Creative Director - Fintech Marketing Leader | Hybrid/Remote

Content Creators; Chicago (IL); Híbrido; USD 166.000 - 216.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

401k with company match

Paid time off

Health, vision, dental coverage

Life and disability insurance

Bonus opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

NinjaTrader in Chicago, IL is seeking a Creative Director to own how the company looks, sounds and feels across every marketing surface. This is the senior-most creative role in the marketing organization, reporting directly to the CMO.

You will level up the visual identity, build a scalable marketing design system, mentor a small in-house team, and partner with product and performance marketing to drive coherent, high-impact creative from concept to delivery.

Formación

• 8+ years of brand and creative experience with leadership experience (ACD/CD/lead)
• Portfolio built on systems, not one-offs
• Storytelling range across narrative and design
• Experience in brand campaigns and performance creative
• Hands-on approach and willingness to stay in the work
• Familiarity with AI tools in creative processes
• Proven track record managing designers and external agencies
• Comfort with performance data and metrics

Responsabilidades

• Own the marketing identity system across surfaces (typography, color, photography, illustration, motion, iconography)
• Expand and govern the marketing design system for campaigns, web, lifecycle, and partners
• Define governance standards and the authority to say no
• Be the final quality gate for brand expression across marketing
• Lead integrated campaigns from brief to launch (video, social, paid, OOH, events)
• Direct storytelling and art direction for productions
• Own marketing web and landing page design for acquisition and conversion
• Direct lifecycle and product marketing creative for coherent experience
• Stay hands-on on hero projects: concepting, designing and editing
• Hire, manage and develop a small in-house design team
• Brief and manage agencies and freelancers; ensure outsourced work meets standards
• Build operating rhythm for briefs, reviews, and handoffs
• Grow into broader creative ownership over time including copy and video production
• Collaborate with Product Design on brand guidelines; align marketing and platform visuals
• Work with performance marketing to develop testable, measurable creative
• Navigate a regulated marketing environment with compliance early involvement

Conocimientos

Brand strategy

Creative leadership

Portfolio development

Storytelling

Hands-on contribution

AI tooling fluency

Team management

Data-driven marketing

Descripción del empleo

NinjaTrader in Chicago, IL is seeking a Creative Director to own how the company looks, sounds and feels across every marketing surface. This is the senior-most creative role in the marketing organization, reporting directly to the CMO.

You will level up the visual identity, build a scalable marketing design system, mentor a small in-house team, and partner with product and performance marketing to drive coherent, high-impact creative from concept to delivery.