Global Experiential Creative Director

Stripe; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe is seeking a Creative Director, Event Design to lead and inspire a team of brand and experiential designers. You will shape the creative vision for Stripe's event experiences, ensuring cohesive, on-brand executions across flagship events and activations worldwide.

You will collaborate with marketing, product, and executive stakeholders to raise design quality, scale systems, and deliver world-class experiences on tight timelines and budgets.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant design experience, including 3+ years leading a design team.
• Proven track record directing high-profile brand design and global events.
• Strong people leadership and proven ability to build healthy, high-output teams.
• Deep knowledge of experiential design including environmental graphics, stage and scenic design.
• Ability to art direct across digital, physical, motion, and branding tooling (Figma, Keynote, Adobe CC, AI tools).
• Excellent communication and executive presence with senior stakeholders.
• Passionate about Stripe's mission and data-informed decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and grow a team of brand and experiential designers—setting clear expectations, fostering a culture of craft, and creating an environment where designers do their best work
• Own the creative direction for Stripe's experiential design output: event design systems, digital and environmental graphics, keynote design concepting, and brand activations
• Partner with the Experiential Creative Director and Brand Studio leadership to define the strategic creative vision for how Stripe shows up in the world
• Champion creative quality—establish and maintain a high bar across all deliverables, from concept through execution
• Build and evolve Stripe's experiential design system: scalable standards, templates, and creative frameworks that work globally across teams and events
• Oversee relationships with external agencies, contractors, production studios, and vendor partners—aligning on creative direction and ensuring quality delivery
• Collaborate cross-functionally with corporate events and product marketing, product design, brand design, and executive communications teams
• Recruit, hire, and onboard design talent to build out the team as the function grows
• Develop direct reports through regular 1:1s, structured feedback, career development conversations, and thoughtful performance calibration
• Represent the Experiential design function in leadership forums and cross-functional planning processes

Skills

Brand leadership

Experiential design

Creative direction

Team management

Stakeholder collaboration

Brand systems

Event design

Design systems

Figma

Adobe Creative Cloud

Tools

Figma

Keynote

Adobe Creative Cloud

AI tools

Job description

Stripe is seeking a Creative Director, Event Design to lead and inspire a team of brand and experiential designers. You will shape the creative vision for Stripe's event experiences, ensuring cohesive, on-brand executions across flagship events and activations worldwide.

You will collaborate with marketing, product, and executive stakeholders to raise design quality, scale systems, and deliver world-class experiences on tight timelines and budgets.