosystem and funnels that attract both top-tier talent and high-value hiring clients.

What You’ll Do

Creative Execution (Core Scope)

• Design marketing graphics, social media content, and digital assets weekly

• Own and manage Ambassador’s social media calendar across 5+ channels

• Maintain brand consistency across all platforms (visual, tonal, and structural)

• Build and manage reusable templates in Canva or Adobe

Content & Marketing Ops

• Create and organize shareable visuals for client and candidate engagement

• Support featured candidate promo and campaign assets

• Provide light design support for email, job descriptions, and pitch decks

• Perform brand audits and contribute to refining messaging over time

Strategy & Collaboration

• Translate broad positioning into bite-sized visual content

• Provide input on campaign, funnel, and channel performance

• Recommend optimizations across marketing workflows

• Manage freelance creatives or vendors, if/as needed

Tools You’ll Use

• Canva (primary design platform)

• Miro (collaboration/mapping)

• Adobe Suite (as needed)

• Social: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube

• Google Workspace, Drive, etc.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as a Creative Director, Brand Designer, or Marketing Lead

• Strong portfolio of modern, clean, professional design work

• Skilled in turning brand principles into modular, scalable content

• Ability to own both design + delivery — hands-on production required

• Experience working with founder-led or early-growth teams

• Comfort working with minimal supervision and limited inputs

• Alignment and enthusiasm for our mission, vision, and values

What You’ll Bring

• A sharp design eye and builder mindset

• Comfort balancing autonomy with collaboration

• A modern understanding of social channels and storytelling

• Visual empathy for our brand archetype: The Sage / Mentor / Guide

• Resourcefulness, speed, and comfort building the plane while flying it

Compensation & Logistics

• Fully remote, async-friendly, PT-Pacific hours preferred

• 3-month initial contract with potential for expansion based on impact
  
  

Why Join Us?

We’re a values-aligned, founder-led team that’s ready to build for the next chapter. You’ll be stepping into a highly trusted position where your insight, structure, and discipline can shape the future of how we grow — and how we lead.

If you love creating compelling visuals, brand story-telling, high-trust founder collaboration, and getting credit for building smart things early — we’d love to talk.

Appendix: Build & Grow

Here's how we envision the layers of your evolving impact:

Foundations

• Audit and refine our brand assets for consistency and clarity

• Build a repeatable social media calendar (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, X, TikTok)

• Produce graphics and light copy for weekly posting cadence

• Create shareable marketing assets (e.g., featured candidate promos, talent strategy explainers)

• Establish a basic creative asset system (Canva/Drive organization, templates)
  
  

Funnels & Flows

• Build and refine funnels for:

• Attracting candidates to open roles

• Attracting candidates for future representation

• Attracting clients to our services

• Attracting clients to featured professionals

• Create templates for client-facing decks, case studies, and content pieces

• Advise on channel strategy and post optimization
  
  

Scale & Elevate

• Light video content production or coordination

• Support thought leadership/insight asset development (minimal writing — strong visuals)

• Begin building toward lightweight campaign strategy (launches, hiring pushes, client verticals)

• Explore long-term visual evolution and/or full brand refresh