Creative Director, Physical Owned & Operated, Brand Design

$127,100 - $210,300/Yr

Amazon - Santa Monica, CA

Full-time - Senior

Santa Monica, CA

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

The Creative Director role within Amazon's Brand Design Team focuses on innovating and simplifying communication with customers through physical marketing channels. This position is responsible for driving creative direction for packaging and fleet design, ensuring brand coherence globally, and translating design strategies into impactful campaigns that resonate with customers. The role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams and leading agencies to deliver high-quality design solutions that align with Amazon's strategic priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive creative direction for O&O channels, focusing on packaging and fleet design
• Develop and maintain comprehensive O&O design guidelines for global cross-functional teams
• Dive deep into creative briefs, translating them into impactful design and messaging that aligns with Amazon's brand
• Lead agencies independently with clear direction and a bias for action
• Build and nurture effective partnerships across creatives, program managers, marketing managers, and key stakeholders
• Think globally, considering the implications of design decisions on Amazon's presence worldwide

Requirements

• 8+ years of driving compelling creative strategy and execution at an agency or in-house creative team experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Portfolio demonstrating brand campaigns, scaled across multiple touch points

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in driving compelling creative strategy and execution at an agency or in-house creative team
• Experience presenting creative concepts effectively to senior executives
• Experience creating brand guidelines
• Knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote
• Design portfolio demonstrating brand campaigns scaled across multiple touch points

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and other benefits
• Equity and sign-on payments as part of total compensation package