Do you ever wonder what happens inside the cloud?

Headquartered in New York but based around the world, DigitalOcean is a dynamic, high-growth technology company that serves a robust and passionate community of developers around the world. Our mission is to simplify cloud computing for every developer. We are working on solving some of the most challenging and interesting technology projects around, on a scale unmatched by most.

We want people who are passionate about being a creative champion.

Design master. Magnificent mediator. Highly skilled multitasker. A great Creative Director brings it all to the party. As Creative Director at DigitalOcean, you will report into the Vice President, Revenue Marketing and will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive global design system strategy. This individual will be responsible for all aspects of branding and design both internal and external. This is a high-visibility, high-accountability position that plays a critical role in supporting the organization’s growth trajectory.

We are seeking a candidate who thrives in a fast-paced environment, who can simplify complex design problems and highly technical solutions for all types of customer experiences who can partner with executives to shape our brand strategy.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Refine and build upon the brand foundation to drive a set of world-class visual brand guidelines that supports the company’s business strategies, mission, vision, and values to create and support a best-in-class brand.
• Individually contribute hands-on design work along with your team to execute against an aggressive content calendar.
• Oversee the creative strategy and development of all external design activities including: website, landing pages, blog, digital campaigns, paid media, events, partner programs, vendor relations, and broad visual communication. 
• Identify opportunities for proactive customer experiences that leverage existing and future content to drive self-service and gated marketing qualified (MQL) opportunities. 
• Ensure consistency and creativity across all DigitalOcean visual communications.
• Actively monitor competitive landscapes to identify better customer experiences and drive self-service conversion across web properties. 
• Create, drive, and manage compelling user experiences across all of the DigitalOcean marketing channels.
• Drive visual design from strategy to execution both internally and externally. 
• Create a robust design system that enables consistency, scaling, and a better customer experience that supports faster testing to drive higher conversion rates across the website.
• Establish a long-term strategic visual communication plan to create coherent customer experiences throughout the evolution of the company.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing functions to develop and execute marketing plans, evaluate past activities, and support company objectives.
• Manage, lead, develop, and grow a team of talented designers.

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

• Performance history of working closely with stakeholders to create and develop quality customer experiences through conversion channels that leverage data driven design decisions
• Excellent verbal and visual communication skills, with the ability to explain complicated concepts using clear and concise solutions
• Significant experience in working for a cloud-based SaaS company
• Ability to communicate with a technical developer-centric audience
• Experience managing and developing a successful design team 
• Should be a self-starter - highly self-motivated and entrepreneurial
• Proven track record for excelling in leading corporate creative strategy
• Experience managing agencies and direct reports
• Passion for technology and knowledge of the B2B tech, enterprise, IT requirements and cloud offerings available in the market
• Experience working in an agile based environment
• Detail oriented and extremely organized with an ability to multitask and prioritize against the business needs of a company
• Leadership and the soft skills to effectively communicate and manage a world-class creative team

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We value development. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that is always challenging ourselves to continuously grow. We maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development through formalized mentorship, LinkedIn Learning tracks, and other internal programs. We also provide all employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
• We care about your physical, financial and mental well-being. We offer competitive health, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their dependents, a monthly gym stipend to support your physical health, and a commute or internet allowance to make your trips to your office or your desk easier. We offer generous parental leave with transition time built-in upon return to work. We offer competitive compensation and a 401k plan with up to a 4% employer match. 
• We support our remote employee experience. While we have great office spaces in NYC and Cambridge, we’re very distributed—we use a number of communication tools to connect across the company—and all remote employees have the opportunity to visit our offices and meet their teams face-to-face at team offsites. We also have an annual company offsite, Shark Week, to get quality in-person time with the entire company at least once a year. We also allow employees to outfit their workstations to meet their needs—whether remote or in office.
• We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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