Remote Creative Director: Prototyping & Strategy

Unilever PLC; Dearborn (MI); Remote; USD 113,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Growth path to senior creative work

Competitive salary

Job summary

Unilever is seeking a Creative Director to guide high-impact design work in a remote setting from Dearborn, MI. The role focuses on owning the creative direction, maintaining brand consistency, and driving fast prototyping of interfaces and stories.

You’ll collaborate across teams, defend bold visual choices, and push for design excellence while navigating remote workflows and regulatory considerations in Michigan.

Qualifications

• Solid service design grounding and prototyping ability.
• Self-directed work style in a remote environment.
• Experience leading creative initiatives at senior levels.
• Ability to say no to ideas at the right time with sound judgment.
• Familiarity with MI-specific regulations relevant to creative work.

Responsibilities

• Keep current with Style Guides and Blender to expand the creative toolkit.
• Pitch the uncomfortable direction when the safe one has clearly run dry.
• Reframe constraints from the remote budget as the brief's most useful lever.
• Argue palette and type with evidence you’d bring to a Style Guides review.
• Curate the reference wall that keeps a studio pointed the same way.
• Hold the line on kerning while shipping at a remote pace.
• Cut a sixty-second story to fifteen without losing the point.
• Prototype interface ideas fast enough to kill the weak ones cheaply.

Skills

Service design

Prototyping

Self-direction

Under pressure communication

12+ years experience

Adaptability

Decision making

MI regulations knowledge

Job description

Unilever is seeking a Creative Director to guide high-impact design work in a remote setting from Dearborn, MI. The role focuses on owning the creative direction, maintaining brand consistency, and driving fast prototyping of interfaces and stories.

You’ll collaborate across teams, defend bold visual choices, and push for design excellence while navigating remote workflows and regulatory considerations in Michigan.