Creative Director

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• The Creative Director will ensure that the Creative team has enough bandwidth to take on all of the creative requests and will push the team to succeed and go above-and-beyond their current capabilities. If there are roadblocks or bandwidth issues, the Creative Director must help the VP of Marketing understand what areas need the most help (e.g., hiring, etc.)
• Create organization and project management processes that scale for the Marketing Creative team; processes should work well cross-functionally to other departments (e.g., BD, Engineering, etc.), as they will have creative requests as well
• You will project manage the entire Marketing Creative team to ensure that deadlines are met and capabilities are scaled hyper-efficiently
• Ensure the entire Marketing Creative team's outputs are in-line with brand systems and visual identities. Every execution should be pixel perfect.
• Be a hands-on visual designer. There's no room for simply managing and delegating. This senior hire must execute alongside their team.
• Visual designs need to be top notch. The job is demanding in output and also in high-quality execution.
• The Creative Director must be an expert using digital tools to improve ways of working.

• 7+ years of people management and demonstrated success leading design teams
• 3+ years of successfully managing teams of 5 or more
• 3+ years in a startup environment
• Exceptional leadership who's able to inspire designers to create their best work with experience executing world-class designs at high-capacity
• Expertise with Figma/Photoshop, Operational/Management Software (e.g., Notion, Airtable, etc.), understanding how marketing channels (e.g., social, display, OOH) work in the context of design
• Expertise at bringing complex workflows into a simple, streamlined report and assessing and mediating conflict and disagreements
• Highly-passionate for blockchain; Web3 experience preferred but not necessary
• Driven to move fast, be decisive, and deliver world-class designs
• Comfortable with change and unstructured start up environments
• Positive team member who always pushes others to be their best self
• Focused on the highest quality execution. Everything is pixel perfect.
• Highly driven who has a life-long passion for learning and being the best-in-class

Salary Range: $142,000 - $207,600  (**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.)

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