People Architects · 7 hours ago
Creative Director
People Architects is partnering with a high-growth, tech-enabled consumer products company to hire a Creative Director to lead their in-house creative team across multiple consumer brands. This role requires a design-rooted creative leader to set standards, enforce brand compliance, and run the creative function with clarity, speed, and quality.
Human Resources
Responsibilities
Establish, enforce, and evolve brand guidelines across multiple brands and channels (digital, email, paid, social, web, packaging, print)
Lead by example and provide clear feedback, fast approvals, strong taste, and consistent coaching that improves the work
Run the creative department like an in-house agency: intake, briefs, prioritization, routing, approvals, timelines, and delivery
Translate brand and marketing strategy into actionable creative that drives customer trust, engagement, and performance
Identify bottlenecks early and implement systems that increase throughput without sacrificing quality
Guide photo/video direction (briefs, shot lists, selects, and post-production feedback)
Work closely with marketing/performance, brand leads, product, and leadership while holding standards while collaborating effectively
Qualification
Required
6+ years of progressive creative experience with leadership responsibility
Strong portfolio demonstrating design excellence across D2C / e-commerce / consumer brands
Deep fluency in modern design workflows and tools (Adobe suite expected; Figma/other tools a plus)
Proven ability to build and enforce brand guidelines and maintain compliance across multiple stakeholders
Experience managing creative workflows and teams in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
Ability to balance brand storytelling with operational execution, clear priorities, accountability, and speed
Preferred
Shopify familiarity is a plus (not required), along with general D2C e-commerce fluency
Company
People Architects
At People Architects, we specialize in providing small and mid-sized businesses with flexible, cost-effective Human Resources solutions designed to support growth without the expense of a full-time HR director.
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase