Creative Director, Snap
$303-455k
+ Eligible for equity in the form of RSUs
4+ days a week in office
Social media & camera company
Be an early applicant
Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$303-455k
+ Eligible for equity in the form of RSUs
4+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Role
Who you are
- A deep understanding of popular and internet culture, behaviors and trends
- Strong understanding of social platforms and products
- Knowledge of the culture that impacts marketing across key channels
- Ability to partner, collaborate, and build honest, direct relationships with cross-functional colleagues and outside partners
- Ability to debate constructively and ask challenging questions
- Solid initiative, attention to detail and follow-through skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of employees
- A curious mindset that strives to experiment with best practices to find new and more effective tools for audience discovery and engagement
- Ability to manage multiple projects at once and diligent attention to detail
- Expertise in leading people and teams
- Developed understanding of inclusive practices and behaviors
- Strong performance management and individual and team development skills
- Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving business environment and be ready and up for the speed of our business. This includes the ability to quickly adapt to changes and prioritize tasks effectively
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience
- 15+ years experience as a hands-on creative with demonstrable experience working as a copywriter (in-house, freelance or agency)
- 3+ years experience in a creative leadership role
- Strong portfolio showcasing a diverse range of successful campaigns and innovative, high-impact projects
- Creative agency or brand marketing experience
- Familiar with Adobe Creative Suite
- History of being a personal Snapchat user
- Stays up-to-date on the competitive landscape and new technologies to keep Snap’s work innovative and relevant
What the job involves
- E’re looking for a Creative Director to join the Creative and Marketing team at Snap Inc
- As a member of the Creative and Marketing team, you will be instrumental in building the Snapchat brand, and crafting best-in-class marketing materials for a wide range of audiences that help celebrate our latest products, features and company developments
- The Creative and Marketing team is a diverse crew of artists, makers, writers and designers. But first and foremost, we are creatives. We prioritize craft, drive, and above all else, ideas
- We represent one of the world’s most innovative companies and serve an engaged global community, so we aim to inspire them with every project, no matter the size
- Work in partnership with strategy, marketing, media and brand management to establish the creative strategy for brand and product storytelling that resonates with both technical and non-technical audiences, enhancing brand perception and user engagement while ensuring alignment with overall brand objectives
- Spearhead the creation of our brand's voice and guide a team of creatives in its implementation across the company, encompassing B2B, consumer, and AR audiences
- Lead a team of creatives, mentoring them to think strategically and develop creative concepts that align with brand and business objectives
- Ensure teams are proactively pitching new ideas that can deliver on business objectives
- Create and deliver a combined strategy with key cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Set stretch goals and objectives, pushing individuals and teams to perform at higher levels by utilizing performance metrics to drive more impact
- You and your team will craft strong creative solutions that efficiently and accurately represent new products, features, and company developments to the world
- As the owner of your craft drive both individually and through your team consumer and business copywriter projects
- Drive and ensure the use of Snapchat creative tools to create and modify existing and new content for cross-channel usage
- Lead and / or participate in brainstorms for content, channel strategy and media planning
- Own and execute in collaboration with others the workload pipeline planning, logistics and budget conversations
- Negotiates skillfully and creates minimal noise when working toward an agreed-upon solution with stakeholders and across the organization
- Creates pipelines of talent for the future from both internal and external talent pools
- Finds common ground and drives to consensus, ensuring that all feel heard and included across the team and organization
- Owning and articulating messages in a way that is broadly understandable and ensures your team is in line with company objectives
- Build and develop a high performing team of copywriters and Snap team members
Our take
Snap is the social media giant that owns Snapchat, a social media mobile app released in 2011. Created to serve as a more emotive communication form than texting, the app has gained mass popularity, reaching upwards of 400 million daily users worldwide.
After rejecting a billion dollar acquisition from Meta (then Facebook) in 2013, Snap has found itself in competition with the social media giant, particularly with Instagram. Despite this, the company has marked a place for itself in the ever competitive social media space through developing features like a Discover tab, augmented reality lenses, in-app games, ads and monetisation options, as well as launching its paid service, Snapchat+.
Snap has so far not earned an annual profit since going public in 2017, but as Snapchat's user base has continually increased it has nearly closed the gap. Like other tech companies it suffered in late 2022 due to a surprise drop in advertising revenue, but has been rebuilding to its former trajectory since then. Given Snapchat's lasting popularity amongst young people, further success appears likely.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2016
$1.8bn
SERIES F
Mar 2015
$200m
SERIES E
Total funding: $2.6bn
Company benefits
- Paid maternity, paternity and family caregiver leave
- Adoption, surrogacy, infertility and fertility preservation benefits
- Backup child care coverage, caregiver assistance and digital maternity care support
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance and AD&D insurance
- Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HSA and HMO options
- Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
- Vision coverage, including LASIK benefits
- Gym perks and discounts
- Team fitness classes, hikes and races
- Sports leagues
- Cooking and nutritional workshops
- Generous time off and leave programmes
- Meditation and yoga classes
- Emotional and mental health support programmes and apps
- Social gatherings, team outings and volunteering programmes
- Speaker series, classes and subscriptions to educational programmes
- Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega Backdoor option!)
- Rocket Lawyer memberships
- Financial education programmes
- Compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success!
- Have a teammate going through a tough time? Lend them a hand through our internal Snap-a-wish programme! We'll work hard to make sure they get the support they need.
Company HQ
Sunset Park, Santa Monica, CA
Leadership
Evan Spiegel
(CEO)Graduated from Standford with a BS in Product Design.
Bobby Murphy
(CTO)Studied Mathematical and Computational Science at Stanford.
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