Creative Director

Moloco

  • San Francisco, CA Redwood City, CA
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
About Moloco:Moloco is a machine learning company empowering organizations of all sizes to grow and unlock the full value of their unique first-party data, elevating the traditional path to performance advertising. While the largest technology companies have proven the speed and scale of ad targeting using data, that same robust performance powered by machine learning has previously been unavailable beyond their platforms.That's where Moloco steps in. With Moloco's powerful combination of cutting-edge machine learning technologies, we play a unique and visible role in shaping the digital economy, all while enabling companies to stay independent and scale.An industry leader at the nexus of machine learning, performance marketing, and visionary product infrastructure, Moloco is advancing the advertising technology industry. We of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies for 2023. We were recognized as one of 46 leading Cloud Computing companies, receiving the . That same year, we also received , given to companies implementing DevOps practices to drive organizational success and high performance. Lastly, Moloco is a 2024-certified !Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, London, Berlin, Seoul, Singapore, Beijing, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo.Creating a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion and belonging is core to our existence. To reach our goals, diversity of talent and thought is a critical component of how we operate as an organization. Our workforce is our superpower, and we know that fostering a culture of inclusion, authenticity, and belonging gives us the greatest opportunity to carry out our mission, to empower businesses of all sizes to grow through operational machine learning.Moloco is a truly rewarding place to work and in an exciting period of growth, which you could be a part of. Join us today and apply now!The Impact You'll Be Contributing to Moloco:We are looking for a Creative Director to lead our small in-house creative team and our dedicated external creative studio. This person will be the most senior creative leader in the marketing team and will be critical to bringing creative ideas and concepts to all marketing work.The Opportunity:The role will lead creative development across all marketing initiatives including campaigns, events, social, digital programs, and other marketing projects. The Creative Director must know what good looks like and be able to do full creative conceptualization and hands-on execution. They will be responsible for elevating our creative output, raising the bar of the team, and bringing visual consistency across all touchpoints. Experience in art direction, team leadership, and preferably in-house tech experience is essential. Deep AI tool usage for rapid prototyping is a must.
  • Hands-on creative leadership - Leading from the front with actual work, not just managing. Rolling up sleeves to create and direct impactful creative work from idea to execution. Experience working in-house for an extraordinary brand.
  • Brand stewardship - Owning and evolving our identity and brand standards, driving for quality and visual consistency across all company outputs.
  • End-to-end creative development - Leading creative from initial concept through to memorable execution across diverse formats including campaigns, events, and experiential marketing.
  • Agency partner management - Sourcing and managing our small network of trusted global agency partners that help us deliver exceptional work.
  • Team mentorship and growth - Developing, mentoring, and challenging the creative team so they grow in skills, confidence, and enjoyment of their work. Creating a culture where people feel stretched, supported, and inspired.
How Do I Know if the Role is Right For Me?Leadership & Experiences
  • Strong art direction background with demonstrable making skills and craft expertise, experience directing shoots (photography, film, UGC), managing freelancers/agencies, building brand guidelines, and mentoring.
  • Creative team leadership & development with deep experience running creative teams with a bias toward doing rather than pure management. Proven record of mentoring creatives and elevating the work of a full team, not just individual execution.
  • In-house technology sector experience understanding the unique demands and pace of tech marketing.
  • Creative rigor and discipline - ability to bring structure to loose briefs and maintain high quality standards.
  • AI-powered rapid prototyping - using AI tools at the brief stage to move from "here's a brief" to "let's prototype a rough version in the first hour," making concepts tangible and reducing wasted cycles.
  • Campaign Concepting (Storyboarding, creative writing, visual narrative development): Experience shaping the story, framing the big idea, and connecting visuals to strategy.
  • Brand Stewardship: Experience leading distinctive brand asset creation, semiotics, and identity systems to ensure consistency and recognizability across campaigns and touch points.
  • Cross-Channel Execution: Social-first design, OOH, experiential, digital display, B2B creative who knows how ideas flex across every channel.
Tools & Skillsets
  • Core Design (Adobe Suite): Fluent in advanced workflows (retouching, typographic systems, layout, motion edits). Expected to mentor juniors and set standards of craft.
  • UX & Digital Design (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD): Leads modern campaign and product design (prototyping, design systems, and cross-functional collaboration).
  • Motion & 3D (After Effects, Cinema4D/Blender, Spine, Rive): Motion is non-optional for campaigns and social. Should know how to direct 3D/motion assets and produce quick in-house tests.
  • AI & Rapid Prototyping (MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, Runway, DALL·E, Adobe Firefly, Sora (video), Descript): Experience leveraging these tools to design workflows that speed creative cycles and visualize early ideas.
  • Collaboration & Systems (Notion, Miro, Asana/Jira, Slack, Google Workspace): Leverages these tools to run small studios, align agency partners, and make processes feel seamless.
Our Compensation And Benefits (for United States Residents Only)In accordance with various state laws, the range provided is a reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. We also offer a competitive benefits package.Base Pay Range:$165,600—$248,400 USDMoloco Thrive: Benefits and Well-Being:We take care of you and create the conditions for you to do the best work of your career. Through a lens of inclusion, we offer innovative benefits that empower our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can do the best work of their lives.Moloco Values:
  • Lead with Humility: Everyone's voice is respected, valued, and heard. With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success.
  • Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individuals and as an organization. We seek diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and promote experimentation to push the boundaries of what's possible.
  • Create Real Value: We pursue the most impactful opportunities with rigor and integrity. We take intelligent risks and make disciplined trade-offs to maintain deep focus. We help our customers win by delivering durable value.
  • Go Further Together: We're one team working towards one mission and vision. We collaborate proactively and inclusively, involving the right people at the right time and in the right way. We strive to create a more equitable workplace. We won't let each other fail.
Additional Resources:Equal Opportunity:Moloco is an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex and gender, gender expression and identity, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.Candidate Privacy Notice:Your privacy matters to us. By applying, you acknowledge that you've reviewed our .

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