# Creative Director

**Company:** [Circle](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/circle)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Brand Design
**Salary:** $171k – $171k/yr
**Skills:** Creative Direction, Storytelling, Copywriting, Brand Strategy, Campaign Development, Product Marketing, Video Production, Performance Marketing, Paid Acquisition, Event Marketing, Visual Design, Creative Briefs, Partnership Marketing
**Posted:** 2026-08-28

> Leads Circle’s creative narrative and direction across launches, campaigns, advertising, video, events, and partnerships. The role requires exceptional storytelling, writing, creative judgment, visual fluency, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Shape Circle’s long-term narrative in partnership with the founders and translate company vision into clear, compelling stories.
- Own creative direction for major product launches, announcements, campaigns, demos, and enablement materials.
- Partner closely with the Design Studio, Product Marketing, Paid Acquisition, video, events, and Partnerships teams.
- Develop concepts, briefs, narratives, headlines, manifestos, launch scripts, and other high-stakes copy.
- Lead creative direction for advertising and performance campaigns while maintaining a distinctive brand voice.
- Direct storytelling across launch films, social video, ads, webinars, virtual summits, conferences, and live events.
- Influence brand experiences, including themes, programming, booths, talks, slides, copy, and supporting details.
- Turn creator and customer partnerships into compelling, distributable stories.
- Lead through influence across designers, marketers, writers, video producers, agencies, and founders.

## Requirements
- Portfolio demonstrating work you are proud of, with clear explanation of the problem, idea, decisions, personal contribution, and results.
- Exceptional creative taste, judgment, and ability to articulate and pursue high-quality work.
- Exceptional storytelling and writing skills, including the ability to simplify complex ideas.
- Strong point of view and ability to improve ideas through collaboration.
- Deep fluency in video as a creative medium, including scripting, structure, pacing, emotion, and payoff.
- Experience developing creative for ads and campaigns accountable to performance results.
- Ability to create attention-getting, culturally relevant work while staying aligned with brand strategy.
- Ability to lead through influence rather than formal authority.
- Strong visual sensibility and respect for design craft.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with senior leaders, designers, marketers, writers, producers, and agencies.

## Nice to Have
- Experience directing creative for product launches, partnerships, events, or digital-business brands.
- Experience working with paid acquisition or performance marketing teams.
- Experience leading external creative agencies.

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