Executive Creative Director
Mercury
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $229,700 - $319,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own the creative vision behind Mercury’s brand – elegant, technically excellent, creative, and unmistakably recognizable
- Set strategy and vision for how we can establish Mercury as the new standard for design and craft in modern banking
- Oversee creative and brand work across all marketing channels, including digital ads, OOH, video, editorial and blog content, website, events & experiential marketing, physical products (like our credit cards and print magazine), and more
- Ensure a consistently high bar for craft, clarity, and creativity across all channels
- Lead a growing team of 16+ talented creatives (brand designers, writers, and people managers); as well as manage and direct external agencies and freelancers
- Foster a team culture for delivering excellent and impactful creative work
- Be comfortable getting hands-on when needed — reviewing work in detail and providing precise, actionable feedback to push work from good to excellent
- Partner closely with Product Design and Product leadership to ensure brand and product feel cohesive
- Collaborate with executive leadership to translate strategy into creative direction.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in creative leadership roles, with both in-house and agency experience
- Experience building or evolving brands at companies known for strong design and craft
- Exceptional taste — and the ability to articulate what it will take to push work from good to great
- Ability to understand high-level strategy and translate it into clear, tactical feedback for creative teams
- Excellent leadership and ability to set a vision that the entire company can get excited by
- Comfort operating at all levels – both where are we going in 10 years? And how can we make this billboard more resonant?
- Credibility with designers, writers, and product teams alike
- Willingness to take creative risks in service of building a distinctive, durable brand
- Ability to manage complexity: evolving a brand while delivering against an ambitious roadmap
Benefits
- base salary
- equity (stock options)
- health insurance
- retirement plans
- paid time off
- flexible work arrangements
- professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Soft Skills
creative leadershipteam culturestrategic visiontactical feedbackcollaborationcredibilitycreative risk-takingcomplexity managementarticulation of tastehands-on review