Creative Director

Location: Must be based in New York or San Francisco, United States

Salary: $170,000–$250,000 USD base salary, plus potential bonus and equity.

Company

Nscale is building a vertically integrated GenAI cloud platform spanning data centers, software, and applications with a focus on sustainable technology solutions.

What you will do

• Define and evolve Nscale's brand identity, visual language, creative direction, brand guidelines, and design system.
• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary creative team, including brand designers and video specialists.
• Oversee creative concepts and execution for campaigns, content, product marketing, launches, executive storytelling, and events.
• Own video and motion creative, including product explainers, customer stories, brand films, animation, and social content.
• Translate technical and product narratives into compelling creative for marketing, go-to-market, developer marketing, and product audiences.
• Establish briefing, review, quality, resourcing, agency, and budget processes while tracking creative impact on brand awareness and campaign performance.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in brand, creative, or design leadership roles.
• Proven experience building and managing multidisciplinary creative teams and running a creative studio.
• Portfolio demonstrating creative direction across brand, digital, and video, combining strategic thinking with strong execution.
• Ability to translate complex technical or strategic concepts into clear visual storytelling.
• Expertise across brand, campaign, video, and motion creative, with high standards for craft and consistency.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with a willingness to remain hands-on in creative execution.

Nice to have

• Background in B2B technology, cloud, AI, or infrastructure marketing.
• Experience defining or redefining brands at high-growth or category-creating companies.
• Hands-on experience with motion design, experiential design, or large-scale event creative.
• Familiarity with developer and technical audiences.
• Experience scaling creative teams and applying emerging AI tools responsibly.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, supportive, and innovative working environment with an emphasis on ownership, accountability, openness, and transparency.
• Flexible workplace with autonomy over how the workday is structured.
• Competitive package including base salary, equity, and bonus, with reviews every 12 months.
• Growth and progression opportunities supported by the company.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.