Creative Director, Brand (Contract) in New York at Jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Creative Director, Brand (Contract) based in United States.

This senior creative leadership role will shape the creative direction and brand expression of a fast-moving, design-led organization. You’ll turn business objectives into distinctive campaign ideas and guide creative work from concept through launch across multiple channels. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on creative involvement, spanning design, motion, illustration, photography, copy, packaging, social, retail, and partnerships. You’ll lead and develop a high-performing creative team while establishing strong standards for craft, conceptual thinking, and execution. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you’ll bring creative thinking into strategy and help build a brand that is memorable, playful, and emotionally resonant. As the organization grows, you’ll also help shape its creative culture, processes, and operating rhythms.

• Own creative direction for marketing campaigns and communications from initial concept through launch.
• Translate business objectives into compelling creative strategies, concepts, platforms, and campaign directions.
• Establish and maintain a strong creative vision and high standards across paid media, social, retail, launches, partnerships, and other brand initiatives.
• Develop, challenge, and refine creative concepts to ensure the strongest ideas move forward and remain effective through execution.
• Stay closely involved in the craft by developing creative directions, mood boards, style frames, visual approaches, and campaign concepts.
• Art direct creative production across design, motion, illustration, photography, copy, packaging, and other relevant mediums.
• Provide clear, actionable feedback that materially improves creative work while knowing when to empower the team to own execution.
• Lead and develop creative talent through coaching, mentorship, candid critique, experimentation, and high standards.
• Support hiring and help raise the caliber of the creative organization as the team grows.
• Establish focused and efficient creative review processes that improve decision-making and reduce unnecessary meetings and process.
• Partner with Marketing and other senior stakeholders to challenge briefs, identify creative opportunities, and connect creative thinking with broader strategy.
• Present and defend creative concepts with confidence while balancing audience needs, business objectives, timelines, and available resources.
• Build trust with non-creative stakeholders and help them understand the principles behind effective creative work.
• Continuously improve creative briefs, development processes, review rituals, and ways of working.
• Use creative judgment and business awareness to connect brand decisions with outcomes such as sales, retail performance, and market expansion.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in design and creative, including substantial experience directing campaigns, multi-channel initiatives, and creative teams.
• Proven experience as a Creative Director, Design Lead, or similar senior creative leader in an environment with high standards for creative work.
• Exceptional visual taste and strong attention to detail across typography, layout, color, composition, and overall craft.
• Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to translate strategy into distinctive, compelling creative ideas.
• Demonstrated ability to recognize original ideas, elevate promising concepts, and make sound decisions about creative quality and readiness.
• Comfortable working hands-on in creative tools such as Figma and contributing directly to design, copy, packaging, or other creative deliverables when needed.
• Strong ability to work quickly and independently in a small, resource-constrained environment where priorities and information may evolve.
• Comfortable giving and receiving direct, constructive feedback with a low-ego and collaborative approach.
• High curiosity and a distinctive perspective, with an ongoing interest in creative culture, design, and innovative work.
• Ability to connect creative decisions to measurable business outcomes while balancing creative ambition with commercial objectives.
• Strong ownership, accountability, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience building and developing creative teams through coaching, mentorship, hiring, and feedback.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with ambiguity and evolving priorities.
• Passion for building brands that are distinctive, playful, culturally relevant, and emotionally engaging.

Benefits:

• Annualized compensation of $180,000–$210,000, with final base salary determined by experience, skills, qualifications, and geographic location.
• Six-month contract with potential conversion to a full-time employee.
• Remote work available across the United States and Canada.
• Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Supportive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.
• Product-driven culture focused on talent, creativity, and individual growth.
• Hands-on opportunity to work with emerging technologies in the evolving gaming and interactive entertainment space.
• Direct opportunity to shape brand strategy, creative cult