Senior Creative Lead, Snowflake

• You are a collaborative and adaptable creative, leading a small and growing team of graphic designers while also working with the broader team across the Brand & Creative department
• You must be someone who is a self-starter with a can-do attitude
• A designer who loves design exploration but also recognizes the realities of day to day work
• You are able to manage your own projects in a timely manner, work with internal and external partners, and are able to present your work to stakeholders and explain your design thinking
• You will create your work with a high attention to detail and craft
• 10+ years creative expertise in design at an agency, design studio or internal marketing team
• Experience working in a distributed model, with ability to manage time zones for key connection points with Corporate Brand team in San Mateo, CA
• Must be a conceptual design thinker, able to develop concepts and original graphics and be comfortable taking your designs to production-ready files
• Deep understanding of design theory with excellent skills in visual storytelling through color, image, typography, composition
• Track record of impact in a fast-paced environment, juggling multiple projects, meeting deadlines, and maintaining high-quality design output
• Strong communication and collaboration skills; capable of working seamlessly within a team and with various stakeholders to meet deadlines
• Detail-oriented approach to design, ensuring pixel-perfect visuals when developing simple and elegant design solutions to solve complex design problems
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• You are fearless, boundlessly creative and relentlessly attentive to detail
• Must have an online portfolio and clearly able to discuss your role on each project

Desirable

• As Senior Creative Lead, Corporate Design, you will be responsible for driving the Snowflake brand’s visual identity and execution, bringing the brand to life
• We are looking for a dynamic Senior Creative Lead to join our Brand Design team and work on a variety of creative campaigns large and small
• You should be a master of the craft, ready to take an idea and bring it to life in beautiful ways
• Whether for global campaigns, product launches, thought leadership assets, core brand systems, keynote presentations, social campaigns, brand activations, you will be central to the creative expression of the Snowflake brand
• You will tell our brand story in a variety of ways spanning digital, print, environmental, and experiential
• You will have a systems-orientation to your work, bringing to life beautiful and sustainable designs that can adapt to many different outputs with consistency and unique brand ownership
• This role reports into the Brand Design function and will be based in the San Mateo, CA office
• Work within the Brand Design team which is responsible for the creative and art direction of the company, driving a unified brand identity across diverse marketing assets
• Lead, develop and grow a team of talented Brand Designers
• Work with creative partners to develop concepts and designs that can be executed across all channels, ensuring deliverables are on time and on brief
• Engage collaboratively across marketing with copywriters, demand gen, field, events, content, customer, and product marketing to brainstorm ideas that engage Snowflake customers and prospects to drive purchase intent
• Deliver on a wide-range of projects including demand generation and product marketing assets, landing pages, infographics, guides/eBooks, social media campaigns, event spaces, sales tools, advertising and other go-to-market assets that drive visibility for and interest in Snowflake
• Develop and oversee digital and print design projects from concept to delivery, ensuring assets support design principles and best practices, and follow corporate standards related to visual style and branding guidelines
• Accomplish all identified project goals for visual design, brand strategy and user experience
• Stay current on industry trends and inform creative partners on digital processes, technologies, trends, and potential opportunities to accomplish seamless customer experience