Creative Director

1w1 week ago

UnitedMasters

Brooklyn, US · Full-time · $190,000 – $225,000

About this role

UnitedMasters builds a marketplace connecting artists, brands, and fans, empowering independent artists to earn and grow. The platform disrupts legacy music business by enabling direct distribution to streaming services while artists retain master rights and up to 100% royalties. Join as Creative Director to own the creative vision in Brooklyn with a hybrid schedule.

Lead end-to-end creative for marketing across web, digital, email, social, and events. Develop market-leading social content series to showcase artists and boost engagement. Partner across marketing teams to deliver emotionally compelling, performance-driven creative.

The team includes musicians, marketers, engineers, and storytellers from YouTube, SoundCloud, Pandora, Facebook, Uber, and more. Work hand-in-hand with award-winning creative teams at Translation, the in-house advertising agency. Drive cross-functional alignment with Product Design, Artist Marketing, and Brand & Partnerships.

Champion a data-first approach using insights to inform strategy and optimize output. Build and scale a high-performing design organization with strong processes. Hire, lead, and develop a world-class creative team for immediate and long-term growth.

Requirements

6+ years experience leading marketing creative, in-house and/or at an agency
Proven experience defining or evolving brand identity including branding, style guide, creative toolkit, brand voice
Manages multiple concurrent projects with precision and adapts quickly as priorities shift
Thrives in lean environments, delivering scrappy wins while building scalable solutions
Communicates with clarity and influence across all levels, including senior leadership
Deep fluency in digital trends and formats, optimizing creative by channel with test-and-learn approach
Leads, develops, and retains high-performing creative teams
Portfolio of impactful, multi-channel campaigns required

Responsibilities

Own and elevate the UnitedMasters creative vision, ensuring brand, design, and messaging resonate with independent artists
Evolve and enforce the brand system in partnership with Translation for consistent expression across touchpoints
Lead end-to-end creative for Marketing across campaigns and channels including web, digital, email, social, and events
Develop and direct market-leading social content series to showcase artists and grow audience engagement
Partner across Marketing teams to deliver emotionally compelling and performance-driven creative
Champion a data-first creative approach using insights to inform strategy and optimize output
Build and scale a high-performing design org with strong processes, tools, and operations
Hire, lead, and develop a world-class creative team aligning resourcing to priorities and growth