Creative Lead, Paid Social

hims-and-hers; Los Alamitos (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Unlimited PTO

Medical/dental/vision

ESPP

401k

Offsite retreats

Job summary

Hims & Hers is building an in-house video arm for paid social, hiring a Creative Lead to drive concept to screen. You will partner with a strategist, direct shoots, shape look, and push content across Hims and Hers at volume.

You are comfortable on set, adapt quickly as priorities shift, and contribute to copy or hooks when useful. This is a hands-on, multi-hat role in LA.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years in art direction, video direction, or design with a portfolio in paid social or branded content.
• Ability to direct shoots in person and operate a camera for lean productions.
• Experience translating strategy into visual direction and real-time on-set feedback.
• Strong sense of craft across composition, color, typography, motion, and voice.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end visual execution of the pod’s output from concept to final cut.
• Direct shoots on set, provide real-time notes to talent and crew, and shoot when needed.
• Collaborate with editorial and post to align cuts with the original creative vision.
• Translate performance insights into future visual direction and scripts.

Skills

Art direction

Video direction

Design

Copywriting

Storyboarding

Camera operation

Creative direction

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

AI tools

Short-form video

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

Hims & Hers is the leading health and wellness platform, on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health. We are redefining healthcare by putting the customer first and delivering access to care that is affordable, accessible, and personal, from diagnosis to treatment to delivery. No two people are the same, so we provide access to personalized care designed for results. By normalizing health & wellness challenges and innovating on their solutions, we’re making better health outcomes easier to achieve.

Hims & Hers is a public company, traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “HIMS.” To learn more about the brand and offerings, you can visit hims.com/about and hims.com/how-it-works . For information on the company’s outstanding benefits, culture, and its talent-first flexible/remote work approach, see below and visit www.hims.com/careers-professionals.

About the Role:

We’re standing up a new in house video arm for paid social at Hims & Hers, bringing high volume ad production in house so we can move faster and work across every category and both brands, Hims and Hers. The Creative Lead is a foundational hire in that build, not a role slotting into an existing team. It’s a hands on role based in Los Angeles, with in person attendance on set on a varied schedule that follows the shoots, not a typical office week.

As Creative Lead, you’re the creative engine of the pod, partnering with a marketing Creative Strategist who sets the initial vision, direction, and scripts for each concept. From there, it’s on you to bring that vision to life visually, directing the shoot, shaping the look, and pulling in your Producer and editorial counterparts to get each concept shot, cut, and shipped at volume.

This is a hands on, wear many hats role. You’re not waiting around for a finished brief, you’re a genuine creative partner from the earliest idea, and you’re comfortable adapting fast as priorities, categories, and brands shift.

You’ll work across both Hims and Hers and each category, taking direction from Strategists on either line of business and executing it with your own creative craft. Producing at the volume this pod needs means staying hands on across the whole path from concept to a launched, high performing ad, not just owning one piece of it.

You Will:

• Partner with the marketing Creative Strategist from the earliest concept stage, translating their vision and scripts into a fully realized visual approach.
• Own the visual execution of the pod’s output end to end, bringing the Strategist’s scripts and concepts to life on screen, and contributing to copy or hooks when it helps.
• Be ready to direct shoots in person, giving real time notes to talent, crew, and production, and step behind the camera yourself (when needed) for lean, quick turnaround setups.
• Adjust lines on set when needed to keep the words and the visuals in sync. The scripts themselves come from the Strategist, but your read on what’s working in the room matters.
• Shoot roughly 5 to 10 variants per concept to feed the post production iteration pipeline.
• Partner closely with the Producer on shoot planning, covering locations, talent, props, wardrobe, and shot lists.
• Collaborate with editorial and post production on every cut, giving clear, specific feedback to keep the work aligned with the original creative vision.
• Maintain a high bar for craft across the board, composition, typography, color, motion, clarity, and voice, even at high volume and speed.
• Translate what’s winning in performance back into visual direction for future concepts and shoots, sharing insights with the Strategist to help shape future scripts.

You Have:

• 6 to 9 years of experience in art direction, video direction, or design, with copywriting or scripting as a secondary skill, and a portfolio spanning concept development and video first paid social or branded content, not just execution of others’ briefs.
• Demonstrated experience developing visual treatments, along with giving clear creative direction to crews, talent, and editors.
• Hands on shooting experience, comfortable operating a camera yourself for lean shoots, not only directing a crew.
• Comfortable contributing to copy, hooks, or scripts when it’s useful, even though scripts are typically owned by the Creative Strategist.
• Proven ability to concept and ship video first ads quickly in fast paced, high volume environments, balancing craft and business needs to deliver effective solutions with minimal guidance.
• Deep understanding of platform best practices for Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Snap, and emerging short form formats.
• Comfort collaborating across functions with editorial, production, and other internal creative teams, including distributed or offshore teams, to protect creative vision through iteration.
• Comfort adapting your craft and creative point of view across multiple brands, categories, and audiences within a shared production system, rather than staying limited to a single brand.
• Strong creative instincts across both visual storytelling and voice, with proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and other relevant AI creative tools.
• Comfort working with performance data as a guide for creative decisions, not just craft instinct, exercising sound judgment in balancing creative risk against practical constraints driven by the business.
• A true go getter, comfortable wearing multiple hats and adapting fast as the needs of the business change, in a lean, fast moving in house team rather than an agency structure.

Portfolio Requirements

Please include a link to your portfolio or reel showing your role in concept development, storyboarding, visual direction, and scripting or copywriting where relevant, not just finished footage. Be clear about your specific contribution, whether concept, storyboard, director, DP, writer, or editor, on each project.

Our Benefits (there are more but here are some highlights):

• Competitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles
• Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• 401k benefits with employer matching contribution
• Offsite team retreats

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects diverse perspectives and prioritizes ethics, wellness, and a strong sense of belonging.

Hims considers all qualified applicants for employment, including applicants with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and any similar state or local fair chance laws.

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