Senior Director of Brand Studio, HashiCorp
$225.3-318k
Salary depends on US location
Cloud-computing infrastructure provider
Job no longer available
Cloud-computing infrastructure provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$225.3-318k
Salary depends on US location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help organisations to operate infrastructure in the cloud because it believes that infrastructure enables innovation.
Role
Who you are
- A conceptual mind and passion for a variety of storytelling mediums, with excellence in clarifying and communicating
- The ability to run multiple distinct but collaborative teams supporting the brand
- A proven track record to handle the managerial aspects of running the group, as well as the creative direction for the brand. Will need to make and lead important prioritization and resourcing decisions for the team
- Ability to provide mentorship for the existing “player/coach” managers and the individual designers on the team
- A proven ability to create and direct high-quality campaign and content creative
- Experience delivering big ideas for cloud-based software businesses, built through input and collaboration around what we’ve built so far
- A track record for managing a high volume of creative and campaign types in parallel
- 10+ years of relevant design or art direction experience for technical and product-driven companies, including 5 years of management experience with increasing responsibility
- Experience working with a distributed team and the necessary processes and tools (Slack, Zoom, Asana, or similar)
- Experience with enterprise, cloud, and/or SaaS brands
- An impressive conceptual outlook, and an ability to produce original ideas
- High-level creative thinking and the confidence to use it
- Knowledge of how to develop brand identities through multi-channel marketing
- Motivation and the desire to execute to the highest standard
- A drive to mentor and grow the Brand Studio team members
- The ability to deliver campaigns, event experiences, and brand implementations that generate results
- The confidence to share and present ideas internally and externally
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Empathy for end-users and consumers
- Humility and a learning mindset
- Listening to understand
- Explain complex ideas simply
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
- Reflective
- Responsible and takes ownership over work
What the job involves
- The Brand Studio team at HashiCorp is made up of multi-disciplinary, highly talented designers and marketers
- Our team sits within the Marketing organization at HashiCorp, partnering closely with peers across all Marketing departments
- Our team’s mission is to express the value of our brand through multiple channels and mediums—spanning digital to physical, static to kinetic—to engage, educate, and establish trust with both practitioners who love our products and enterprises looking to enable their businesses at scale with HashiCorp
- As Senior Director, Brand Studio, you'll report directly to the VP of Corporate Marketing and drive brand and creative work for HashiCorp
- This role is a high-visibility, high-impact opportunity for the right individual excited to have a hand in evolving HashiCorp's brand and brand reach, and will have oversight of Brand Design, Event and Experiential Design, and Brand Marketing teams, shaping our brand story across a variety of mediums
- You will foster relationships across our Marketing organization, working closely with a variety of Marketing stakeholders to develop a shared strategy, and co-owning the responsibility for delivering world-class experiences that accelerate our customers' success
- You will be responsible for managing and running the Brand Studio and to mentor, guide, support, and grow the team members
- Hire, grow, coach, and mentor the Brand Studio team to foster growth and a positive work environment
- Maintain momentum around creative concepts and ensure the Brand Studio team's responsibility for bringing them into the world
- Shoulder the responsibility for quality and completion of all work delivered by the Brand Studio team
- Lead studio and creative strategy, while encouraging participation from the various voices on the team. Your perspective and voice will help give shape to our ever evolving studio culture
- Serve as a liaison between the extended Marketing and Brand Studio teams, as well as some select other teams, including the People team
- Ensure designs and content reflect consistently and positively the brand image and company principles
- Find and develop working relationships with creative and production vendors, strengthen partnerships with current vendors, and conceive/execute creative
- Play an active role in the brand transition over the next few years as part of IBM
Our take
HashiCorp's software streamlines cloud operations for companies' teams, offering open-source solutions to facilitate cloud migration and utilization. Additionally, the company provides commercial versions of its tools, catering to businesses that prefer managed services.
With a pay-per-hour pricing model and adaptable products, HashiCorp enables companies to construct infrastructure spanning legacy systems, private clouds, and multiple cloud providers. its flagship product, Terraform, allows developers to create consistent rules, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing costs.
In a landscape increasingly reliant on AI and automation, HashiCorp simplifies the intricate architecture of data centre management, ensuring a rising demand for its services. The company was acquired by IBM in 2024, for which HashiCorp will integrate its hybrid cloud and AI software. In turn, Hashicorp will utilise IBM's worldwide reach and R&D opportunities to grow its software capabilities and market share.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2020
$175m
SERIES E
Nov 2018
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $349m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental & vision
- Life & disability insurance
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Vacation and Other Leaves
- 401(k)
- Family Expansion Benefit
- Maternity and Parental Leave
- Expanded Mental Health Support
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Mitchell Hashimoto
(Co-Founder)Has worked as CEO and CTO of the company. Was previously Operations Engineer at Kiip, and a Developer at CitrusByte.
Armon Dadgar
(Co-Founder & CTO)Former Software Engineer at Kiip. Worked as a Software Development Intern at Amazon.
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