Remote Creative Director: Build a Data-Driven Creative Engine

Rescale; United States; On-site; USD 56,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first environment

Direct founder access

Ownership of the creative function

Job summary

Rescale is seeking a Creative Director to lead the entire creative department and bridge Creative, CRO, and Media Buying into a single, data-driven loop that scales. You’ll own strategy, briefs, and performance-driven briefs to drive higher-converting ads.

You’ll build a creative machine where strategy, execution, and performance data converge, mentoring a team and shaping SOPs to scale output while maintaining quality. Remote-first environment with founder access.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in creative strategy, creative direction, or performance leadership.
• Experience leading creative teams (not just individual contributor work).
• Deep understanding of direct response and performance advertising.
• Experience working with Media Buying and CRO functions, not in a silo.
• Strong grasp of what makes ads convert: hooks, angles, story structure, pacing, format.
• Data-driven approach: use performance signals to guide creative decisions.
• Ability to give clear, actionable creative feedback that elevates work.
• Experience building creative processes, SOPs, and feedback systems that scale.
• Strong communicator who can align multiple teams around a shared vision.
• Experience in e-commerce, DTC, or high-spend paid media environments.
• Background in both brand and performance creative.
• Experience scaling creative output while maintaining quality.
• You’ve built the creative-to-performance feedback loop before.
• UGC, VSL, and short-form video expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead Creative Strategy across brands and campaigns.
• Build creative frameworks, testing roadmaps, and concept pipelines.
• Ensure every creative has story strength, format fit, and conversion potential.
• Elevate quality beyond typos and surface-level QA.
• Work daily with Media Buying and CRO teams to align signals with creative direction.
• Translate performance data into actionable creative direction.
• Create feedback loops turning ad signals into better briefs and concepts.
• Develop SOPs, feedback frameworks, and scalable quality standards.
• Run creative reviews and learning sessions to improve output.
• Own creative performance metrics and report on what works.
• Identify winning patterns and scale them across campaigns.

Skills

Creative leadership

Direct response

Performance advertising

Team leadership

Data-driven

E-commerce ads

Short-form video

Job description

Rescale is seeking a Creative Director to lead the entire creative department and bridge Creative, CRO, and Media Buying into a single, data-driven loop that scales. You’ll own strategy, briefs, and performance-driven briefs to drive higher-converting ads.

You’ll build a creative machine where strategy, execution, and performance data converge, mentoring a team and shaping SOPs to scale output while maintaining quality. Remote-first environment with founder access.