Head of Creative, Business

OpenAI

Head of Creative for OpenAI Business defining brand strategies and creative vision for AI products. Leading a team to deliver memorable narratives and experiences across various platforms.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $342,000 - $380,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and lead the brand and creative vision for OpenAI Business across campaigns, launches, customer stories, events, executive programs, sales materials, partner moments, and digital channels.
Build creative systems that make OpenAI’s business story clear, distinct, and unmistakably OpenAI.
Translate complex AI products, technical capabilities, customer use cases, and market shifts into creative work that business and technical audiences can understand and remember.
Partner with Product Marketing, Communications, Events, Field, Sales, Partnerships, Product, Research, and Consumer Brand to create connected narratives and experiences.
Set the creative bar across writing, design, storytelling, film, experiential, digital, and presentation work.
Lead major creative initiatives from strategy through execution, making sure the work stays sharp as business priorities, stakeholder input, and timing change.
Build and lead a high-performing team of writers, designers, creative directors, producers, strategists, agencies, and production partners.
Bring AI deeply into the creative process, from concepting and prototyping to production, testing, localization, and team operations.
Serve as a creative advisor to senior leadership on how OpenAI Business shows up with customers, partners, employees, and the broader market.
Balance long-term brand building with near-term business needs across awareness, trust, adoption, engagement, and revenue impact.

Requirements

What you’ll need

15+ years of experience leading brand, creative, or multidisciplinary marketing teams, with significant senior leadership experience.
A strong portfolio of work across brand platforms, campaigns, product storytelling, customer marketing, events, digital experiences, and executive communications.
Experience building brands for complex technology, AI, cloud, developer, infrastructure, or category-shaping companies.
Strong creative taste and the ability to make technical ideas feel clear, useful, and human.
Experience building creative teams, systems, planning rhythms, agency models, and production approaches that raise the quality of work at scale.
The ability to operate as both a creative leader and a business partner, with strong judgment around prioritization, tradeoffs, and impact.
Experience partnering with product, research, sales, marketing, communications, and executive teams.
A track record of turning customer proof, product truth, and market insight into work that earns attention and builds belief.
Real fluency with AI tools and workflows, with clear examples of how you use them to improve creative quality, speed, experimentation, or team output.
Strong communication skills and the ability to lead through influence in a fast-moving, high-visibility environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Brand DevelopmentCreative StrategyCampaign ManagementProduct StorytellingDigital Experience DesignEvent MarketingExecutive CommunicationsCreative DirectionContent CreationMarket Insight Analysis

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsInfluential LeadershipJudgment and PrioritizationCollaborationAdaptability