Creative Director
120k - 140k USD
Remote
Full Time
#Marketing
#Creative Strategy
#Content Strategy
#Graphic Design
#Video Production
#Brand Management
About This Role
Hello, prospective pickle! Design Pickle is looking for an experienced Creative Director who will continue to build and develop our strategic marketing content to drive growth and retention.
As a player-coach, this new role will lead and inspire an internal team of graphic designers and video producers to develop and execute integrated marketing content for Design Pickle that drives elevated awareness and revenue growth.
The ideal candidate will have experience developing and managing creative strategy and content strategy within a fast-growing global SaaS organization or marketplace
On a daily basis, works closely with Sales, Customer Success, Demand Generation, and Product Marketing.
Reports to: Russ Perry, Chief Executive Officer
Location: PST or MST time zones. Design Pickle is a fully remote company with a Company Hub in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Who We Are Looking For
First, Design Pickle is anything but typical. We’re a group of hard-working, creativity-loving individuals from around the world.
Do we love pickles, too? Most of us! But don’t stress if pickles aren’t your thing. It’s not a deal-breaker. We do look for a passion and interest in something, though, because our employees’ uniqueness is what helped make us the great company we are today.
We stand by our vision, purpose, and values, and these are mission-critical to how you show up every day.
Specific to this role, we’re looking for individuals who have…
- Enthusiasm for our purpose: To be the most helpful creative company in the world.
- 7+ years of experience in roles of growing responsibility working for a global B2B company
- Hands-on experience managing creative teams and graphic designers
- Strategic thinking and creative horsepower to balance the management and execution of larger/strategic creative campaigns as well as quickly execute high-impact, innovative marketing campaigns and programs as needed.
- Experience writing, reviewing, and proofing short and long-form content, providing direction to ensure voice and brand consistency
- Creative/Design Agency background is a plus
Key Objectives and Responsibilities
- Lead the creative process and management of the production teams to deliver truly creative campaigns that help our teams reach their respective goals and targets
- Improve creative ideas and deliverables based on the data collected from the results of past campaigns
- Own creative strategy across brand campaigns, demand generation, events, and other GTM initiatives; serve as the key point of contact for all marketing creative and content production.
- Take over and mange the rollout of Design Pickle’s new brand (launching Q1-2025) to update and modernize all points of the prospect and client journey.
- Audit and enhance our content marketing library, identifying areas of opportunity to improve our assets that support Demand Generation initiatives
- Partner with the Demand Generation team to research and develop new channels to drive brand awareness and engagement
- Partner with the Product Marketing and Customer Success teams to identify marketing content gaps, creating a roadmap to deliver assets that support customer retention
- Manage and drive consistency of brand messaging across marketing and cross-functionally, including Sales, Customer Success, and our global creative Production teams.
The compensation range for this position is $120,000 to $140,000 annually. The actual salary offer made to a candidate will be made with mindful consideration of a wide range of factors. These factors include but are not limited to skills, qualifications, education/knowledge, experience, and alignment with market data for a given location within the US. In addition to base salary, some positions may be eligible for additional compensation such as bonuses or commissions. This salary data is for our US-based positions only.
Benefits, Compensation, and Perks
Uncapped PTO: Hate seeing your PTO hours decrease as the year goes on? Not anymore! There is no cap or number associated with the amount of PTO days you can request.
Major medical healthcare: We offer major medical plans as well as Dental and Vision insurance.
Remote-work flexibility: More productive at home? Not based in Scottsdale, AZ? Fine with us! We are a remote-first company with people all over the country.
401K: Plan for your future with a 401K with a company match.
New parent leave: Design Pickle encourages all primary caregivers to take up to 8 weeks leave for a new family member, including adoption, at full salary.
Short Term / Long Term Disability Options
Remote Work & Wellness Stipends: We offer a yearly stipend for employees to effectively work from home and manage their wellness journey.
Pet insurance: Have a furry friend? Design Pickle offers pet insurance through United Pet Care for discounted vet visits, medication, and procedures.
Team retreats, social events, and adventures: Pickle collaboration is important to us! We host regular social events, get-togethers, and experiences for our staff.
About Design Pickle
Design Pickle was founded in 2015 with a vision to change lives through its creative software, solutions, and services. Since then, the company has grown to be the #1 flat-rate creative services company in the world. We have served tens of thousands of clients with a team that spans the globe.
In 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, Inc. 5000 listed Design Pickle as one of the fastest-growing companies in America.
We are a company that takes our core values to heart:
Be the SPARK
Let your fire and passion inspire someone else’s day.
DRIVE Performance
Seek out new ways to improve performance, satisfaction, and impact for our customers. Less is more rules supreme.
Give it to me STRAIGHT
Lead with radical and professional candor in every situation. Graciously accept when others do the same. Move forward together and aligned.
HELP when nobody's watching
Find opportunities to support each other and our clients beyond the day-to-day.
Lean into HARD
We thoughtfully select our challenges and tenaciously commit to conquering them.
Make your own PICKLES
We are a collection of incredible individuals who challenge ourselves and each other to grow. Change is celebrated as a sign of progress.
You can learn more about our company, our vision, and what we stand for on our website and social channels. We can’t wait to meet you—thank you in advance for your application!
Design Pickle is an Equal Opportunity Employer. You will often hear members of the Design Pickle team refer to themselves as “pickles”. Pickles come in an infinite amount of variety, and as such, the pickles at Design Pickle celebrate every aspect of our diverse workforce and do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, nationality, (dis)ability, gender, gender expression, or sexual orientation.
All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. The right pickle for the right opportunity. Design Pickle is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Notice to Staffing and Recruiting Agencies
Design Pickle will only accept resumes from the candidate. Any unsolicited resume sent to Design Pickle will be considered Design Pickle sourced.
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