Director of Creative Operations, Grammarly
$271-373k
AI-powered writing assistant
Job no longer available
AI-powered writing assistant
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$271-373k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Grammarly's mission is to improve lives by improving communication.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of experience working on a scaled creative operations program, including hands-on experience with project management. 5+ years of management experience
- Proven experience in working with creative disciplines and managing all aspects of creative agency relationships
- Proven expertise in creative process optimization, project management, and team leadership
- Experience managing budgets
- Strong understanding of design principles, brand identity, and digital marketing strategies
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills
- Proficiency with project management tools and software (e.g., Asana, Trello, Monday.com)
- A results-driven mindset with the ability to prioritize, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines
- Embody our EAGER values—is ethical, adaptable, gritty, empathetic, and remarkable
- Be inspired by our MOVE principles: move fast and learn faster; obsess about creating customer value; value impact over activity; and embrace healthy disagreement rooted in trust
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Director of Creative Operations to lead a team of producers to enable and facilitate the development of best-in-class work
- Reporting to the VP, the Executive Creative Director will be responsible for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our creative processes, from brief development to final output, ensuring that our team can deliver high-quality work that aligns with our company’s vision and strategic goals
- Guide, mentor, and manage the internal creative operations team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Develop and implement streamlined creative processes to maximize team output and efficiency, including project management methodologies and workflow management
- Oversee budget allocation for creative projects, ensuring optimal use of resources while maintaining high-quality standards
- Partner with creative leadership on shared ownership of agency relationships
- Drive the processes related to onboarding and off-boarding agencies, including spinning up project engagements
- Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for the Brand Creative team and track progress to inform decision-making and continuous improvement efforts
- Plug into larger planning initiatives and cadences led by the Program Marketing Organization
- Analyze existing production processes and implement best practices, right-sized for the maturity of the team and ambitions of the business, to drive quality, efficiency, and effectiveness in creative output
Our take
From professional writing to everyday correspondence, effective communication is critical. Grammarly is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps people write clearly and without mistakes, checking spelling, grammar, and other potential pitfalls.
Grammarly was originally launched as a subscription service for students, although the platform has moved into the mainstream in the last decade. It went freemium in 2015 and now works across more than 500,000 applications and websites, including email clients, enterprise software, and word processors. Paid tiers give users more tools beyond grammar and spelling checks, including things like word choice, sentence rewrites, tone adjustments, fluency, and formality level.
The company has been profitable since the beginning and now has a valuation of more than $13 billion, placing it among the 10 most valuable startups in the US. The AI writing assistant space is heating up, and Grammarly is hoping to defend its position against offerings including Scalenut, Ginger and Microsoft's Editor by the release of its SDK, making it far easier to integrate Grammarly into other applications. So far, this has been used in over 4,000 products and earned excellent ratings and increased user numbers of Grammarly's service.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2021
$200m
LATE VC
Oct 2019
$90m
LATE VC
Total funding: $400m
Company benefits
- Support for professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback
- Global, local, and team-specific events and programs
- Catered lunches
- Gym and recreation stipends
- Admission discounts
- Work from home opportunities
- Medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity
- Support to set up a home office
- Ample and defined time off
- 401(k) matching
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Alex Shevchenko
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Studied at Vienna's International University before receiving an MBA from the University of Toronto. Co-founded MyDropBox.com in 2006. The company was bought by Blackboard Inc. three years later. Co-founded Grammarly in 2009.
Max Lytvyn
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Studied for an MBA at Vanderbilt University before joining Blacboard Inc. as Director of Product Strategy in 2007. Was General Manager and then Partner at Sciworth Labs from 2004 to 2013. Was a Board Member at Uniweb and invested in farmland investment platform FarmTogether.
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