Creative Director, Glean
$165-235k
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)
Enterprise search and knowledge management
Open for applications
Enterprise search and knowledge management
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$165-235k
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring people the knowledge they need to make a difference in the world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Marketing, or a related field
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in a creative leadership role, preferably with both agency and in-house experience and experience working in a startup environment
- Strong business acumen and proven track record of developing and executing successful creative campaigns in B2B SaaS space
- Strong portfolio showcasing a range of creative projects and demonstrating expertise in design, branding, and visual storytelling
- Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a diverse team
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate creative concepts and strategies to both creative and non-creative stakeholders
- Proficiency in tools like Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Asana, and other relevant tools. Experience directing/producing video content is a strong plus
- Strong understanding of digital marketing, user experience (UX), and user interface (UI) design principles
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively. Balance speed and quality while pushing creative boundaries
- Strong collaborator with ability to manage stakeholders effectively and embrace feedback
- Willingness to dive deep into details of the work and even roll up your sleeves to do hands-on IC work as needed
What the job involves
- Glean is searching for an experienced Creative Director
- This person will own and evolve Glean’s brand, and be responsible for executing the brand across all channels to differentiate Glean in the market. Glean’s brand needs to serve two goals - present and differentiate Glean to enterprise buyers, as well as create affinity and excitement for end-users to feel excited about using Glean daily
- He ideal candidate will have a strong background in design, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to inspire and mentor a team of creative professionals
- As the Creative Director, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the visual identity of Glean and ensuring that all creative outputs align with our brand values and business objectives
- Develop and execute a comprehensive creative strategy that aligns with Glean’s brand vision and business goals
- Manage a small team of in-house creative professionals and build a roster of photographers, videographers, editors, advertising and production agencies, and freelancers to support our vision and work. Ability to provide clear creative direction, career path guidance and timely and helpful feedback to improve creative processes to keep work on budget and schedule
- Manage the Creative Team’s deliverables across visual design, web design, motion graphics, illustration and iconography, video production, event booth and experience design, and the full brand experience at Glean user events
- Work closely with the Demand Gen team to create awareness campaigns, including events, social, email, in-app, OOH, paid digital, stunts and activations
- Partner on full-funnel, integrated marketing campaigns for product launches
- Capture our customer’s stories and amplify them via video and social campaigns
- Drive Glean’s brand advertising strategy, including brand research, advertising creative, ad placement, and measurement
- Work closely with the Head of Design to ensure the brand is well-integrated across Marketing and Product. Drive strong synergy and collaboration Product Design and Creative teams, build a narrative for our product that help bring the product’s capabilities to life
- Be a leader in driving the use of AI tools into the creative workflow, and partner with Engineering to make Glean useful for the creative team in key tasks
- Provide constructive feedback and guidance to team members, make creative decisions quickly, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth
- Assess our creative approach, audit competitors, put forth a creative vision, execute it, measure results, and constantly improve
- Deliver jaw-dropping results, but work in a way that is conscious of startup expectations for speed, iteration, and budget. Be scrappy, innovative, and hands-on. Run the camera when you need to
Our take
Glean is an intuitive digital assistant which allows employees to search across all their apps and find the information and tools that they need more quickly.
With so many SaaS apps being used by modern day companies, overwhelm and inefficiency inevitably enter the equation. Glean’s search engine is proving popular for how it unifies and centralizes all these distributed tools and data.
It’s been quite a start to life at Glean, having only emerged from stealth in 2021, it received a $1 Billion valuation in early 2022, thus achieving unicorn status, and has received nearly $400 million in funding so far. The SaaS platform is already used by some major companies including Grammarly, databricks, and Rubrik.
That Glean was co-founded by a quartet with senior experience at Google, Microsoft, Uber, and Facebook stands the company in good stead. However, it’s the fact that its search engine is solving a new, but very real problem in the workplace that’s seen its popularity surge so quickly, which it’s likely to continue to do in the future. Its adaptability to include new AI capabilities to its platform, such as generative AI, has Glean well set to see further growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2024
$260m
SERIES E
Feb 2024
$200m
SERIES D
Total funding: $655m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision for you and yours
- Competitive compensation and stock options
- 401k contribution
- Flexible work (3 days a week in the office), though we believe in folks working where they can be most effective
- Company events, from weekly happy hours to our annual company retreat
- Flexible hours, unlimited PTO, and company-wide winter break shutdown
- Transparent culture
- Learning and development stipend
- Free meals with lunch and dinner options every day
Company values
- One together – We leave our egos behind to forge a trusting, inclusive, and transparent environment
- Customer obsessed – We relentlessly work to solve customer problems and focus on product quality and excellence
- Owners – We take responsibility for our company, product, and culture, leaving things in a better state
- Think big, start small – We dream big and solve hard problems through continuous learning and rapid iteration
- Beyond boundaries – We are eager to learn and grow. We help each other thrive and aren’t afraid to try new things
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Articles
Leadership
Arvind Jain
(CEO)Former Engineer at Google and Microsoft. Is the co-founder of high growth startup Rubrik, which delivers data security and operational resilience for enterprises.
Piyush Prahladka
(Software Engineer)Prior to joining the co-founding team at Glean, they worked as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, then as an Engineering Lead at Uber.
Tony Gentilcore
(Product Engineering Lead)Former Developer at At&T and TJC Labs. For ten years, served as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, including a spell as Founder and Tech Lead / Manager of the Chrome Speed Team.
TR Vishwanath
(Engineering Lead)Before co-founding Glean, was a Principal Software Engineer at Facebook after spending eight years at Microsoft as a Software Design Engineer, then Principal Development Lead.
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