Global Executive Creative Director - Brand & Studio Leader

Content Creators; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Socure is seeking an Executive Creative Director to lead global brand strategy and an in-house creative function. You will shape the creative vision, recruit and mentor teams, and drive campaigns across digital, video, events and product launches with distinctive, scalable outputs.

You will partner with senior leaders to ensure creative initiatives support revenue and product goals, implement new design systems, and govern AI-enabled workflows while maintaining brand integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in design, art direction or related field; master's not required.
• 12+ years in creative leadership, with at least 5 years as top creative lead.
• Experience in high-growth tech or SaaS; in-house multidisciplinary team.
• Portfolio showing brand-defining work with measurable impact.
• Expert-level art direction across brand, digital, motion, and advertising.

Responsibilities

• Set the creative standard for Socure; define excellence and provide actionable feedback.
• Define and lead global creative strategy; align with business goals.
• Build and lead the in-house creative organization; recruit and develop teams.
• Direct breakthrough creative for campaigns, web, video, events and launches.
• Evolve brand standards and design systems for consistency across regions.
• Oversee end-to-end creative lifecycle; optimize workflows for speed and quality.
• Partner with executives across product, marketing, sales, and engineering.
• Manage vendor partnerships; balance in-house work with external agencies.
• Lead selection of creative technology and govern AI-enabled workflows.
• Oversee creative risk management and maintain brand integrity.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships as a strategic advisor.

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand strategy

Executive communication

Team building

Campaign leadership

Design systems

AI in creative workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in design or related field

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Socure is seeking an Executive Creative Director to lead global brand strategy and an in-house creative function. You will shape the creative vision, recruit and mentor teams, and drive campaigns across digital, video, events and product launches with distinctive, scalable outputs.

You will partner with senior leaders to ensure creative initiatives support revenue and product goals, implement new design systems, and govern AI-enabled workflows while maintaining brand integrity.