Creative Director, Contract Jobs

Location: Remote, Anywhere in United States OR Canada

Who We Are

We are an Experience design and trusted creative technology partner to some of the world’s most ambitious brands such as Google, Amazon, Meta and Uber. We operate fully remote, and our team members enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere within the U.S. and Canada time zones while keeping a balanced relationship with their personal life.

At Left Field Labs, our curiosity drives us to seek out uncommon solutions to our shared challenges. Our purpose is to positively impact the human experience with everything we invent. We’re looking for those who can craft unique solutions through empathy.

Interested in joining a culture that celebrates diversity, encourages curiosity, and creates with purpose? Are you the kind of person who obsesses over details, thrives in a collaborative environment, and jumps at the opportunity to take on new challenges? Confident that you’re at the top of your game and ready to invent with others who are at the top of theirs? Check out our open position and let’s talk.

Who We Are Seeking

The creative director is the lead for our digital projects and responsible for ensuring the highest quality output for the creative team. They influence and inspire teams at all phases of the project lifecycle from pitching to ideation, concept design through to production. Our CD’s are deep practitioners, strategic thinkers and client partners, who can seamlessly navigate challenging requirements to effectively guide creative teams overseeing multiple projects from web to native mobile and immersive.

We’re looking for an exceptional creative leader with a sharp eye for detail, comfortable getting hands-on when needed to ensure the best possible standard of work. Someone who can help hire, manage and mentor our digital and product focused teams.

What You’ll Do

• Skilled in turning complex requirements into simple and thoughtful solutions.
• Fosters a culture of proactivity, resourcefulness and being tough on the work not on each other.
• Proven ability to creatively lead new business pitches, while articulating a compelling story.
• Embraces the power of storytelling to write and present inspiring proposals.
• Set the creative direction and provide strategic guidance throughout the duration of client team projects and can operate as both a hands-off leader, as well as a hands-on practitioner.
• Collaborate with cross disciplinary teams to ensure the success of both internal and external projects and initiatives.
• Has a proven track record developing and implementing creative strategy that exceeds client business objectives
• Continually develops and inspires colleagues to innovate and harness new ways of thinking
• Displays a cohesive understanding, and ability to execute innovative, effective, creative concepts, and implementations in a cross-disciplinary manner.
• Works in conjunction with the business development and client partnerships team to actively build a strong relationship with new and existing clients, while significantly contributing to the growing breadth of business.
• Prolific designer and thinker experienced in working with clients large and small across a variety of digital mediums.
• Acts as a Career Manager, guiding creatives of all levels within LFL, including regular one-on-one check-in’s, writing and delivering annual performance reviews and takes responsibility for on-boarding new employees and guiding him/her through a successful tenure at LFL

What You'll Need to be Successful

• A solid understanding of the practice of digital and product design and a portfolio that showcases projects of exceptional quality.
• A track record of managing, mentoring and growing successful design teams.
• Extensive experience leading digital design, production and agency partner teams
• Thought leadership; a strong point of view; ability to contribute to strategic development of an assignment; creative ideas and the ability to promote conceptual thinking among the team
• Great written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong understanding of grids, typography and layout within digital design systems
• A sharp eye for detail and the ability to guide clients and internal teams to produce exceptional work.
• A minimum of 10 years experience in an agency environment, or relevant creative field

Bonus Points

• Experience working with large, global brands
• Motion and prototyping skills
• Experience in creative strategy within the technology industry

The salary range for this role is $130,000-$175,000. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in Culver City, California. This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Left Field Labs is an E-Verify employer. E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees in the United States.

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Left Field Labs is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and team members regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00). Left Field Labs makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled team members.