Creative Lead, Kodiak Robotics

• 8+ years of experience in creative, brand, design, or campaign-focused roles
• Experience at an agency and/or in-house brand team known for high output and a high creative bar
• Strong portfolio demonstrating brand identity work, campaign development, and cross-channel creative execution
• Demonstrated strength in both visual and voice storytelling
• Experience guiding creative direction while also contributing hands-on to the work
• Strong instincts for typography, composition, layout, storytelling, and brand expression
• Ability to move fluidly between big-picture thinking and execution detail
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities and multiple active projects
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, make decisions, and keep work moving
• Experience providing creative feedback and guiding the work of others
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Google Workspace, and common creative/collaboration tools

Desirable

• Kodiak is hiring a Creative Lead to help elevate the quality, consistency, and speed of our marketing output across every major touchpoint. This is a senior, hands-on creative role for someone who can lead campaign thinking, shape both visual and verbal storytelling, guide the work of others, and step in to execute when needed
• In the near term, this role will help distribute ownership away from a single centralized bottleneck by taking on creative direction across campaigns and channels, setting messaging and storytelling standards, and overseeing the output of existing team members
• This person will play a critical role in improving creative quality, increasing throughput, and helping build a stronger, more independent marketing function over time
• Lead creative direction across major marketing initiatives, campaigns, launches, and company moments
• Develop strong campaign concepts and translate them into effective execution across channels
• Shape how the Kodiak brand shows up visually and verbally across marketing work
• Establish and maintain a high bar for creative quality, consistency, and clarity
• Build ideas that can scale from larger brand and campaign efforts into smaller day-to-day executions
• Guide creative development across web, social, presentations, paid media, events, partner storytelling, and other marketing materials
• Ensure work is on-brand, channel-appropriate, and aligned to business priorities
• Partner closely with marketing leadership to translate strategy into clear, compelling creative output
• Help define and refine messaging and copy standards across content
• Oversee and elevate the output of the current designer and content producer
• Provide clear creative direction, actionable feedback, and strong quality control
• Help keep projects moving by making decisions, unblocking work, and maintaining momentum
• Support a more distributed and effective creative operating model by increasing ownership and reducing dependency on a single approver
• Step in directly to concept, write, design, edit, or refine work when needed, especially early on
• Contribute to both polished campaign work and faster, scrappier executions
• Support production planning, creative reviews, and photo/video direction as needed
• Work with urgency and sound judgment, knowing when to push and when to move
• Today, too much creative ownership is centralized. This role is intended to change that by bringing stronger creative leadership, sharper storytelling, and more day-to-day momentum to the marketing function. The Creative Lead will help raise the quality of the work, improve speed and consistency, and guide the evolution of a more effective creative team structure