Creative Director: Design Leadership & Growth

Filetwigbay; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness budget

Retirement matching

Clear milestones for promotion to next

Job summary

BKD in Fremont, CA is seeking a Creative Director to lead the creative team and translate rough briefs into polished Design Sprints and production-ready files. This hybrid role blends creative leadership with hands-on delivery across channels, ensuring the brand promise remains strong while adapting to each dialect.

The candidate brings over a decade of experience, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to mentor others while navigating fast-moving projects in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Director-level experience in a hybrid role.
• Curiosity and drive to sharpen creative craft.
• Ability to surface risk early.
• Strong written communication.
• Empathy for constructive feedback.
• Self-direction in a collaborative chat-driven environment.
• 10+ years of experience with strong instincts.

Responsibilities

• Support director designers through critique, mentorship, and shared best practices
• Keep current with HTML/CSS and Design Sprints to expand the creative toolkit
• Deliver pixel-perfect, production-ready files to engineering and print teams
• Keep the solutions-focused brand promise intact while every channel demands its own dialect
• Research trends and competitor work to keep BKD's output ahead of the curve
• Shape the unboxing moment Fremont buyers screenshot and share unprompted
• Turn rough briefs into polished Design Sprints deliverables the creative team can ship

Skills

Director-level experience

Hybrid role

Creative craft

Written communication

Empathy

Self-direction

10+ years

Design Sprints

Tools

Design Sprints

Job description

BKD in Fremont, CA is seeking a Creative Director to lead the creative team and translate rough briefs into polished Design Sprints and production-ready files. This hybrid role blends creative leadership with hands-on delivery across channels, ensuring the brand promise remains strong while adapting to each dialect.

The candidate brings over a decade of experience, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to mentor others while navigating fast-moving projects in a collaborative environment.