Global Brand Creative Director — Onsite in San Diego

Aquent; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent Studios is seeking a visionary Creative Director, Global Brand, to lead and unify the visual narrative across a complex portfolio. You’ll steward brand integrity, set design system standards, and guide a team of brand and visual designers to craft distinctive identities for world-changing products.

This onsite role in San Diego requires 8+ years in brand leadership, mastery of typography, grids, and color theory, and the ability to present strategic direction to senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in brand and creative leadership.
• Expertise in designing, building, documenting, and scaling robust design systems across diverse brand touchpoints.
• Advanced typography, grids, color theory, and visual language development.
• Experience directing photography with in-house and external partners.
• Portfolio demonstrating strategic brand systems thinking beyond campaigns.
• Ability to mentor and grow a high-performing design team.
• Capable of managing interconnected identities within a complex portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of brand and visual designers, setting high creative standards.
• Own the evolution of comprehensive design systems across sub-brands.
• Guard the visual identity: typography, color, iconography, layouts, and visual language.
• Direct photography and key visual development from concept to asset selection.
• Collaborate with marketing, product marketing, and stakeholders to align output with business goals.
• Articulate and defend design direction and rationale to senior leadership.
• Champion consistent brand application across a multi-brand portfolio.

Skills

Brand leadership

Design systems

Typography

Photography direction

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive presentation

Brand governance

Tools

Brand portals

Job description

Aquent Studios is seeking a visionary Creative Director, Global Brand, to lead and unify the visual narrative across a complex portfolio. You’ll steward brand integrity, set design system standards, and guide a team of brand and visual designers to craft distinctive identities for world-changing products.

This onsite role in San Diego requires 8+ years in brand leadership, mastery of typography, grids, and color theory, and the ability to present strategic direction to senior leaders.