Director, Brand and Creative

FINRA

Director of Brand & Creative ensuring cohesive brand expression across all digital and marketing channels. Leading and mentoring a design team at FINRA for innovative, high-impact campaigns.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeWashington, DC • Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $154,400 - $312,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Defines, evolves and stewards the organization’s brand and visual identity across all channels and touchpoints;
Leads the creative and design function, ensuring a cohesive, modern and effective brand expression across digital platforms, publications, content, marketing communications and video;
Sets the creative strategy and vision for campaigns and organizational initiatives;
Owns and evolves the organization's brand identity, serving as primary authority on brand strategy, standards, and governance;
Develops and maintains design systems, templates and toolkits that enable scalable, consistent brand execution;
Collaborates with business and content strategy leaders to align brand expression with storytelling and messaging frameworks;
Partners with production operations and visual production teams to translate brand direction into executable production standards;
Establishes workflows that balance creativity, execution speed and governance;
Manages and mentors design team members while identifying and managing external vendors to augment expertise and support creative deliverables;
Works collaboratively to tell the organization’s story in a clear, crisp and compelling manner across digital, video, print and at conferences.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A minimum of fourteen (14) years of experience in brand, creative or design leadership required;
Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Marketing, Visual Communication, Media Arts or relevant area of study preferred;
Minimum two (2) years supervisory experience required;
Strong background in brand systems, digital design and cross-channel creative strategy;
Experience leading and evolving design teams beyond print or traditional graphic design;
Proven ability to operate in complex, matrixed organizations;
Strong collaboration skills;
Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
Strong experience with full Adobe Creative Suite, Figma and other best-in-class design software, including AI-enabled extensions and workflows.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) plan with company match
Tuition reimbursement
Commuter benefits
Adoption assistance
Backup family care
Surrogacy benefits
Employee assistance programs
Wellness programs
Paid time off including 15 days of paid leave, 5 personal days, and 9 sick days
Two volunteer service days

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Hard Skills & Tools

brand strategydesign systemsdigital designcross-channel creative strategycreative leadershipvisual identitystorytelling frameworksproduction standardsmentoringworkflow management

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationcreativityleadershiporganizational skillsstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingteam managementadaptabilityexecution speed