Overview
Creative Director Jobs in United States at Swooped
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About the Opportunity
The company is developing advanced AI “world models” that combine art and science to simulate real-world experiences, aiming to solve complex challenges beyond the reach of traditional language models. It believes simulation-driven learning is key to accelerating progress in areas like robotics, science, and discovery.
The organization is made up of ambitious, creative individuals focused on building groundbreaking innovations. Alongside this, it operates an in-house creative studio and is seeking a Creative Leader to oversee campaigns, brand direction, and content production. This role involves leading a multidisciplinary team, shaping the company’s creative vision, and producing work that is both impactful and emotionally engaging.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop creative concepts, campaigns, and brand platform work across all channels and formats
- Provide creative direction and oversight across the full department — creative authority extends beyond direct reports
- Manage and develop a growing team: writers, art directors, designers, video editors, developers and social
- Concept and create key pieces yourself when the work demands it – acting as a “player / coach”
- Set art direction and copy direction for campaigns, brand, web, product, video, events, and social
- Work with product marketing to translate briefs into powerful creative ideas
- Oversee photo and video shoots alongside the Studios team and freelance production crews
- Brief and manage freelance talent and agency partners during campaign surges
- Help establish creative processes, review cadences, and quality standards as the department scales
- Present concepts and creative work to senior stakeholders with clarity and conviction
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years in creative roles, with significant time at agencies or in-house teams that think like agencies
- A portfolio that shows conceptual range across both copy and art direction — big ideas that work across mediums
- Actively utilizing AI in the creative process today
- Proven ability to direct and elevate writers, art directors and designers
- Incredibly strong art direction sensibilities, deep knowledge of industry defining work and sharp instincts for language and tone
- Experience leading and mentoring creatives, not just directing work
- Comfort with ambiguity — the organization is building the plane while flying it, and the individual will help define how this department operates. Things change often, and this needs to be motivating.
- Experience directing video and motion work, not just static and copy
- Understanding that great advertising and great content aren't separate disciplines
- Career built out of making things. Proactively creating opportunities.
Additional Information
The organization strives to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds while ensuring pay equity for its team. Salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for the organization's size, stage and industry, and salary is just one part of the overall compensation package provided.
There are many factors that go into salary determinations, including relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but the organization is also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, any updates in the expected salary range will be communicated.
The provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates.
The organization is committed to creating a space where employees can bring their full selves to work and have equal opportunity to succeed. So regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, origin, ability, age, veteran status, if joining this mission speaks to you, the organization encourages you to apply.
Compensation
$250K – $290K
Title: Creative Director
Company: Swooped
Location: United States
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