Associate Director, Creative

Location: Hybrid in San Francisco, with a minimum of two days onsite each week at the downtown office

Salary: $175,000–$220,000 annual base pay, with additional bonuses and profit sharing

Company

hirify.global develops digital learning and collaboration tools that help students, educators, and professionals organize ideas, deepen understanding, and achieve their goals.

What you will do

• Define and evolve hirify.global’s creative direction, including visual identity, tone, expression, and creative principles across marketing channels.
• Translate business and campaign objectives into clear creative concepts and actionable briefs.
• Own the day-to-day relationship with the external creative agency, including directing, reviewing, approving, and prioritizing creative output.
• Lead creative development for advertising, landing pages, product launches, and brand campaigns from concept through delivery.
• Build scalable templates and systems that keep brand output consistent across marketing and communication channels.
• Partner with the Director of Design, performance teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to unify brand, marketing, and product expression.

Requirements

• 6–8 years of experience in brand, creative, or integrated marketing, including meaningful consumer or DTC experience.
• Proven experience managing external creative agencies and maintaining a high craft standard across deliverables.
• Strong brief-writing skills, with the ability to turn business objectives into executable creative direction.
• Strong creative judgment and the ability to explain creative rationale to non-designers and connect decisions to business outcomes.
• Fluency across brand identity, campaign creative, and social/content, with experience working with paid performance teams.
• Experience leading cross-functional collaboration with design teams and operating without an established playbook.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible schedules, hybrid work, and a work-life balance approach to time off.
• Healthcare coverage fully paid for the employee and family, including medical, dental, and vision.
• Equity awards through stock options, bonuses, profit sharing, and a 401(k) with matching contributions.
• Home workstation, internet service, phone bill, public transit, and HQ lunch stipends.
• Collaborative, cross-disciplinary work environment with flexible decision-making and open idea sharing.