Creative Strategist (Houston, TX / San Jose, CA)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Creative Strategist in a hybrid role with primary location in Houston, TX and a secondary location in San Jose, CA. The position blends brand storytelling, digital experiences, and cross‑functional collaboration to translate complex technology into human, compelling narratives.

You will work across marketing, design, content, and executive communications to shape ideas with clarity, a strong point of view, and a distinctive narrative.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in creative strategy, digital storytelling, brand strategy, content strategy, advertising, communications, or related creative discipline.
• A portfolio or body of work demonstrating conceptual thinking, strategic storytelling, and strong creative judgment.
• The ability to make complex business or technical subjects clear, engaging, and memorable.

Responsibilities

• Develop original concepts and narratives for HPE’s most important stories.
• Translate complex technology into clear, relevant, and human ideas.
• Shape storytelling across HPE.com, campaigns, launches, thought leadership, events, social platforms, and emerging digital experiences.
• Create narrative frameworks that connect HPE’s innovation with customer needs and meaningful outcomes.
• Partner with writers, designers, marketers, producers, and subject-matter experts from early exploration through final delivery.
• Guide creative work with a strong point of view and a high standard for clarity, originality, and craft.
• Present ideas in ways that build understanding, confidence, and momentum.
• Explore how AI, motion, interaction, and emerging formats can create new possibilities for storytelling.
• Influence teams and senior stakeholders through creative expertise rather than formal authority.

Skills

8+ years experience

Portfolio

Strategic storytelling

Creative judgment

Digital storytelling

Brand strategy

Content strategy

Advertising

Communications

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Creative Strategist (Houston, TX / San Jose, CA)

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

HPE is seeking a Creative Strategist. AI, hybrid cloud, and networking are changing what technology can do and what organizations can become. This creates an opportunity to rethink how we bring HPE’s innovation to life and help people understand why it matters.

The Creative Strategist will help shape that story.

Working across brand, marketing, content, design, web, product marketing, and executive communications, you'll transform complex technologies and business ambitions into ideas people can understand, connect with, and remember.

We're looking for an original thinker with a strong creative point of view. Someone who sees connections others miss, finds the essential idea within the complexity, and knows how to turn it into a compelling digital story.

Primary location: Houston, Texas (Hybrid)

Secondary location: San Jose, California (Hybrid)

What You’ll Do:

• Develop original concepts and narratives for HPE’s most important stories.

• Translate complex technology into clear, relevant, and human ideas.

• Shape storytelling across HPE.com, campaigns, launches, thought leadership, events, social platforms, and emerging digital experiences.

• Create narrative frameworks that connect HPE’s innovation with customer needs and meaningful outcomes.

• Partner with writers, designers, marketers, producers, and subject-matter experts from early exploration through final delivery.

• Guide creative work with a strong point of view and a high standard for clarity, originality, and craft.

• Present ideas in ways that build understanding, confidence, and momentum.

• Explore how AI, motion, interaction, and emerging formats can create new possibilities for storytelling.

• Influence teams and senior stakeholders through creative expertise rather than formal authority.

What You’ll Bring

• 8+ years of experience in creative strategy, digital storytelling, brand strategy, content strategy, advertising, communications, or related creative discipline.
• A portfolio or body of work demonstrating conceptual thinking, strategic storytelling, and strong creative judgment.
• The ability to make complex business or technical subjects clear, engaging, and memorable.
• Experience creating ideas for digital experiences, integrated campaigns, launches, thought leadership, or executive communications.
• Strong writing, presentation, and visual communication skills.
• Experience collaborating across creative disciplines and organizational boundaries.
• The ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and confidently articulate the thinking behind an idea.

Preferred experience:

Enterprise technology, B2B marketing, AI-enabled creative workflows, interactive storytelling, or global brand initiatives are valuable but not required.

How You Think:

Conceptually.

You look beyond the first answer. You ask better questions, make unexpected connections, and find the idea that gives an experience meaning.

Through Story.

You understand that great storytelling requires more than information. It requires structure, emotion, clarity, and a distinct point of view.

With Creative Judgment.

You care about craft but never lose sight of purpose. You know when an idea is simply new and when it is genuinely meaningful.

With Curiosity.

You stay open, collaborate generously, and draw inspiration from technology, culture, design, and human behavior.

Help Shape What Comes Next:

The Creative Strategist will help define how HPE tells its story during an important period in the company’s evolution.

This is an opportunity to turn technological complexity into human possibility and help customers see not only what HPE makes, but what HPE makes possible.

If you're energized by ambitious ideas, digital storytelling, and the craft of bringing complex ideas to life, we'd like to hear from you.

#LI-Hybrid

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have - whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

Let's Stay Connected:

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Job:

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Job Level:

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'The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. - United States of America: Annual Salary USD 124,000 - 251,000 in California // 109,000 - 251,000 in Texas The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.'

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together. Please click here: Equal Employment Opportunity.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.