Creative Director (AI)

Location: Remote; role associated with San Ramon, California, United States

Annual salary: $176,000–$230,000, negotiable based on experience and location; discretionary annual bonus eligible.

Company

hirify.global is a Fortune-ranked professional services and staffing company hiring a Creative Director for its Marketing department.

What you will do

• Lead the Brand Design Studio’s creative vision, concept development, visual identity evolution, and creative execution across marketing, communications, and brand experiences.
• Develop and direct integrated campaign concepts, design systems, visual frameworks, and production-ready assets across digital, social, web, presentation, event, video, motion, and print channels.
• Partner with Brand Marketing, Integrated Marketing, Content Marketing, Field Marketing, Performance Marketing, Communications, UX, Corporate Services, and business stakeholders.
• Lead collaboration with agencies, freelancers, vendors, production partners, and internal teams while managing creative resources and delivery standards.
• Develop a multidisciplinary creative team through coaching, feedback, critique, talent development, and capability building in AI-enabled creativity and emerging technologies.
• Improve intake, prioritization, briefing, review, workflow, production efficiency, stakeholder confidence, and consistent adoption of visual identity standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Advertising, Fine Arts, Marketing, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in creative, design, advertising, creative services, or brand-related roles, including 7+ years leading creative teams, agencies, studios, or design organizations.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary creative teams responsible for both concept development and production delivery.
• Experience owning or leading visual identity systems, design standards, design systems, brand governance, or creative guidelines.
• Experience developing integrated creative concepts and production-ready work across digital, social, web, presentation, event, campaign, video, motion, and print channels.
• Experience partnering with brand, marketing, communications, content, digital, UX, production, agency, and business stakeholders.
• Expert knowledge of modern design tools and creative platforms; expertise in visual identity systems, design systems, brand governance, and creative guidelines.
• Understanding of creative production, photography, video, motion, and agency production processes; familiarity with AI-enabled creative tools and workflows.
• Microsoft Office Suite and Copilot proficiency, plus strong presentation, written, verbal, visual communication, influence, relationship-building, coaching, and creative feedback skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in B2B, professional services, consulting, technology, staffing, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote role with a multidisciplinary, cross-functional creative environment focused on accountability, collaboration, constructive critique, innovation, production excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Medical, vision, dental, FSA and HSA accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks, paid vacation, personal and sick time, up to 17 days of Choice Time Off for a new hire, and up to 11 paid holidays annually.
• Eligible employees may contribute to a 401(k) or deferred compensation plan with a 100% employer match on the first 3% of contributions.
• Employment offers are contingent on successful completion of a background check; hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer.

Hiring process

• Accommodation requests should specify the accommodation needed and the city and state of the desired application location.
• Candidate evaluation may involve recruiter expertise and AI-assisted evaluation.