Creative Director

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

📋 Description

• Lead Vanta’s creative team through the process of brand revitalization and its global implementation.

• Shape the refreshed brand across various platforms including campaigns, websites, advertising, events, presentations, videos, product launches, and other brand touchpoints.

• Establish and uphold high creative standards across visual systems and applications.

• Make decisive calls on the integration of copy and design in team recommendations.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a nine-member creative team encompassing campaigns, web, production, motion, and brand design.

• Create and uphold a creative operating framework that includes intake, briefing, prioritization, capacity planning, project communication, and quality assessment.

• Collaborate with Brand Strategy and Voice, Communications, Growth, Product Marketing, Web, Events, Product Design, and other key stakeholders.

• Transform intricate narratives into captivating creative outputs.

• Guide focused creative sprints for significant campaigns and brand milestones.

• Balance ambitious concepts with practical execution constraints.

• Bring a broad cultural and creative viewpoint to Vanta’s initiatives.

• Selectively engage agencies and external partners to enhance team capabilities.

• Define the long-term structure, capabilities, and talent strategy for the creative organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong background in design leadership.

• Portfolio showcasing outstanding personal creative work and a proven track record of guiding other designers and creative teams.

• Significant in-house experience, preferably within a SaaS or technology company targeting a B2B audience.

• Experience in integrating product and brand experiences.

• Ability to convert complex products and narratives into engaging, consumer-grade creative content.

• Proven experience in leading and nurturing senior creative talent through mentorship, constructive feedback, and clear standards without micromanagement.

• Experience in developing creative systems and processes from the ground up and enhancing them over time.

• Strong operational judgment in areas such as intake, prioritization, capacity planning, timelines, stakeholder communication, and delivery.

• Ability to quickly build trust with cross-functional partners and communicate effectively when priorities or timelines shift.

• Highly collaborative, humble, and capable of adapting under tight timelines or changing priorities.

• Experience in an agency setting or another source of broad creative insight.

• Comfortable primarily working within U.S. time zones and traveling several times annually for events and team retreats.

• Responsible for safeguarding Vanta and customer data.

• Utilizes AI in daily tasks to enhance skills and improve outcomes, applying it to routine workflows with sound judgment.

• Open to responsibly using AI to boost efficiency and impact.

• Required portfolio link with top three work samples.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the designated location; visa sponsorship question included in the application.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only premium costs covered for most medical plans.

• 16 weeks of paid Parental Leave for all new parents.

• Health & wellness stipend.

• Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend.

• Commuter benefits for team members working in the SF and NYC offices.

• Family planning benefits.

• Matching 401(k) contributions with immediate vesting.

• Flexible PTO policy.

• 80 hours of Sick Time.

• 11 company-paid holidays.

• Virtual team-building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events.