Senior Art Director
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About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Art Director with both hands on and leadership experience across multiple brand touch points to join our growing marketing team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for concepting, designing, and executing campaigns and brand initiatives from start to finish. The right person for this role is someone who enjoys working directly on creating design and marketing assets as a hands-on contributor and also has the ability to oversee agencies and freelancers in order to scale big ideas.
You Will
- Lead brand and marketing design projects ranging from web design, experiential design for events, product launches, social campaigns, brand campaigns, and content marketing projects.
- Assist with directing in-house designers and agency partners in their concepting and execution of creative assets.
- Work with marketing and business stakeholders to define priorities and sustain delivery cadence.
- Build strong partnerships with cross-functional teams and lead art reviews as well as brainstorming efforts.
- Collaborate with other designers to build a strong, consistent brand system and design culture across the company.
The Expectations
In your first 30 days, you will assess Cockroach Labs' brand status and partner with the Creative Director to chart a course for improvements and consistency across all collateral.
The next 60 days will be full engagement going from assessment mode to implementation mode. Developing and executing new design assignments and pushing the creative design to not only reflect the brand but also to become more impactful based on its channel of distribution.
After 3 months, you'll be fully integrated into the team. While you will continue to deepen your understanding of CockroachDB, you will be setting and implementing priorities in coordination with the Creative Director and the rest of the marketing team.
You Have
- 13-15 years of experience in the field of creative design and marketing, with 7+ years of experience in a design leadership role. Our world is digital and we expect a natively digital design leader. At the same time, we also appreciate experience in advertising and storytelling. Ideally you bring a strong point of view to both design and the story.
- A passion for creating and bringing a brand to life through design and rich experiences in digital and traditional channels
- Strong organizational skills and an ability to communicate with external teams and clients alike.
- Demonstrated creative expertise in a broad array of areas including multi-channel campaigns, print and digital advertising, POS, signage, events, web design and UX/product design
- Strong collaboration and influence skills; able to build effective relationships with stakeholders across organizational levels
- Expert level knowledge of common design and communications tools such as Adobe, Sketch, Figma, Microsoft Office, GSuite, etc.
The Team
Reporting to Sami Keinänen - Creative Director
Sami has 20 years of experience in design and creative leadership. For the past 13 years Sami has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and worked at global agencies and in-house teams building brands and marketing experiences for AppDynamics, Cisco, Pure Storage, Ripple, HPE, NetApp, Nokia, Salesforce, and Oracle. At the core Sami is a designer and enjoys crafting design solutions to complex problems, hands-on. Outside of work Sami nerds out with synthesizers and other music gear.
Our Benefits
- 100% health insurance coverage (for you and your dependents!)
- Paid parental leave (with baby bucks)
- Flex Fridays
- Flexible time off & flexible hours
- Education reimbursement
- Relocation support
Cockroach Labs is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you need additional accommodations to feel comfortable during your interview process, please email us at [email protected].