Creative Director (Remote)

$140,000 - $170,000/Yr

Hackerrank - Mountain View, CA

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Senior
Remote - Mountain View, CA
1,001-5,000 employees
Administrative and Support Services

About the position

At HackerRank, we are on a mission to change the world to value skills over pedigree, and we are looking for a Creative Director to help shape a brand that resonates with our customers. This position is full-time and remote within the United States. As the Creative Director, you will be responsible for overseeing the visual brand identity, editorial storytelling, video production, and graphic design. You will set, document, and reinforce new creative and brand standards across all marketing materials and digital assets, including sales and customer success content, website and landing pages, email and ad campaigns, internal and external decks, blogs and newsletters, thought leadership, events, and videos. You will also be hands-on in creating and shaping these materials yourself. In this role, you will lead the ideation, creation, and rollout of a new visual brand identity, ensuring that all marketing materials maintain high creative standards. You will provide art, photo, and video direction for our audience-building and engagement efforts across various platforms. Additionally, you will design and document a well-oiled production process that scales, with clear project management workflows that account for SLAs and creative reviews. As a team lead, you will coach, mentor, and manage the growth of the creative services team, while also articulating and pitching new creative concepts to peers and senior management. You will be expected to jump in and help create and elevate designs whenever the need arises, regardless of size.

Responsibilities

  • Lead ideation, creation, and rollout of a new visual brand identity.
  • Own creative production and quality control of all marketing materials, including pitch decks, ads, and landing pages.
  • Provide art, photo, and video direction for audience-building and engagement efforts across blogs, newsletters, and social media.
  • Design and document a scalable production process with clear project management workflows.
  • Coach, mentor, and manage the growth of the creative services team.
  • Articulate and pitch new creative concepts to peers and senior management.
  • Jump in to help create and elevate designs whenever needed.

Requirements

  • At least 5+ years of experience building and managing creative teams.
  • At least 5+ years of experience setting new brand and creative direction.
  • At least 10 years of hands-on production experience in web design and development, digital media design, sales collateral creation, and/or video production.
  • Experience (B2B or B2C) working in the tech industry.
  • Exceptional creative/editorial judgment with a bias for bold, new ideas and a strong point of view on the latest design trends.
  • Ability to articulate and apply aesthetic choices as objective quality standards across design fundamentals like typography, color, imagery, and graphics.
  • Expert command over all the technical tools a modern creative team needs, including the full Adobe suite, Figma, and WordPress.
  • Ability and excitement to spot, coach, and develop talent.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience in motion graphics and animation.
  • Experience building a video production strategy and process from scratch.
  • Ability to understand and communicate the business impact of design decisions.
  • Genuine passion for all things creative and the willingness to share that philosophy with the rest of the company.

Benefits

  • One-time home office setup stipend.
  • Monthly Remote Work Enablement Stipend.
  • Professional Development Reimbursement.
  • Wellbeing Benefits (Headspace, etc).
  • Flexible paid time off, paid leave for new parents, and flexible work hours.
  • Insurance for all employees (term life, personal accident, medical) along with medical insurance for their dependents.
  • Employee stock options.
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