Creative Director, Video & Brand Storytelling

HP; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexibility policy

Job summary

HP is seeking a Creative Director in Santa Ana, CA to translate abstract ideas into compelling visual assets. You will own the emotional arc of launch videos, collaborating with marketing, product, and editorial teams to ensure every frame aligns with the HP vision.

You’ll guide design decisions, balance creative ownership with mentorship, and apply After Effects skills to elevate assets. HP emphasizes flexibility, mentorship, and rigorous quality control.

Qualifications

• Must show scrappy, scalable thinking for growing the business.
• Experience working with an entrepreneurial contract team and non-traditional structures.
• Able to be measured against a director-level standard with verifiable results.

Responsibilities

• Map the emotional arc of a launch video beat by beat before filming.
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and editorial teams based in Santa Ana.
• Frame the design rationale so director approvers feel confident with the decision.
• Stay current with Public Speaking and Atomic Design to expand the toolkit.
• Transform a stock photo into a shot-like HP creative asset.
• Salvage usable frames from shoots affected by Santa Ana weather.
• Engineer specs tightly so builds match mocks.

Skills

Scrappy

Entrepreneurial contract

Director bar

Attention to detail

Curiosity

Discretion

Tools

Adobe After Effects

Job description

HP is seeking a Creative Director in Santa Ana, CA to translate abstract ideas into compelling visual assets. You will own the emotional arc of launch videos, collaborating with marketing, product, and editorial teams to ensure every frame aligns with the HP vision.

You’ll guide design decisions, balance creative ownership with mentorship, and apply After Effects skills to elevate assets. HP emphasizes flexibility, mentorship, and rigorous quality control.