Creative Director
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Creative Director steering creative vision and integrated campaigns for Pirate Ship's ecommerce shipping software. Leading a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.
Responsibilities:
- Chart the course: Partner with product and leadership to set the creative vision and steer integrated campaigns across channels, agencies, and internal crews.
- Bottle the legend: Define and evolve Pirate Ship’s voice, tone, and visual identity, ensuring every story hook feels unmistakably us: fun, clear, and fearless.
- Raise the crew: Lead, mentor, and inspire a multidisciplinary creative team, setting the bar for craft, curiosity, and creative courage.
- Spin tall tales: Guide big ideas from first spark to final execution, turning business goals into bold brand moments that earn attention and loyalty.
- Unbury the treasure: Translate customer insight, strategy, and performance data into creative direction that outsmarts the competition.
- Guard the colors: Ensure brand consistency and excellence across all touchpoints—digital, social, video, experiential, and beyond.
- Balance the tides: Align creative ambition with real-world constraints, managing priorities, timelines, and resources to keep the ship sailing smoothly.
- Light the signal fires: Champion a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and smart risk-taking that makes great work inevitable.
- Ride the changing seas: Thrive in a fast-moving, remote-first environment where adaptability and clarity matter as much as vision.
- Fly the flag: Share your experience, perspective, and passion to strengthen Pirate Ship’s creative culture and progressive spirit.
- Sail from any port: Work remotely while staying closely connected to your crew through chat, voice, and video, with quarterly in-person gatherings to plot the next great voyage.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of creative and advertising experience.
- 5+ years of experience managing creative teams in an in-house creative team or agency.
- Team-player that’s all about “yes, and.”
- Familiarity with content marketing.
- History of creative leadership.
- You can do it, not just command it.
- Holistic view of branding.
- Experience in high-growth startups.
- Strong leadership and organization skills.
- YARRrrr! The ability to speak like a pirate!
Benefits:
- Vacation Time - We offer 144 hours of accrued vacation time to start to keep our pirates rested & rejuvenated!
- Paid Holidays - 12 paid holidays per year.
- Paid Sick Time - 80 hours annually.
- Medical Insurance - 100% covered for Pirates by the company and kicks in the first of the month after enrollment. If you want to add any dependents (spouse, partner or children), they’ll be 50% covered.
- Dental and Vision - 100% covered for Pirates and 50% covered for dependents.
- 401(K) - We offer a Traditional 401(K) and a Roth 401(K), and pirates who contribute 1-3% of their annual salary get matched 100% by the company.
- Parental Leave - Full 12 weeks for parents for the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child.
- Home Office Reimbursement - We provide a one-time home office reimbursement of up to $1,500 to purchase an ergonomic desk and chair.
- Other Stipends for Remote Individuals - Wifi & snacks, we’ve got y’er back!
- Virtual Tacos for ARRrrrsome Rewards - “Hey Taco!” is our employee recognition program where you can give and receive virtual "Tacos" which can be redeemed for rewards.
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