Executive Creative Director

Ramotion; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Revenue-share upside

Fully remote team across time zones

Job summary

Ramotion is seeking an Executive Creative Director to lead brand strategy and creative direction for multi-channel engagements. You’ll start by understanding client goals, questions, and context, then set narrative and creative direction for identity, web, motion, and product, guiding the team through several routes.

This role emphasizes strategic thinking and client leadership rather than management of a department.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in branding or creative direction leads
• Experience in branding agencies or design studios
• Portfolio with full rebranding projects
• Led both strategic thinking and creative direction
• Strong knowledge of positioning, brand strategy, and go-to-market considerations
• Understanding of visual identity, typography, web design, and digital products
• Able to explain decisions and justify directions
• Experience working with senior client stakeholders
• Fluent English and confident presenting in workshops
• Comfort with small teams and varied project constraints
• Interest in new technology and AI tools while maintaining craft

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions with clients and stakeholders
• Identify business goals behind briefs and define strategic direction
• Develop brand narrative and creative direction
• Guide the team through distinct creative routes and select those to pursue
• Ensure work coheres across identity, web, motion, and digital products
• Decide what work to show to clients and how to present it
• Lead client presentations and justify concepts clearly
• Iterate with client feedback and know when to push back
• Keep the project focused and ensure final execution solves the brief

Skills

Brand strategy

Creative direction

Brand identity

Client leadership

Strategic storytelling

Job description

We’re looking for an Executive Creative Director who can lead both brand strategy and creative

direction.

The role starts with understanding what the client is actually trying to achieve. That means

asking the right questions, working through the context with stakeholders, and identifying the

real goal behind the brief.

From there, you’ll define the narrative and creative direction for the project. You’ll work with

the team to turn that direction into a strong brand system across identity, web, motion, and

product.

We’re looking for someone who is equally comfortable discussing business, strategy, and

creative work. You should be able to make clear decisions, explain the reasoning behind them,

and keep the work focused as the project develops.

About the Role

You’ll lead the strategic and creative direction of brand engagements from the first client

conversations through final delivery.

Early in the project, you’ll work with the client and our team to understand the business,

audience, market, and goals. You’ll help define the problem we need to solve and the position the

brand should take.

You’ll then set the narrative and creative direction and work with the design team to explore

several ways to bring it to life.

The role is not about managing a department. There is no responsibility for hiring or day-to-day

people management. Your focus will be the work itself: strategy, creative direction, client

communication, and the quality of the final result.

You’ll work closely with Ramotion’s designers, strategists, and project team. When a project

requires additional expertise, you may also help us identify the right people to bring in.

What You’ll Do

• Lead discovery sessions and conversations with clients and stakeholders.
• Identify the business goal behind the brief and define the strategic direction for the project.
• Develop the brand narrative and creative direction.
• Guide the team through two or three distinct creative routes and decide which ones are strong enough to take forward.
• Make sure the direction works across identity, web, motion, and digital products.
• Decide what work should be shown to the client and how it should be presented.
• Lead client presentations and explain the thinking behind the work in a clear and convincing way.
• Work through feedback with the client and the team. Know what should change and when it is important to push back.
• Keep the work focused throughout the project and make sure the final execution still solves the
• problem we set out to solve.

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in branding, identity, brand strategy, or creative direction.
• Significant experience working in branding agencies, design studios, or similar environments.
• A portfolio with full rebranding projects, not only individual identity pieces or campaign work.
• Evidence that you have led both the strategic thinking and the creative direction behind the work.
• Strong knowledge of positioning, brand strategy, category thinking, and go-to-market considerations.
• A strong understanding of visual identity, typography, illustration, web design, and digital
• products.
• Good creative judgment and the ability to explain why one direction is stronger than another.
• Experience working directly with senior client stakeholders.
• Confidence leading workshops and presentations in English.
• The ability to work with small teams and adapt to different project constraints.
• An active interest in new technology and AI tools, without losing sight of craft and original thinking.

Experience as a founder or partner of a small branding or design studio is a strong plus,

especially if you personally led both strategy and creative work.

What Usually Works Well in This Role

You’re comfortable getting into the details of a business and asking questions before jumping

You can move between a conversation about positioning and a detailed discussion about

typography, interface design, or motion without treating those as separate worlds.

You have a point of view, but you don’t rely on taste alone. You can explain your decisions and

make the case for the work.

You’re also comfortable working directly with clients. That includes difficult conversations,

conflicting opinions, and situations where the strongest creative answer may not be the easiest

one to sell.

And you stay involved. You don’t disappear after the strategy or the first presentation. You care

about how the work turns out.

How We Work

Ramotion is fully remote, and our team works across time zones.

This is a contract, project-based role. Compensation is agreed per project and includes the

opportunity for revenue-share upside.

We’re looking for someone we can work with repeatedly, not just for a single engagement. The

exact structure can be shaped together if the fit is right.