Senior Creative Director, Brand & Marketing

Funko; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Funko seeks a Sr. Creative Director, Brand and Marketing to drive strategic development and oversight of the company’s creative, consumer-facing content and visual identity.

This leader will head a high-performing team across design, copy, photo/video, and events to deliver move-the-needle work for fans and partners worldwide. The role emphasizes brand consistency, collaboration with marketing, PR, and sales, and accountable processes to ensure timely delivery.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of progressive creative marketing experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing a high-performing team.
• Experience designing and implementing a creative marketing organizational structure.
• Proven ability to develop cross-functional partnerships, leading with authority as well as through influence.
• Experience leading a team of creatives across disciplines, including design, copy, photo, and video.

Responsibilities

• Own and steward Funko's visual brand identity, personality, and tone of voice, driving consistency and elevation across teams, channels, and geographies, and institutionalizing brand guidelines across the organization and with licensor and retail partners.
• Lead all Funko brand creative from concept through execution, delivering high-quality, innovative work aligned to brand positioning, the Brand Marketing Calendar, licensed-partner needs, and channel specifics.
• Oversee creative and production across every consumer-facing touchpoint: social media, funko.com, paid media, retail, events and experiential, campaigns, product launches, and internal/company content.
• Partner with Brand & Product Marketing, PR/Comms, Social Media/Influencer Marketing, and sales-channel owners to build compelling campaigns that elevate brand presence while meeting commercial goals.
• Develop close relationships with product creative teams to ensure a cohesive fan experience that seamlessly connects product and brand storytelling.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team across design, copy, photo/video, and studio; fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and craft, and actively driving hiring, training, and development.
• Drive the ideation process, translating conceptual ideas into compelling visual expression that resonates with target audiences.
• Set the objectives, key results, processes, and workflows that keep the creative group high-functioning, organized, and on time, including team bandwidth and assignments.
• Identify needs and manage creative outsourcing and agency relationships.
• Represent creative vision and art direction at the executive level with corporate teams and external partners.

Skills

Creative marketing leadership

Team leadership

Cross-functional partnerships

Social media strategy

Brand storytelling

Content editing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Art/Design

Job description

Funko seeks a Sr. Creative Director, Brand and Marketing to drive strategic development and oversight of the company’s creative, consumer-facing content and visual identity.

This leader will head a high-performing team across design, copy, photo/video, and events to deliver move-the-needle work for fans and partners worldwide. The role emphasizes brand consistency, collaboration with marketing, PR, and sales, and accountable processes to ensure timely delivery.