Senior Lead Creative, Material Bank
DesignShop
Sample materials marketplace for architecture & design
Job no longer available
Sample materials marketplace for architecture & design
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To remove the friction that exists when searching and sampling materials.
Role
Who you are
- This role is for a visionary leader who thrives at the intersection of brand, performance, and storytelling
- 8+ years in creative leadership roles within branding or marketing environments
- A proven record of delivering high-performing, brand-building creative
- A strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in design, copy, video, or multimedia storytelling
- Experience managing and inspiring creative teams—both in-house and freelance
- Deep fluency in digital marketing, social media, and emerging creative platforms
- Strategic thinking with sharp execution skills—and a bias for action
- Strong communication, presentation, and leadership capabilities
- Ability to tie creative work to business outcomes and KPIs
- Experience in startup or high-growth environments, with a comfort level working with limited resources
- Passion for creativity, storytelling, and building brands that matter
What the job involves
- Sr. Lead, Creative for DesignShop, you won’t just execute creative—you’ll own it
- You’ll be accountable for setting the creative bar, leading cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring every piece of creative content delivers against our brand promise and business goals
- You'll lead a lean but high-impact external creative team—including designers, motion artists, and editors—while partnering closely with marketing, product, and executive leadership
- From big idea campaigns to rapid-fire content, you’ll take full ownership of our creative strategy and execution across every touchpoint
- Creative Vision & Execution: Set and drive the creative direction across all marketing initiatives—from paid social and TV/video to packaging and direct mail
- Team Leadership: Guide and mentor a distributed creative team (external partners and freelancers), instilling a culture of ownership, innovation, and creative excellence
- Copy & Messaging: Own all brand voice and messaging with hands-on copywriting, ensuring clarity, consistency, and emotional impact
- Cross-Functional Campaigns: Partner with marketing, product, and leadership to develop and deliver integrated campaigns that drive growth, engagement, and brand equity
- Brand Stewardship: Protect and evolve our brand identity, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints and channels
- Creative Strategy & Testing: Deliver on our creative testing agenda—experiment, learn, and iterate
- External Partnerships: Manage vendor relationships and production resources in partnership with Integrated Marketing
- Trendspotting & Innovation: Stay ahead of cultural shifts, platform changes, and creative tech (including AI) to keep our brand at the forefront
- Budget Ownership: Oversee creative budgets and resource allocation, making smart, efficient decisions to maximize impact
- Stakeholder Alignment: Present and pitch creative concepts to leadership with confidence and clarity
- Hands-On Execution: Be ready to roll up your sleeves—this is a startup environment where agility, speed, and direct contribution matter
Our take
Architecture and design professionals need real-world samples of the materials they intend to work with, and they need to know what they’re picking is the best fit for their project. Historically, there’s been no universal aggregator of all available materials - you’d just have to know who and where to ask. Material Bank is changing this, with a service it describes as being the Expedia of design samples.
Material Bank is the largest materials marketplace for the A&D industry. Offering a wide range of material samples from carpets to hardwoods, all sample orders have next-day delivery availability across Canada and the US, and is always free for design professionals. The company's profit comes from selling spots within its rapidly growing marketplace community to vendors and manufacturers, connecting brands with thousands of vetted design professionals.
It’s an offering with a remarkably tight market fit, demonstrated by its swelling customer base and investment funding. The company has begun its global expansion, having launched in Japan, it is focusing on growing into the European market through an office in Paris. It is also cementing its success through a M&A strategy, most recently incorporating Architizer's architectural project database into its product.
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Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2022
$175m
SERIES D
May 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $323.2m
Company benefits
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid maternity leave
- Commuter benefits
- Disability insurance
Company HQ
Boca Raton, FL
Leadership
Adam Sandow
(CEO)Is also CEO and Chairman of SANDOW.
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