Creative Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of Stord's creative vision, visual identity, and brand representation across all platforms and audiences.

• Transform Stord's positioning into a distinct visual language, voice, and perspective.

• Serve as the creative steward of the brand by establishing standards and educating the organization.

• Collaborate with Product Marketing on go-to-market messaging and positioning strategies.

• Lead, mentor, and develop the in-house team of designers, creatives, and content producers.

• Set creative direction and review work across campaigns, sales materials, websites, events, and product marketing assets.

• Establish efficient creative processes for briefing, intake, review, and approvals.

• Manage relationships with agencies and freelancers.

• Develop integrated campaign concepts across digital platforms, video, social media, events, and owned media.

• Oversee creative for thought leadership, video, and editorial content.

• Collaborate with Demand Generation and Sales to create work that drives pipeline and leverage performance data for improvements.

• Guide creative initiatives for product launches, partnerships, and executive announcements.

• Support executive visibility and PR initiatives with compelling storytelling and visual assets.

• Work with Communications and Content teams to ensure consistent narratives across press, social media, and owned channels.

• Report directly to the VP of Marketing.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in creative or marketing roles.

• At least 4 years in a Creative Director or similar leadership position.

• Ideally experienced in VC-backed, high-growth B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services.

• A strong portfolio that showcases concept-to-execution work in brand, digital, video, campaigns, and sales or product marketing assets.

• Proven track record of building or scaling a creative function from an early or underdeveloped stage.

• Deep expertise in creative direction, brand identity, design, and storytelling.

• Experience in leading and developing in-house creative or studio teams.

• Ability to attract, retain, and inspire top talent.

• Experience managing agencies, freelancers, and production partners.

• Capable of functioning as a player-coach.

• Exceptional storytelling, presentation abilities, and executive presence.

• Experience in managing and scaling an in-house creative or brand studio.

• Demonstrated success in delivering integrated campaigns that yield measurable business results.

• Bachelor's degree in design, communications, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Bonus: Experience in ecommerce SaaS, logistics, or technology related to commerce.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time employment.

• Opportunity for remote work within the United States.