Executive Creative Director (Fintech)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States; full-time, in-office five days per week.

Salary: $230,000–$292,000 USD annual base salary for Mountain View; the U.S. pay range is $201,000–$256,000 USD.

Company

hirify.global is a digital identity wallet that helps people securely verify their identity and log in across government, healthcare, and consumer services.

What you will do

• Set and defend the creative vision across brand, product marketing, campaigns, content, and digital experiences.
• Hire, coach, and develop creative directors, designers, writers, and producers while building a culture of craft, candor, and speed.
• Evolve the visual and verbal brand system, including logo, color, typography, photography, and voice.
• Direct integrated campaigns, product launches, brand films, and major announcements from concept through delivery.
• Partner with Product and Design to align marketing, onboarding, and in-product experiences.
• Manage cross-functional partners, agencies, vendors, budgets, resourcing, workflow, quality control, and creative performance measurement.

Requirements

• 12+ years in creative roles, including 5+ years leading creative teams as a Creative Director, Group Creative Director, or equivalent.
• Portfolio of award-caliber work across brand, digital, and integrated campaigns, including a clear account of personal role and results.
• Experience building or evolving a brand system at a technology, fintech, security, healthcare, or other trust-driven company.
• Strong craft judgment in design, copy, and art direction, with the ability to provide specific feedback across disciplines.
• Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining excellent creative talent.
• Ability to present and defend creative work to executives and build trust with Product, Legal, and Compliance partners.
• Experience managing budgets, agencies, and production vendors.
• Fluency in digital and social channels, motion, video, and modern creative tools, including AI-assisted workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience in regulated or public-sector-adjacent industries or consumer products with a large and diverse audience.
• Background in both in-house and agency creative leadership.
• Experience with accessibility-first design and plain-language communication.
• A point of view on how AI is changing creative work and how to use it responsibly.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, in-office culture with work based at an hirify.global office.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, commuter, life, disability, accident, and critical illness insurance.
• 401(k) with company match, parental leave, unlimited paid time off subject to policy, and eight company-wide holidays.
• Learning and development benefit, employee assistance, wellbeing and childcare discounts, pet insurance, and travel assistance.
• Additional compensation may include bonus, equity, and other benefits based on qualifications and role factors.