VP, Creative Director

Noodle

Integrated Marketing Director overseeing comprehensive marketing strategies to drive enrollment growth. Leading creative vision and managing a team for university partnerships.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $155,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and lead the creative vision across all client engagements, spanning brand campaigns and performance marketing initiatives
Develop new, or translate existing, institutional and program-level positioning into compelling, differentiated creative concepts that resonate with prospective students
Ensure all creative work—visual and written—balances clarity, effectiveness, and craft across channels
Serve as the senior creative lead in high-stakes moments, including new business pitches and strategic client presentations
Articulate and sell visionary, insight-driven creative concepts to university partners
Manage systems for rapid iteration and continuous improvement based on performance insights
Ensure performance creative is brand-informed but not constrained by perfectionism, prioritizing effectiveness and speed
Lead, mentor, and grow a multidisciplinary team across design, art direction, video, content strategy, editorial, and freelance talent
Create a culture that values both creative excellence and operational discipline

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of experience in creative roles, with significant experience in a leadership capacity
Proven ability to lead creative across both brand campaigns and performance marketing environments
Experience overseeing both written and visual creative disciplines
Strong track record of client-facing leadership, including pitching and selling creative concepts
Portfolio demonstrating work across multiple channels and formats, including digital, web, email, social, video, print, out-of-home, and traditional media.
Experience building and managing multidisciplinary teams, including mentoring senior talent
Deep understanding of how creative drives engagement, conversion, and growth
Ability to operate at both a strategic and hands-on level—from vision-setting to concepting to critique
Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Eligibility to reside and work in the United States
Dynamic and inclusive workplace culture

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Hard Skills & Tools

creative visionbrand campaignsperformance marketingvisual creativewritten creativedigital mediacontent strategystorytellingclient presentationsmultidisciplinary team management

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationmentoringstrategic thinkinginfluencecreativityoperational disciplinecollaborationadaptabilityproblem-solving