Head of Creative - Design

Courtyard, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Health insurance

401(k) matching 4%

Dogfooding stipend

Wellness programs

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Courtyard.io is seeking a Head of Creative to define and lead the creative vision across brand, content, and performance marketing. This senior leadership role will shape how Courtyard looks, sounds and shows up across ads, product launches, social content, and partnerships.

You will build and mentor a world-class team, set high-quality standards, and partner with Growth Marketing and Brand to scale testing while maintaining efficiency.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of creative leadership in high-growth brands or entertainment tech.
• Strong portfolio across brand campaigns, social content and video.
• Proven ability to recruit, lead, develop and inspire teams.
• Understanding of culture, creators and modern consumer brands.
• Experience with UA/paid media and scaling creative production while maintaining quality.
• Ability to balance creative judgment with data and performance insights.

Responsibilities

• Set and own Courtyard’s creative vision across ads, brand, campaigns, content, social, and launches.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of designers, editors, creative strategists.
• Partner with Growth Marketing to build a high-velocity testing engine while maintaining quality.
• Provide creative leadership for Social, establishing how Courtyard participates in culture and builds an audience.
• Partner with Brand marketing to translate our positioning into a distinctive consumer brand.
• Develop campaigns and creative ideas around launches, partnerships, creators, events and cultural moments.
• Establish strong creative processes, feedback loops, workflows and prioritization across a fast moving organization.
• Be a visible, hands-on leader who communicates proactively, develops talent, provides clear feedback and alignment.
• Bring ideas proactively to drive brand, culture, audience and growth.

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand strategy

Performance marketing

Team building

A/B testing

Content strategy

Social content

Data-driven decision making

Communication

Culture understanding

Job description

Courtyard.io is one of the fastest growing consumer shopping platforms, built to make buying, selling and discovering high-value assets instant, engaging and accessible. We combine cutting-edge technology with a deeply immersive product experience to create moments that feel closer to entertainment than traditional commerce.

At its core, Courtyard is a trust-first marketplace & platform. Every asset on Courtyard is securely stored, fully insured and instantly tradable. We remove friction while giving users confidence, speed and control. Whether someone is discovering something new or building a long term portfolio of cards, comics or collectibles, our experience is designed to be unique and fun.

We're a remote first company with a highly ambitious team, pushing the boundaries of what modern digital marketplaces can be. If you are excited about building category defining products at the intersection of technology, culture and commerce, we're just getting started.

Job Summary

Courtyard is looking for a Head of Creative to define and lead the creative vision of the company.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for building a world class creative organization spanning creative, content, and brand. You will shape how Courtyard looks, feel, sound and show up across every consumer touchpoint. This includes advertising and product launches to social content, original programming, campaigns, partnerships and cultural moments.

We aren’t looking for someone to simply manage creative requests. We’re looking for a creative leader who can establish a point of view, raise the quality bar and build an exceptional team to turn Courtyard into a brand people recognize.

This role requires both creative vision and operational leadership. You should be equally comfortable developing a big campaign idea, reviewing a piece of content with a designer or editor, getting hands on if needed and comfortable using performance metrics insights to understand what is resonating with our customers. We’re looking for a player-coach, someone who leads from the front, stays close to the work and develops great creative talent. You will inspire the team to do their best work.

What You’ll Do

• Set and own Courtyard’s creative vision across performance marketing ads, brand, campaigns, content, social, and all major product / category launches.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of designers, editors, creative strategists.
• Partner with Growth Marketing to build a high-velocity creative testing engine while maintaining a high creative quality bar.
• Provide creative leadership for Social, establishing how Courtyard participates in culture and builds an audience.
• Partner with Brand marketing to translate our positioning and Entertainment Shopping vision into a distinctive and recognizable consumer brand.
• Develop campaigns and creative ideas around launches, partnerships, creators, events and cultural moments.
• Establish strong creative processes, feedback loops, workflows and prioritization across a fast moving organization.
• Be a visible, hands-on leader who communicates proactively, develops talent, provides clear creative feedback and keeps the entire team aligned.
• Brings ideas proactively rather than waiting for briefs, helping Creative become a strategic driver of brand, culture, audience and growth.

What You’ll Bring

• 12+ years of creative experience, including leading multidisciplinary teams at high-growth consumer brands, entertainment, agencies, gaming or culturally relevant technology businesses.
• A strong portfolio spanning brand campaigns, social content, video and digital work.
• Proven ability to recruit, lead, develop and inspire high-performing creative teams.
• Strong understanding of culture, entertainment, creators and how modern consumer brands build relevance.
• Strong experience and understanding of how User Acquisition / Paid Media works, and can help scale production volume while maintaining quality to fuel our paid campaign.
• Understand how A/B testing works and can drive strategy leveraging data.
• Experience developing content and social strategies, including original and recurring formats.
• Strong understanding of performance marketing and how creative impacts acquisition metrics, conversation rates and overall growth.
• Ability to balance creative judgment with data and performance insights.
• Strong communication, collaboration and organizational skills.
• A high bar for quality paired with a low-ego, hands-on player coach mentality.

What You’ll Get In Return

• A dynamic and engaging environment focused on fostering real growth and innovation
• Opportunities to create amazing products that our customers truly love and value
• Comprehensive health insurance packages with dependent coverage
• Competitive salary with ample opportunities for career advancement and development
• Enjoy the flexibility of a fully remote work environment
• 401(k) plan with a 4% employer match to help you plan for the future
• $100 monthly dogfooding stipend to support trying out our products firsthand
• Access to employee wellness programs designed to support your overall well-being